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Title: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: ianv5 on June 13, 2012, 08:34:00 am
As above my passenger Airvent, the one nearest the nearside window has started to rattle very slightly but is driving me nuts. Can anyone help me on how to cure this?

It seems to be coming from the vent surround as it stops when I put pressure on it.
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: MPS on June 13, 2012, 08:45:32 am
The vents nearest the windows are an interference fit and as such just pull out, no screws holding it in. See if anything behind it rattling against it like a wiring loom or summat.
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: ianv5 on June 13, 2012, 11:34:26 am
How do you pull it out without breaking anything?
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: MPS on June 14, 2012, 11:59:59 am
Wedge it out with something thin and plastic to help you
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: MPS on June 14, 2012, 10:59:10 pm
Any luck? It really doesn't take much pulling, you'll be surprised.
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: ianv5 on June 17, 2012, 08:14:34 pm
Came out dead easy :happy2:
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: scopes on June 17, 2012, 08:17:24 pm
Did you cure the problem?
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: AA on June 17, 2012, 08:21:26 pm
 I had the same problem with the drivers side and used double sided stickytape.
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: scopes on June 17, 2012, 09:00:40 pm
I take it, using double sided sticky tape holds it in place rather than it moving about
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: ianv5 on June 18, 2012, 08:53:18 am
Did you cure the problem?

Not yet spent all weekend at the Moto GP at Silverstone, will fix this week along with the squeak I am getting from the centre dash!
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: brookesb32 on June 18, 2012, 12:06:50 pm
As above my passenger Airvent, the one nearest the nearside window has started to rattle very slightly but is driving me nuts. Can anyone help me on how to cure this?

It seems to be coming from the vent surround as it stops when I put pressure on it.

I thought my passenger vent was the cause of my annoying rattle, turned out to be a screw. If you open the passenger door and pop off the side access panel that is on the side of the dash there is a screw at the top that works loose. Tighten that up and hopefully voila! There is a thread on here somewhere all about it-which is how I found out about it
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: MPS on June 18, 2012, 12:28:20 pm
The screw in the exact same location on the drivers side is loose as well I found
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: ianv5 on June 18, 2012, 01:20:45 pm
The screw in the exact same location on the drivers side is loose as well I found

Will check it out :happy2:
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: ianv5 on June 19, 2012, 08:30:04 am
As above my passenger Airvent, the one nearest the nearside window has started to rattle very slightly but is driving me nuts. Can anyone help me on how to cure this?

It seems to be coming from the vent surround as it stops when I put pressure on it.

I thought my passenger vent was the cause of my annoying rattle, turned out to be a screw. If you open the passenger door and pop off the side access panel that is on the side of the dash there is a screw at the top that works loose. Tighten that up and hopefully voila! There is a thread on here somewhere all about it-which is how I found out about it

Result :happy2: I took the side panel off and yes I had a loose screw!!! Tightened up and no rattle. Would suggest that in most cases this is the culprit and not the vent rattling.
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: brookesb32 on June 19, 2012, 12:14:55 pm
Happy days   :jumpmove:
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: scopes on June 20, 2012, 10:48:03 pm
I will have to check that too, im seem to get a creaking from the centre vent, on top of the dash more so when its a warm day...
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: daboy3000 on June 21, 2012, 05:13:46 pm
I had this problem to, both sides were lose, so i went round tightening everything I could find.
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: gigolo456 on June 21, 2012, 05:17:56 pm
When i have the air-con on, for about the 1st 10 minutes, my centre vents/dash creak like mad!! My satnav has recently been re-secured in, so i think i can rule out that!
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: daboy3000 on June 21, 2012, 05:19:45 pm
Thats just the cold making things contract i think, my whole car creaks and rattles more in the winter.
Title: Re: Passenger Air vent Driving me Nuts
Post by: scopes on June 21, 2012, 06:42:42 pm
So on the sunny days its probley swealling a bit, causing it to move...i guess.