'11 JBL System: Tearing the car apart.

I have spent a good amount of time looking for a thread on this so please forgive a hypermiler in advance.

2011 Prius III

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Backstory: The car is about 6 months old and got 11k miles on it. About 2 months ago I noticed rattling from the drivers side low/mid speaker (front door). It truly sounded like it'd blown, been torn apart. So I take it into the dealership I purchased from and said, "Fix". They order a new speaker and I go back to have it installed. K. I get some tunes going and the inside of the car is filled with colorful language, sounds the same. The Master Tech (D-Bag) comes out and tells me he does'nt hear anything, then he does, then he blames the tint company. I stopped him there and got serious. My windows were tinted 6 days prior... I had been waiting for the speaker for two weeks and it'd rattled for 2 months or so. He pawns me off to another appointment with the other Master Techs team whom I'd been in and said the speaker was blown. Adding that he'd seen the original and it was not damaged.... "So why did you waste Toyotas money and give me a rattle cage back".


The issue at hand:
After realizing I and Toyota were wrong about the speaker condition I did a little troubleshooting. It's the interior of the door (and since, both front doors). It's noticeable at Vol3 and Volume30. Pushing on the door interior with hand or knee driving it stops. I got three paper towels and folded them to a 1"x4" 'roll', stuck it in the door as closing, at the bottom. Bam, poor mans dynamat? I don't think Dynamat will help and it's 6 freaking months old.


My questions:
Are any other JBL owners experiencing this?
Should I take it in to the dealer and 'occupy' until they do 'something'?
If any of you have experienced this what did you do?




Note that if you can't imagine this occurring go get a true lossless audio copy (so it's original quality) of Cinema (feat. Gary Go) (Skrillex Remix), and play at Vol 30, Low3/Mid3/High5. For the record I listen to XM 24/7 so it's crystal clear.

 

I'm really the only one browsing that has experienced this?

/sadface

 

Wow, I didn't realize this had ever been responded to! I am still 'dealing' with this issue but putting a 1.5" round roll of paper towel between the base of the door interior and the kick plate. I'm nearing my 50k mark and end of all warranty coverage. After the original post I tried once more to have it serviced by Toyota and I got the same response.... you have the stereo adjusted incorrectly. /fume!

I really appreciate the responses though. If nothing else I'm comforted a bit to know it's not just me... I've have the door interior off and will do so again trying placement of foam. Until now I was convinced it was the window mechanism and that there wasn't going to be much I could do for it. Hope restored.


Thanks Josh2008 and Prominence

 

I have applied foam in a few places where the interior panel would rest in the door. I'd say 90% of the rattle from the drivers door is alleviated. Still a work in progress as I'm sure the other three can be improved and I may do something more permanent.

Again thanks for the responses. When it comes to the car I don't think outside the box enough.