After traveling on the prehistoric roads (99% of the roads) in DC that have not been maintained since the Stone Age, the front passenger door is rattling (or something in it/within the vicinity) at only 3000miles. It looks like this happened after I started driving on the beltway. The beltway has less potholes than the prehistoric roads BUT on the beltway, you'd be hitting those potholes at 65mph. It sounds like it's the door window? Is it an easy fix? Will the dealership take care of it for free next time I go in for service? Would bigger tires "absorb" the impact better? I tried to find 5 other alternate routes, what a mistake! Those routes were actually worse than the 2 alternate routes I currently use. What's funny is that they are actually expanding a sidewalk on a extremely poorly maintained road that has 2 narrow lanes. The lane markers are faded and the lanes have become extremely narrow. The expansion of the sidewalk actually makes the lanes EVEN more narrower.
Same here. It is probably more of a "tick-tick-tick" sound than a rattle, right? I'm pretty sure that it is the black door gasket in the upper window area. I've got the same problem on my CR-V too. When I push on the window, the ticking stops. The fix seems to be lubricating that gasket, and there are posts out there that tell you how to do it.
Nope, it's more of a light rattle. It's Toyota's fault for not designing the suspension/structure system to absorb impact from prehistoric roads. In Japan, they might not need that system but over here they do.
Do you have a front passenger? If not, it could be the male seat belt clip for the passenger rattling against the door post on the belt. I discovered this by accident. Just pull the clip up as high as it will go and see if that stops the noise.
Hate to dig up an old thread..but did you ever figure out your noise? I have a similar noise. It sounds like something lose inside the door or as if the door sheet metal is flexing badly.
I believe I am. It is just it sounds like they may just make it worse the way it sounds from all these posts.
i can't deny that, but your only alternative may be to pull the panel off yourself. maybe take the service manager for a ride and see what he hears sitting over there.
