Question re: A Pillar Rattle [Euro]

**FWCL** · 15-09-2005 02:39 PM

I know this issue has been raised a few times. However, my question is whether anyone has had their winscreen clips changed/repaired to rectify this problem. If so, what was done by the dealer? Were new clips installed or adhesives used?

I had a really bad rattle from new when temp dropped below say 10C (ie. in the mornings). Drove me bloody nuts! It was actually more like a crackling sound. However, based on advise on this forum, I got rid of the noise by pressing hard on the plastic strip where the windscreen meets the A pillar. The rattle is now gone except for really big bumps. However, the weather is also much warmer now. So I'm not sure if it'll come back. I'm thinking of getting the dealer to do something about it at the next service. However, I'm not sure if I should demand that the clips be changed irrespective of proving the rattle in a test drive.

Anyone had their's rectified by the dealer?

**yfin** · 15-09-2005 03:16 PM

Just press the windscreen cowl in a few times - in my case it was a permanent fix.

**FWCL** · 15-09-2005 03:19 PM

Yeah, it seem to work for me too. So you reckon I should not get the clips changed or resetted?

**yfin** · 15-09-2005 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by FWCL

Yeah, it seem to work for me too. So you reckon I should not get the clips changed or resetted?

Not unless it is happening. The less your car is pulled apart by some apprentice mechanic the better. It is like fixing rattles - dealers pull apart the doors and dash, etc, and sometimes create new rattles that are worse than the ones you wanted to fix!

**euro1978** · 15-09-2005 04:26 PM

Agreed.

I would not let the dealer rectumfy it.

You may extirpate the rattle in question but pulling apart the interior will undoubtably result in other niggling rattles down the tracks.