Interior rattles.

[128keaton]

Hey folks. Just curious. How many of you guys have interior rattles?

I have a couple, the most annoying one seems to center around the Lexus Night View dome on top of the dash. Makes me want to cancel it, but it is a very neat feature and extremely useful on darker highways at night.

The second is, I believe, the cup holders or the latch itself on the center console.

Anyone else have anything similar? Remedies? Was thinking about tearing into the dash at some point, but I worry I'd introduce more rattles.

 

[Ayune]

I had many plastic-on-plastic interior creaks depending on the outside temperature. Many more would appear when it's cold and parts shrink a bit and previously tight joints loosen up a bit.

Gradually I've found most of them. When I find a joint that creaks I usually stick some felt tape on one of the parts. I use this stuff, it's designed for auto wiring harnesses: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XPBB6L8/?tag=ihco-20

BTW, the most persistent creak I had was where the shifter console meets the bottom of the ashtray trim.

 

[128keaton]

I had many plastic-on-plastic interior creaks depending on the outside temperature. Many more would appear when it's cold and parts shrink a bit and previously tight joints loosen up a bit.

Gradually I've found most of them. When I find a joint that creaks I usually stick some felt tape on one of the parts. I use this stuff, it's designed for auto wiring harnesses: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XPBB6L8/?tag=ihco-20

BTW, the most persistent creak I had was where the shifter console meets the bottom of the ashtray trim.

Yup. I have that one too. There is already a plethora of similar type tape covering certain areas, presumably done in the factory. Thanks for the link.

One thing that I cannot wrap my head around is how Toyota installed the Night View Dome. It is a plastic piece situated on top of the dash. No gasket in between on mine at least.

 

[Ayune]

Yup. I have that one too. There is already a plethora of similar type tape covering certain areas, presumably done in the factory. Thanks for the link.

One thing that I cannot wrap my head around is how Toyota installed the Night View Dome. It is a plastic piece situated on top of the dash. No gasket in between on mine at least.

It's probably installed right after the heater core, but before the steering rack.

 

[68W65D]

The loudest rattle/noises I have are leather squeaking against leather. Especially between the two back seats. I have cleaned and conditioned them and it still drives me crazy.

 

[aging fleet]

I think @Manhattan summed it up best when he said his truck creaks like a 100 year old pirate ship.

Mine got a lot better when I pulled the third row and added felt tape to insulate the center console and driver's door panel.

 

[lonecruiser]

The loudest rattle/noises I have are leather squeaking against leather. Especially between the two back seats. I have cleaned and conditioned them and it still drives me crazy.

Put a piece of cloth between the two seats.

 

[0tterPop]

My night view was extremely annoying and one of the first things I took out. (Didnt have the proper windshield for a proper display) still trying to make the perfect template to cover the hole....

 

[CloudCity]

Hey folks. Just curious. How many of you guys have interior rattles?

I have a couple, the most annoying one seems to center around the Lexus Night View dome on top of the dash. Makes me want to cancel it, but it is a very neat feature and extremely useful on darker highways at night.

The second is, I believe, the cup holders or the latch itself on the center console.

Anyone else have anything similar? Remedies? Was thinking about tearing into the dash at some point, but I worry I'd introduce more rattles.

Tuck the felt in around the dome if possible or use a strip of open-cell foam, like the small ones used for sealing up windows in winter. BTW I like that you're the first person who actually uses and likes the night vision feature, I think its neat!

My console latches were loose and simply tightening up all the screws settled it in.

 

[Manhattan]

And it's worse this time of year - cold leather.

 

[KC100series]

The loudest rattle/noises I have are leather squeaking against leather. Especially between the two back seats. I have cleaned and conditioned them and it still drives me crazy.

Not the most glamorous fix, but I solved that issue by putting a glove between the seat backs on the split between the seats. On my rig they touch closer to the top of the seat back, so I just shoved a glove in there and its worked well for the last couple years