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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 12:35 PM
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This is an update to yesterday's thread about a terrible rattle eminating from the rear driver side speaker area.

the rattle turned out to be a loose screw on the wheel well plastic on the outside of the car! The screw at the top of the wheel well was loose at rattling around. So I just put a new, bigger screw in there and problem solved!

Thanks to everyone who chimed in to helP!
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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Wow! Good job - I will keep this in mind. I feel sorry for the poor soul who had to put his head in the wheel well while you were driving to find the rattle!!
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 12:50 PM
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 12:57 PM
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awesome- will note that in my ever growing list of possible things to check when something goes wrong!
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by BUK VETT
Wow! Good job - I will keep this in mind. I feel sorry for the poor soul who had to put his head in the wheel well while you were driving to find the rattle!!
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 2002BlueWS6
...the rattle turned out to be a loose screw on the wheel well plastic on the outside of the car! The screw at the top of the wheel well was loose at rattling around. So I just put a new, bigger screw in there and problem solved!
I love it when a plan comes together...
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 03:20 PM
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Congrats!!, now you can sleep better
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 03:31 PM
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I'm really glad you found it..so cool! Man, it doesn't take much, does it?
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Interesting...I too noticed a nasty rattle coming from that same area. Turned out to be failed adhesive holding the enclosure for the remote receiver in place (the little black box).
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 03:48 PM
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Man I feel so much better about my car now. It's amazing how much something so small makes me wanna buy a c6~
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Originally Posted by BUK VETT
Wow! Good job - I will keep this in mind. I feel sorry for the poor soul who had to put his head in the wheel well while you were driving to find the rattle!!

thank my wife
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Old Jul 20, 2005 | 05:28 PM
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My wife found one for me as well... I was convinced it was in the dashboard (God help me !)... it turned out to be the screw that held the "clip" in place that the sunvisor snaps into. Go figure !
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