[Randry]

Whenever I go over any uneven pavement I hear a really loud rattle from the dash. Sounds like that coin tray by your left knee is full of pennies and they are all rattling around. Well I emptied the tray and it still does it. Car is stock and dash has not been removed or messed with...anyone else have this rattle?

[1loudsti]

possibly....mine sounds like a squeek or a rub more than a rattle...it sounds like its coming from like the fender area or something?

[Randry]

Mine is definitely inside the car...something on or behind the dash. I've felt around whenever going over bumpy stuff and have yet to locate it...

Maybe it is specific to my car...

[SonicBoom]

I have that rattle.. with about 6 more from various places.. My whole roof liner creaks like its gonna fall in on me, the piller on the driver side makes noise, my glove box creaks and the coin tray area... Don't get me started Don't get me wrong, I love the car and I know its not meant for luxury or creature comforts.. But I don't feel it should rattle like a 72' Ford Pinto... I'd take it to the dealer, but every time I get someone to listen to help diagnose, it doesn't make a peep, my tuner, the dealership after a alignment, friends etc.... figures!

[HarlanPepper]

I have an ongoing rattle/tap kind of sound that comes from this spot. If I jam an empty pack of gum in the red circled gap, it goes away. I'll have to figure out a permanent solution.



I also get a rattle from the right rear deck where the upper part of the seatbelt anchors.

[1loudsti]

Originally Posted by HarlanPepper

I have an ongoing rattle/tap kind of sound that comes from this spot. If I jam an empty pack of gum in the red circled gap, it goes away. I'll have to figure out a permanent solution.



I also get a rattle from the right rear deck where the upper part of the seatbelt anchors.

thats where mine seems to be too but nothing stops it

[FlyinbySTi]

mine was the VIN plate on the top of the dash vibrating against the dash.

[JAYMAC10]

This is a common problem that just about everyone has, including me!

I've taken it too the dealership a couple times for them to fix it and they havn't been able to.



I told them the RATTLE was at #2 area. They found a SWEAK in area #1 and fixed that (which I could have done easily)

In order to fix #2 rattle, I think you have to take the entire dash out. Let me get back to that later...

If you have a sweak/rattle in area #1, it's most likely the black plastic Triangle cover in the corner of the door. You can just pop that off, sand down the bottom and pop it back on. The bottom seems to rub against the top of the black plastic part of the door. Plastic on plastic is never a good idea!

Now back to my MAIN rattle that DRIVES ME NUTS which is in area #2.

I have taken the plastic pillar molding off and poped up the long plastic vent cover right along the front windshield.

Even after doing all of that, the rattle is still there which tells me that the problem is actually underneath the dash. I haven't gone as far as to start to loosen bolts on the dash but I'm getting there.

I have been driving around for the last few weeks with the A pillar plastic cover off and the long plastic vent cover poped up.

I have played around with all the pieces while it's been ratteling and nothing stops it unless you actually PUSH/PULL on the entire Dash itself.

The problem is sometime's it's VERY loud and constent, other times it's not even there, and other times it only does it once and a while....

Honestly, I have beaten/smashed that dash with my fist in ANGER a few times due to this rattle... Especially on a long road trip where that's all I can hear no matter how loud I have the music turned up!

I think there was a fix on NASIOC somplace but can't find it...

EDIT: Found some threads of interest!
Persistant Driver Side Dash Rattle - Solved! - NASIOC

[Randry]

I have pushed on every part of the dash i can get to while driving when it does it and nothing affects it. mine is behind the dash i think. maybe ill make a video of how annoying it is. there is a section of road on my way to work and it does it every morning.

[04STiguy79]

Sucks to hear guy, The only one I have experienced is the rear view mirror and all that it is the plastic that sourrounds the mirror its self. There is a write up I believe..here it is:How To: Stop Rear View Mirror Rattle
The rattles might be also comeing from wires/ harness that might have come detached from a stay clip???

[1loudsti]

does anyone else have a persistant high pitched squeek almost, its coming from what sounds like the fender or mirror area but no matter what i push on that i can reach while driving it wont go away...i can hear it over the stock radio with subs turned all the way up!!

[RACERX-USA]

Try looking at the defroster vent on top of the dash, next to the A-pillar. That's where my rattle was coming from.

[1loudsti]

ok found mine!!! it was the drivers side headlight, the plastic clips that hold it to the fender were both broken out and gone completely causing a metal to metal squeek

[viaburn26]

all my interior rattles were gone when i went to a wrx wing , but a year later which was basically yesterday morning when i swapped the wrx wing for the sti one all my rattles came back.

[Randry]

That's weird...why?