^%$# Rattle drove me nuts

[RyanbabZ71]

This rattle has started this past fall in my ext cab door.  It is a hollow sounding noise.  Well tonight i got super ticked off pulled the panel off.  The speaker was making some of the noise cause a screw was loose.  Put that back in (after the wire came loose and i spent 15 min fixing that).  Well i pounded on the door and still heard the dreaded noise.  I kept pounding and listening.  Well guess where it was coming from?  I dont know how many of yu have had your doors apart but when you pull the panel gm has added this plastic paper stuff.  I dont know how they attached it but it was coming loose everywhere.  I used a bunch of strapping tape sealed it all back up put the panel back on closed the door and now it sounds solid again

 

GM PLEASE HIRE ME AS AN INTERIOR ENGINEER.  This is ridiculous.

[CapnDean]

Ryan:

 

 That plastic stuff is what keeps the water that gets down inside your door....from getting inside your truck.

 

The body shop manager at BERT ALLEN PONTIAC GMC in Gulfport MS pulled my door panel off when I had a leak and found that mine was loose.  He used masking tape to re secure it....(I did not like this idea...I think masking tape is too cheap and is likely to fail again......)  But that's another story.

 

Needless to say..I had never had my door panel off prior to that and his fix did not stop my leak inside the cab.  

 

I took the truck BACK in to the dealer only to learn that they now have a new body shop manager who ran my truck through a machine that they have set up to find cab leaks.

 

He found and fixed it first time through.  Of course you know what's in the back of my head now....I know that there is plastic sheating inside my door that is held on with masking tape...you know what THAT'S gonna be like huh!

 

Dean

[RyanbabZ71]

I used strapping tape (plastic coated) holds much tighter than masking tape.  I dont have any leaks just a rattling noise

[colosilverado]

I've been playing with that plastic sheeting since I pulled my door off due to my window issue. I think when I get my replacement window motor/regulator, I am going to use 3M spray adhesive so secure that stuff because I wore out the stickiness......

 

Glad you found it though Ryan. Doesn't that kind of junk drive you absolutely crazy when you can't figure it out.....?

[RyanbabZ71]

Doesn't that kind of junk drive you absolutely crazy when you can't figure it out.....?

 

Heck yea.  My dad thought i was crazy it was dark outside and my truck was torn apart and his comment was "Its a truck"  SO?

[timk49]

I hate rattles to.My new 03 has a rattle in the dash. I hear it on acceleration. It is difficult to describe the sound but it sounds like it is comming from behind and to the right of the radio. has anybody had this problem?

[colosilverado]

Is it a rattling sound, or a "gurgling" sound? I know some of us (me included) have had a sound that is kinda like a rattle or gurgle sound. There are 1 or tow topics on it, but it basically involves adding more coolant.....

I think it helped my issue. I actually was working on my door, too, so I disconnected the battery at the same time. I assume it was the added coolant that fixed it, though. I was listening for it last night and couldn't hear it anymore. I used to be able to hear it almost all the time. I had also thought it might be the engine pinging, but it didn't really sound like that either.

[colosilverado]

timk49, take a look at this thread. It might be what you are describing. Maybe not, but it might be worth reading..

 

 

Try this

[RyanbabZ71]

My gf really noticed a huge difference last night.  IWhen it shuts it sounds more solid.  Its like a rock again  

[colosilverado]

It's weird how a piece of plastic can make such a difference in a vehicle.

[timk49]

Thanks for the help guys. Last night while driving into town I banged on the top of the dash with my fist and I think I killed the rattle. Dont you just love those high tech fixes.

[99silveradoz71]

Sometimes it's that burst of anger at the point of frustration that leads to success.