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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558  
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check where the window bolts to the regulator the 8mm bolts come loose in the plastic bits that stuck to glass .. that's what mine was .. had a rattle looked couldn't fit it then window dropped out and down .made it easy to find then !
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11th Nov 2013 9:22am |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586  
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 window dropped out! Want to avoid that, I'll have a look at those bolts when I take the card off.
Had something similar happen on Mrs. Eutek's Merc, the rear windows on her model's year have an awful design, the mechanism eventually fails, whether you use it often or not, had one window fall into the abyss of the door and break while lowering it. |
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11th Nov 2013 11:42am |
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| Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: Cheshire/London Posts: 2760
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Happened to me! Except it shattered in the door when my passenger tried to raise it.
Fixed under warranty but they didn't get all the glass out and it rattles around in the door now! Meaning to get it out sometime Cheers, David Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8. |
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11th Nov 2013 1:06pm |
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| g13non Member Since: 27 Oct 2011 Location: BIFFO Posts: 31 
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I have the same rattle and on initial investigation it seems that the metal rod connecting the door handle to the latch has started to vibrate. There looks to be plastic guides which normally keeps this rod on track. They have worked themselves loose. I am waiting for the next service to get this sorted.
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11th Nov 2013 2:22pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558
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just in case you don't know .. sometimes you have to move window up or down to be able to get at bolts and BE CAREFUL if they electric .. seem a few trapped fingers in workshop
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11th Nov 2013 6:14pm |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586
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Well - took the door card off, drove around a bit to better locate the source of the rattle, to discover that it isn't there!
I did glue one of those plastic rod guides back in place, but that wasn't making much noise at all. The rattle appears to be up around "ear height". Almost like it is coming from the pillar between the driver and passenger doors, or maybe even the driver doorframe up near the window track. No window rattle though, that and the track itself are snug. It isn't the seatbelt lug either, checked that. Very odd... |
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18th Dec 2013 8:15am |
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| Romadog Member Since: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Powys Posts: 1749 |
How about the bolts that join B pillar to roof ?
Rattly washer ?? |
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18th Dec 2013 8:32am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17443 
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I have one of those too! In four years of motoring I still haven't found out what it is that is rattling. It does seem to stop if I open the door though. Solution - turn up the radio. |
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18th Dec 2013 8:49am |
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| Jim_Bean Member Since: 10 May 2011 Location: Staffordshire / Shropshire border Posts: 613 
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I'm just leaving the dealership now after having a bunch of tweaks and repairs done.
The drivers window rattle was found to be the connecting rod between the lock and the door handle. On the rod are a couple of plastic pads that stop the rod rattling against the door. The irony being that it was these plastic squares that had rattled loose and were themselves rattling against the inner metal sheet. Might be the same for you guys. |
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18th Dec 2013 11:35am |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769 
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Told you
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18th Dec 2013 11:48am |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586
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No, athough I did find one that had come unglued. Glued it back in place, slightly less rattle now but the one by my ear is still there. It does stop if I open the door, but hard to drive like that.  Pehaps it is related to the bolts that join the b-pillar to the roof... |
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18th Dec 2013 2:05pm |
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| Romadog Member Since: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Powys Posts: 1749 |
Perhaps...?!   |
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18th Dec 2013 2:44pm |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586
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So... sorted. Mark Smith in Bicester discovered the source of the rattle. Seems the catch on the door had worked itself a tiny bit loose, you could barely feel it - but that was enough to make the door rattle like mad and send the vibrations up to ear level.
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29th Apr 2014 5:32pm |
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