door panel rattleing
68Camaro396
08-02-2002, 06:04 PM
I am the second owner on my 99 maxima se and on the inside door panels the door handle and that circle thing infront of it rattle when i drive or listen to the stereo. has anyone had this problem and what did you do to fix it. im thinking about just using some glue. the thing that gets me is that my last maxima a 90 never rattled for the 12 years i had it
DiS
08-03-2002, 12:39 PM
:devil: Listen br0. I have 97 Max and I have the exactly same thing on my front left door pannel. It happenes either because of couple of screws are loose or you are blasting the music very loud ( My pannel rattles only because of music)
phatmax95
08-06-2002, 12:38 AM
yeah mine do it too, its cause i broke the clips when i took the door panel off.. or either theyre just not pushed back in.
funnylittlman
08-07-2002, 12:49 PM
I have the same problem. It is really bad on the cold days though....
It comes from the circular(Tweeter) of my right door. What to do? I don't know
It comes from the circular(Tweeter) of my right door. What to do? I don't know
68Camaro396
08-07-2002, 10:28 PM
Do yall think glue would work?
phatmax95
08-08-2002, 12:00 AM
No glue isnt gonna work, how would you be able to get it off? Go with some kind of dynomat or whatever similar. Or for me all I need to do is buy some new clips or make sure they are snapped in. It never did it before I took the off.
yvfed1
08-14-2002, 08:25 AM
Guys, it's fixable. Don't use any glue - the door panel's surfaces are treated and no glue will hold.
Note that it might actullay be loose elsewhere, but appearing as coming from another place. The grliss themselves unlikely to ruttle, but you could tighent up the 4 screws holding it. Check the lover "Map Pocket" - its attached with screws from inside. Most liketly, you'd need to remove the panel; the most difficult part is to remove door' handle cover (enchelon). To check if it's the panel itself, simply insert some soft packing material, like foam or synthetic wool, beetween door panel's right top corner and left side of dashboard and close the door. But chances are it's not a panel - it's made out of treated pressed paper and does not rattle at all. Avoid those "dumping sprays" - both expensive ones sold by PartsExpress (Cascade) and cheap ones sold in Auto Stores - rubber undercoating. My measurements had shown no reduction of noise/viration even after 4 coats of ether of them. BTW, Cascade looks, feels, stinks and doesn't work just as undercoatings are, just 10 times more expensive. Undercoatings are for surface protection.
Good luck,
Eugene
Note that it might actullay be loose elsewhere, but appearing as coming from another place. The grliss themselves unlikely to ruttle, but you could tighent up the 4 screws holding it. Check the lover "Map Pocket" - its attached with screws from inside. Most liketly, you'd need to remove the panel; the most difficult part is to remove door' handle cover (enchelon). To check if it's the panel itself, simply insert some soft packing material, like foam or synthetic wool, beetween door panel's right top corner and left side of dashboard and close the door. But chances are it's not a panel - it's made out of treated pressed paper and does not rattle at all. Avoid those "dumping sprays" - both expensive ones sold by PartsExpress (Cascade) and cheap ones sold in Auto Stores - rubber undercoating. My measurements had shown no reduction of noise/viration even after 4 coats of ether of them. BTW, Cascade looks, feels, stinks and doesn't work just as undercoatings are, just 10 times more expensive. Undercoatings are for surface protection.
Good luck,
Eugene
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