Annoying In-cabin Rattling Noise Thread

[opponheimer]

I drive an S14.. Theres a few rattling noises that drive me absolutely crazy, one seems to be coming from the shifter, but then again, i hear it all over the damn car and not just from the shifter.. It usually happens in high gear at 4k rpms right where its natural frequency to vibrate is, then it just rattles like crazy.


I've looked a good bit and haven't found the source, I've even had my GF drive my car around while i crawled around inside of it searching for the noise. Things under the cabin appear fine, and i don't have any loose nuts/bolts..

I'm hoping someone may have some ideas of where to check.. Thanks!

[SiI40sx]

Check your brake line clips and see if theyre loose or brittle (replace if they are), it worked for my s13 :D Also just check anything under your hood that is loose and would look like it would vibrate, usually stuff like that can trasnfer all the way into the car :confused:

[los_inc]

i get alot of noise from the cabin after installing my solid motor mounts it's mostly coming from the steering column wiring rattling against the hard plastic covers for the column. also the b-pillar plastic on the inside tends to rattle sometime at high rpm. it's an s13 btw
hope this helps
you can always remove your interior pad it in some places then re-install it

good luck
-los

[SiI40sx]

i get alot of noise from the cabin after installing my solid motor mounts it's mostly coming from the steering column wiring rattling against the hard plastic covers for the column. also the b-pillar plastic on the inside tends to rattle sometime at high rpm. it's an s13 btw
hope this helps
you can always remove your interior pad it in some places then re-install it

good luck
-los

Hmm, I think thats whats going on with my current one, thanks man.

[opponheimer]

My car used to be quiet until i got coilovers lol.. I wish there was a device that could pickup resonating sound waves and pinpoint them, just for this purpose.

[shade]

Maybe somethings not balanced that makes the car vibrate? unbalanced rebuilt motor? driveshaft? Check everything that rotates when you can't find the rattle caused by loose bolts, nuts, etc.

[Tearlessj]

check you rear view mirror, mine rattles from time to time. Just pulll it down a little and listen if it goes away.

[SC_S13]

check your mounts? and if you get rattling thru your steering wheel, it might be something suspension related. on my car, it was coming from a loose front bumper. i tightened it up and the rattle went away.

[bo2o]

you dont have a short shifter do you?
my shifter buzzes.

mang every 1 has rattle problems haha.
mostly s13. but a s14 to have thats ehh.

check all the lines under your car makes shure there not loose maybe they juss need a good zip tie haha.
put cloth inside your console see if it quiets it down haha.

wow your girlfriend can drive stick?
i wish mine kould. but she doesnt want to learn.

[ryguy]

My gauge cluster buzzes. It's annoying as hell but it's too cold to go out and take things apart. All the gauges work fine though. It only does it from time to time.

[got boost??]

i have a million in my car and hate it.. ones in the sash near the defroster somewhere (cant ever figure it out) something also rattles inside where my seatbelt goes (behind driver door) those are the major ones and i cleaned out my glove box one day and it did alot (bolts/fuses/cd's, ect rattling)

[jspaeth]

aluminum subframe collars, all pillowball joints, coilovers

my car rattles like a motherfucker

[hunter8411]

I have an S14 and after tons of suspension mods and Nismo Mounts, all my interior pieces like to rattle. Try the Glove Box and dash vent(by windshield), those are the 2 loudest in my car....I'm just too lazy to fix it.

And bo2o be lucky your GF doesn't, my wife wont stop bothering me to let her drive my car because she loves it.

[hellaflush]

my rear 1/4 plastics do - but thats due to removing the rear seat and requiring a spacer between the bolt and the plastic and some selastic to seal it up now...

ive got lots of other little ones

clicking driveshaft i really need to change

and some funky vibration on downrev at 4krpm in the rear

and a noisey vlsd

[WangonwWarrior]

+1 on Interior plastics

[MikeisNissan]

my timing chain rattles at low rpms.

[Rnz520]

Mine come mostly from the gauge cluster and the plastic by the backseats. Once I get new tires I am sure some of it will go away, got a flatspot in one of the rears.

[kingkong]

check your ac vents , mainly the de-frost vents , those rattle in my s13 drives me insane , also the ac tube things under the dash can rattle also

[2fast4y0u]

the defrost vent on the s14 is a rattle master...removed mine and put doulbe face tape in a few spots. no more rattle

[Kouki]

Honestly, the easiest way to get rid of those noises is just turn up the radio. Seriously, I don't know if you have any soild suspension links, coils, motor mounts, etc, but all that stuff will make your car have more noises. I got used to mine, nothing I can do about it.

[BPFTW]

The bracing under my hood used to rattle since it was completely detached from the underside of the hood, my sunroof rattles, plus a bunch of interior panels rattle...

Hell in my old car which was brand new...I had coilovers, solid motor mounts, etc, etc the thing rattled. I fixed it w/ a better stereo LOL

[jakethesnake]

does anyone have a moonroof rattle?? i do and its the most annoing thing on the planet

[clark]

lol @ 1 year bump.

at least it's not as bad as the bump we had from 2003.

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getting to the real point. how do you people hear these rattles. my exhaust drowns out all of this shit. i say if you can't physically feel the vibration, then there really isn't much wrong. just turn up your music.

[gijoe69]

sheesh...people stop complaining about small rattling noises, if you don't enjoy the noise just sell the car to me and purchase you a newer car with lots of sound deadening such as a BMW, Toyota, Lexus, BMW.... also I do have an S14 and it does rattle when I hit pot holes out here

[Lith]

I know S14's have the rattling noise under the passenger side airbag.. I know mine does and it drives me nuts.. plus the rear plastic trims around the seats rattle like crazy as well..

[Mangudai]

sheesh...people stop complaining about small rattling noises, if you don't enjoy the noise just sell the car to me and purchase you a newer car with lots of sound deadening such as a BMW, Toyota, Lexus, BMW....

Fuck that. I don't have a BMW, Toyota, or Lexus so I rather pinpoint and stop the rattling I can. With that said my gauge cluster rattles which is really annoying. I also gotta wait how I put things into the glove or center console because it'll rattle If I don't position it a certain way. Also my headliner creaks (sunroof). I think the majority of these is because of my exhaust vibrates a lot against the body.

[aNskY]

rattles in an s-chassis? no way!

haha - im pretty sure it's part of the territory.

[s14vagabond]

bump to fix this gay ass problem.
I work at a BMW dealership and damn i wish our cars were quiet as those cars............
im pretty sure anyone who finds out this problem can make lots of $$$$ if its a common ANNOYING problem for s chassis owners. including myself

[aziankingz]

might be your exhaust manifold or downpipe heat shield rattling.. not sure how s14s are but i thought i had a bad bearing on my tranny..turns out after i removed my heat shields.. it stopped.. no more headaches at 3k+ rpms..

[98koukile]

There's sound deadener with adhesive backing you can put on hard plastic areas and reduce rattling, it won't silence it but it will stop it from resonating when it shakes. Then there's the full job you could do, add 200lbs to your car and make it silent, but who wants that?

[rsibley22]

fck rattles :werd: