Rattles? What's your biggest one and name it here!

[detroiter]

Just wondering if anyone else has rattles and if so, from where? I know we all have them although I can't figure out why exactly the Yaris is so prone to them. Yesterday I started developing one somewhere under the hood, sounds like something bumping/knocking into something else, yet I can't locate it at all. sounds like it's coming from near the drivers side of the engine bay. Kind of hear it up at the bottom of the windshield as well.

that's my rattle, how about yours?

[supmet]

^^ my under the hood rattle is a broken air box. The curved part coming out of the bottom broke somehow, and now it rattles against the air box. If the "turn the radio up" fix didn't work so well, I probably would have super glued it by now

[detroiter]

Well mine didn't really start until I installed the AFE intake. I've checked every single part of the heat shield to see if it's bumping up against anything and I couldn't find anything at all. It seems to really only do it when I put the car into D or R gears and it's idling. As soon as it takes off the noise will go away. No idea what it could be

[wooverstone8]

Awhile ago I had a rattle near the driver glove box. It had me worried. Then I discovered it was coins in the coin holder that had caused the rattling sound. If annoys me enough I just take the coins out of the coin holder. Problem solved.

[yaris-me]

Try these.
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7835

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23633

[Yar Is Word]

Driver's side window when open.

[IsLNdbOi]

I didn't have any rattling until Tanabe installed the Medalion Touring on mine. It sounds like something plastic vibrating against a panel in the hatch / trunk area anytime I accelerate and the exhaust makes noise / vibrates.

[Yaris Hilton]

No rattles.

[nemelek]

No rattles, however, the car is noisy in general.

[Hershey]

the display for the sedan and the rear panel for the hatch door .

[Lafiro]

Wait until your car gets 20-40k miles, it will have all the issues...

The airbox is loose, and the curved part that takes in the air is rattling against the car and the plastic thing wont hold it in place anymore.

Both windows when slightly open sound like they are sticky and are coming off the sticky part and back on it lots of times per second. They are also lose.

The entire dash rattles when hitting most bumps.

The seat belts rattle against the dumb plastic on the sides assuming no one is sitting in the car.

This is not car related but my dumb radio front display is lose and makes more noise then anything when hitting a bump, I have to find a way to fix that.

When a dump goes over the front tires it isnt as bad as when it gets to the rear tires, it makes the entire car jolt 3 times as bad, and makes everything rattle, and i really do not know why this happens. I have never seen this happen on another car.

Now, as of my dads Honda, my friends Mercedes(2 of them), I have had no issues with any of what I said. Maybe its just Toyota = cheap? Or its just this car in general was made as cheaply and fast as possible? sighs. I hate noise.

And what I need to fix soon that isnt a rattle is the smell from the A/C being on. Its getting really really bad.

[AlexNet0]

Upper passenger dash, somewhere underneath.

[Phaeton]

Remember this is an economy car. You can't compare a Mercedes with a Yaris. Try a Lexus.


Wait until your car gets 20-40k miles, it will have all the issues...

The airbox is loose, and the curved part that takes in the air is rattling against the car and the plastic thing wont hold it in place anymore.

Both windows when slightly open sound like they are sticky and are coming off the sticky part and back on it lots of times per second. They are also lose.

The entire dash rattles when hitting most bumps.

The seat belts rattle against the dumb plastic on the sides assuming no one is sitting in the car.

This is not car related but my dumb radio front display is lose and makes more noise then anything when hitting a bump, I have to find a way to fix that.

When a dump goes over the front tires it isnt as bad as when it gets to the rear tires, it makes the entire car jolt 3 times as bad, and makes everything rattle, and i really do not know why this happens. I have never seen this happen on another car.

Now, as of my dads Honda, my friends Mercedes(2 of them), I have had no issues with any of what I said. Maybe its just Toyota = cheap? Or its just this car in general was made as cheaply and fast as possible? sighs. I hate noise.

And what I need to fix soon that isnt a rattle is the smell from the A/C being on. Its getting really really bad.

[Slick]

I have a severe rattling problem............................. :)

[why?]

The only rattles i have is the rear seatbelts which i haven't taken out all the way.

[Lafiro]

Maybe it isn't the seat belts, but instead the cardboard top that covers the speakers that has become loose and is knowing up and down on the metal of the car? I had that once, and fixed it with a light cloth inbetween them.

Also, since I need to get my evaporator replaced, and the dash has to come out, I am going to probably disasemble the dash myself, and let someone do the work, then before I put it all back together, I want to dynomat everything I can, and then use very thin cloth/form inbetween ALL the pieces as I put the dash back together. Maybe even use clear silicon at the end to make it a snug/quiet fit.

What do you all think of that?

[xtremesniper]

When it gets cold, my car rattles when its still getting warm. I found that one of the spots of rattling was actually the middle seat seat belt in the back rattling up top, so I locked it into place and it stopped for now.

Other rattles include the rear window and some parts of the front dash that I can't quite pinpoint. It's again only occasional and I've only been noticing it now that winter is coming and its getting colder out.

[detroiter]

I was able to pinpoint my big rattle under the hood finally. I knew it was coming from somewhere near the AFE intake. Well the spot that I thought it was, the vertical side nearest the batter, the edge of it looked like it was rubbing against the wheelwell bend because it had a few scratch lines. Well I was pushing the shield to see if that's where it was clanging from. It wasn't. It didn't make much sense. So I keep pushing the shield to make the noise happen, I look down at the area where you bolt it to the frame near the headlight assembly. Wouldn't you know it's the flat part of the shield with a partial cutout opening that's hitting up against the frame? So I pull on the shield slightly just to bend it away from the frame and it fired up the car. Seems like that's what it was because I went driving, gave it a bit of gas to shake it up a bit in there and when I came back home, the rattling wasn't there anymore.

[kac]

I've got some rattle under the hood from modding the airbox and swapping the throttle body that I can fix easily and will sooner or later...

I have some rattle in the hatch that has been bothering me lately. The rear seat is out, so I can hear it nicely while I'm driving. I'm gonna have to move some stuff around back there and check it out...

[MUSKOKA800]

Nearly 60,000 kl. on my sedan and pounding around for the past 45,000 on TRD suspension. Still no rattles, which surprizes me considering road conditions here.

[Lewis]

Dasboard +1-

but only over pretty big bumps- otherwise tight for a 12,000 dollar car

but only 9K miles- the true test comes at 50K plus miles

[ROCKLAND TOYOTA]

my gt spec SPAGHETTI BAR in the rear seems to be loosening up more and more lately giving me a rattle noise over bumps and such....

[Cosmonaut]

ive got the dash-rattles when going over bumps. solution: turn music louder. :)

[H3LlIoN]

driver's side rear speaker mount/trim panel.

[fearturtle44]

Luckily, no rattles yet (Yaris is over 3 years old). Now if this was a tC forum, I would have a major complaint about a hatch rattle.

[tada]

I get a rattle when the cupholders on the dash are open. The bar that presses against a cup, or can, or whatever, rattles. If I close the cupholder, the rattle goes away.

[UTVitz]

Luggage cover on my hatchback rattles sometimes on warm days only it seems. I had the dash pod rattle on cool mornings, but since the dealer had to take the entire dash out to replace the a/c evap. I had the foam kit TSB installed at the same time-fixed, other than a minor trim gap from the foam pushing on it. And yes, I've noticed the same thing with the cup holder rattling if open and no cup in it.

[JBougie]

I have 0 rattles in my 07. Road noise, yes - but I don't hold that against her. :)

[specialeducator]

just the rattles in my head

[amtoro]

I have had a seriously annoying rattle that I have not pinpointed yet. It seems to come from the rear of the center console or under the seat; I have taken the console apart thinking it was the hand brake cable or splitter (as it sounds like a steel cable vibrating against metal)... nothing, the wires or cables in the passenger seat mechanism... nothing, the plastic covers over the jack or the body numbering plate, nothing...

I'm seriously thinking about not buying a toyota again and get rid of this one sooner than I'd have liked.

[slothman86]

60k and no rattles. I even bent my radiator support (Yaris Amateur Rally, LOL) The only rattles are from loose objects in the boot area like metal rulers and pens.

[ROCKLAND TOYOTA]

after getting HVAC TSB done dashboard has been nothing but rattles. im going under the notion that if you take it to a dealer and get a shitty tech then the outcome of his work is shitty....

[slothman86]

I have had a seriously annoying rattle that I have not pinpointed yet. It seems to come from the rear of the center console or under the seat; I have taken the console apart thinking it was the hand brake cable or splitter (as it sounds like a steel cable vibrating against metal)... nothing, the wires or cables in the passenger seat mechanism... nothing, the plastic covers over the jack or the body numbering plate, nothing...

I'm seriously thinking about not buying a toyota again and get rid of this one sooner than I'd have liked.

That's pretty harsh judging Toyota on a rattle in this econo-box, Even tho this is an amazing little car... (Have you found out the seat fold flat yet?) Maybe you had a bad experience other than the rattling? It could be an acorn in the frame or something crazy like that...

[Woody_Woodchuck]

22,000 miles and no rattles from the Yaris itself. Stuff inside it at times, yes.

I finally heard the engine noise talked about in all the reviews. With the windows up, radio off, 5th gear going up an incline at 60 mph I hear the engine!! Makes me all warm and fuzzy knowing it is still running so it doesn't bother me.