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if you have the same rattle as me you need to...
take the wipers off
remove the scuttle panel
you can now see and feel the alarm beep siren box and how it vibrates against the metal arm of the wiper mechanism!
remove the wiper mechanism (undo two nuts and unplug it)
next cable tie the alarm beep siren box into place so its tight against the padding of the bulkhead
and reassemble everything back, obviously making sure the alarm siren can no longer touch never mind not nock against the wiper motor arms!
should take about 1 hour to do.
hope this helps
)Just used this information to try and cure a rattle in my 04 LCR that sounded like it was coming from the dash and sure enough it cured the rattle and i couldnt be happier !
BUT.....
Instead of the alarm box having come loose and forward, touching on the wiper linkage. The box was as far back as it could go. So i thought that can't be the rattle. But after grabbing and trying to wiggle the box to see if it was secure, i found the box was rubbing/squeaking/rattling against the bulkhead as the bulkhead padding is cut out around where the alarm box sits in my LCR.
SO.....
A simple bit of old foam lying around the garrege was used to pad the rear of the box to the bulkhead, i then pushed up against the box trapping the foam in place then securely tightened the 13mm bolt holding it in place.
After two or three long, bumpy roadtests there is no sign of the noise woop woop
Just thought I would post this as i know the more suggestions the better when it comes to finding rattles ( I should know, work on Renaults for a living
So thanks for the heads up James
Arge
a month or so after fixing my rattle I thought the alarm box had come loose again (because the rattle came back ever so slightly) so recently I stuffed foam around it, not really behind it though, and tightened the cable ties I had put in originally, but this did not cure it!
unfortunately I have been so busy that I haven't had chance or the motivation to try again!
so you say yours was squeeking/rubbing against the rear of the alarm box, against the bulk head?! did you completely remove the alarm unit to see there was no padding in this area on the bulk head?!
When I last had a go I was tempted to remove the box around the alarm siren, but thought that was not a wise idea as it was obviously there for protection (water etc)
maybe its worth me removing the alarm siren and padding behind it then refitting it?!
what you think?!
it seems to be coming from behind the drivers side air vent, either inside the vent or something like that?!
), felt under rear seat and in the boot, sponges in the dashboard voids and eco-leather covering on lower dashboard, centre tunnel, door cards and around the plastic trim on front seats, carpet in the glovebox, closed-cell foam in the engine space on the firewall. Most creaks and rattles vanished, one remained: a rattle/buzz from inside dashboard, just above the pedal assembly, which happened only under strong acceleration between 3000 and 4000rpm. What's worse, it buzzed like a dental drill, which drove me nuts. Weird as it sounds, it happened only when the inside temperature was below 20 degrees Celsius. After months of hunting it throughout the car, had to accept the reality and set the climate control on 22 degrees C. After the interior reaches set temperature, no more buzz...
Hi Jochen,
so I pushed the alarm back against the padding on the bulk head and cable tied it into place, it wont move anywhere now!
