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my skyline seems to have developed some nasty rattles;

on smooth road its awesome, with less road noise from the tyres than my old mirage (not bad considering the tyres are soo much larger on the skyline)

anyway, the rattles seem to be getting worse on rough roads and they are driving me mental

where would be a good place to take the skyline to get rattles investigated?

id be tempted to have a go myself at taking apart door trims and what not, but id hate to get things appart and then not be able to put them back together.

anybody got any suggestions for me?

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and just to add to the annoyance my climate control fan has started making a god awful noise even at low speeds

these are all minor annoyances when compared with how much enjoyment i get from my car, but its driving me crazy all the same

it sounds like there is something stuck in the fan and it flicks it on each revolution

hopefully a leaf or something has got stuck in there and it will be broken down eventually;

anybody know how to get to the fan/climate control stuff?

it sounds like its above the passengers feet under the glovebox . . .

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Originally posted by Spooks_Skyline

and just to add to the annoyance my climate control fan has started making a god awful noise even at low speeds

these are all minor annoyances when compared with how much enjoyment i get from my car, but its driving me crazy all the same

it sounds like there is something stuck in the fan and it flicks it on each revolution

hopefully a leaf or something has got stuck in there and it will be broken down eventually;

anybody know how to get to the fan/climate control stuff?

it sounds like its above the passengers feet under the glovebox . . .

I had exactly the same problem about 1 week ago. It seems to have gone now though :uh-huh:

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Ah, rattles. Do we need any more proof that our cars are really Japanese Commodores? :)

Seriously though, rattles can be an indication that the car's been involved in an accident. Getting hit can loosen up joins and welds and cause things to shake around a bit. The worst rattles to get rid of are in the dash. I had one really annoying rattle in my dash of my previous car (Commodore) which I could never locate.

If the rattle seems to be coming from the door trims I would spend a Saturday morning taking the trim off and investigating, it's a lot easier than pulling the whole dash out.

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in the door trims .. this is what i found to be most probable ...

1. if the speakers have not been put in tightly.

2. theres this little handle thing that the door trim sits on, this usually goes loose after a while, haven't figured out a way to keep it perfectly tight ... i might try putting some tape between the handle and the inner panel. even tape the whole handle thing to add a bit more weight to it as if you're sound deadening it .

3. when u remove the door trim u will see some of the plastic screw holder thingies will be pretty much farked ... go out and buy some new ones from the nissan dealer ... costs about 30 cents or so each ... replace the farked ones or the half farked ones with the newer ones.

4. if ur insane then go out and buy some sound deadener, i havne't done this as yet as i'm pretty lazy, but will do so soon.

let me know how u go.

i've got this annoying sqeakin coming out of where the stereo is, i'm pretty sure its the emty din comparment since i broke the spring mechanism and it doesn't close by itself properly, so i'm going to replace that soon.

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hmm ive got rattles and junk all over the place - im just used to them now cos i drive on such tishhouse roads every day - it sux.

one thing i did do, but it'll add a bit of weight to the car is go down to a clark rubber and get some of their heat insulation/underblanket/think woven wool sound deadening stuff they have there. it wasn't too expensive and i lined the two front doors, beside the rear passengers and under and behind the rear passengers. seeems to have helped the road noise a bit

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what about power window assembly, can they become loose and make horrible noises as you wind the windows up/down? I think mine made that noise like it's almost breaking.

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yes after a semi accident (no damage) my window bolts came loose and it rattle crazy as well as CLUNK, so i took the trim off and fixed it voila ;) perfect, but the door trim rattles a bit there is one screw missing and that is the problem im sure as well as those broken clips, parcel tray rattles crazy like a cricket with the SUB on

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Originally posted by nismoman18

yes after a semi accident (no damage) my window bolts came loose and it rattle crazy as well as CLUNK, so i took the trim off and fixed it voila :D perfect, but the door trim rattles a bit there is one screw missing and that is the problem im sure as well as those broken clips, parcel tray rattles crazy like a cricket with the SUB on

My parcel shelf rattles like a cricket with the sub on too....this is how to fix it, as discovered by a friend in his car...punch the parcel shelf as hard as possible :) it will stay away for at least a few hours of the sub being used.....

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