Guest Scootre Guests Posted 16/01/04 11:21 PM Share Posted 16/01/04 11:21 PM For the first 2000Ks and four weeks of having my XR6T sedan, the thing has been perfect. Not any more.On the way home from work a couple of nights ago I noticed a distinct, annoying rattle coming from somewhere on the left front quarter of the car. From the driving position, the noise is coming from somewhere directlly in line with but beyond the glove compartment. It sounds like a big metal rod being rattled between two heavy metal plates and is loud enough to be heard over the top of a CD being played at moderate volume.So off to the dealer I went at 7:30am the next morning.One of their mechanics took a test drive with me. He was pretty sure it was something he'd seen (heard) before. He said that there have been cases where there is a slight flexing at the three-way join of the front left A-pillar and two sections of the chasis which has been known to cause either rattling or squeeking noises.I don't know. It sounds more like a metal rod as I've described above but the mechanic was very certain about it.Either way, they are now wanting to have my car for two days at the 3000k service so they can send it to the panel shop where, he tells me, they will bend / separate the edges of this three-way join by a "few thou"Arrrrgggghhhhhhhh. Any other BA owners with this issue?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 16/01/04 11:31 PM Share Posted 16/01/04 11:31 PM That doesn't sound good!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NT TURBO Member 1,128 Member For: 21y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Darwin NT Posted 17/01/04 01:23 AM Share Posted 17/01/04 01:23 AM First I've heard of that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniken I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it Donating Members 4,316 Member For: 21y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, south west Posted 17/01/04 01:33 AM Share Posted 17/01/04 01:33 AM First I've heard of that one. You don't work in Ford Service do you :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronmihe Upstanding Member Member 759 Member For: 21y 2m 24d Location: Canberra - ACT Posted 17/01/04 03:23 AM Share Posted 17/01/04 03:23 AM *nods* I've heard mention of it in soem other forum... there's a service bulletin about it and so forth... (assuming its the same thing)... Location described is the same.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 17/01/04 04:04 AM Share Posted 17/01/04 04:04 AM Id want a new car ,stuff that,The pr!cks will prolly squeeze a tube of sillicone down there,let it set and see you tata.vik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutsnake Member 122 Member For: 21y 29d Posted 17/01/04 11:20 AM Share Posted 17/01/04 11:20 AM I get a vibrating noise coming from around the area you describe, but only when it is subjeced to some vibration itself, such as a big truck driving by, or some loud thumping music from the sub-woofer.I put this down to the way cars are slapped together these days, but I will mention it at the first service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducatijb Lifetime Members 3,448 Member For: 21y 7m 25d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 17/01/04 07:31 PM Share Posted 17/01/04 07:31 PM New one on me,Hope they sort it for you Scootre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisocial Weird Member Member 1,347 Member For: 21y 9m 25d Location: ACT Posted 18/01/04 12:34 PM Share Posted 18/01/04 12:34 PM I remember reading in a US car mag years ago .....a bloke had a top of the range Jeep and it had an anoying rattle. Kept taking it back, change this tighten that, noise still there, getting mader and mader.A a year or so later his wife gets T-boned at an intersection and whilest the car is being repaired, they find a tin with a bolt on a string in it, welded inside the sill, with a note that read..."You're the rich SOB you find the rattle" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voy74656 voy74656 Member 2,039 Member For: 21y 11d Location: Adelaide Posted 18/01/04 12:38 PM Share Posted 18/01/04 12:38 PM Only in America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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