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Rattle in driver's B pillar (2024 LC)
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I had a chain loose at my spare tire, I used zipties. Still rattling. Tomorrow I go to the dealer.
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So, I went this morning (Belgium) and al the LCs have that chain to lower the spare tire if needed. Nothing you can do about it apparently. Except what I did, use zipties.
About the phonechargers... they (mostly) don't charge but. Toyota knows this for many years and they do nothing about it. Again, my solution was to buy an inverter to plug in my 65W fast charger. Works fine now.
Another noise that I heard comes from the back seat belts where they are mounted. That feels really cheap (aswell). I plugged them in and that noise is gone. Maybe I will put an elastic rubber around it to avoid the rattling noise.
I also asked about the squeaking brakes and without pause the said: 'We will replace them.' So my conclusion of this matter is... if you don't complain they just ignore the problem. My question then is... what else are they aware of that they just don't mention So now they will contact me when the new brakes arrive.
About the phonechargers... they (mostly) don't charge but. Toyota knows this for many years and they do nothing about it. Again, my solution was to buy an inverter to plug in my 65W fast charger. Works fine now.
Another noise that I heard comes from the back seat belts where they are mounted. That feels really cheap (aswell). I plugged them in and that noise is gone. Maybe I will put an elastic rubber around it to avoid the rattling noise.
I also asked about the squeaking brakes and without pause the said: 'We will replace them.' So my conclusion of this matter is... if you don't complain they just ignore the problem. My question then is... what else are they aware of that they just don't mention So now they will contact me when the new brakes arrive.
So, I went this morning (Belgium) and al the LCs have that chain to lower the spare tire if needed. Nothing you can do about it apparently. Except what I did, use zipties.
About the phonechargers... they (mostly) don't charge but Toyota knows this for many years and they do nothing about it. Again, my solution was to buy an inverter to plug in my 65W fast charger. Works fine now.
Another noise that I heard comes from the back seat belts where they are mounted. That feels really cheap (aswell). I plugged them in and that noise is gone. Maybe I will put an elastic rubber around it to avoid the rattling noise.
I also asked about the squeaking brakes and without pause the said: 'We will replace them.' So my conclusion of this matter is... if you don't complain they just ignore the problem. My question then is... what else are they aware of that they just don't mentionSo now they will contact me when the new brakes arrive.
I also ordered the paper version of the 726 pages manual.
About the phonechargers... they (mostly) don't charge but Toyota knows this for many years and they do nothing about it. Again, my solution was to buy an inverter to plug in my 65W fast charger. Works fine now.
Another noise that I heard comes from the back seat belts where they are mounted. That feels really cheap (aswell). I plugged them in and that noise is gone. Maybe I will put an elastic rubber around it to avoid the rattling noise.
I also asked about the squeaking brakes and without pause the said: 'We will replace them.' So my conclusion of this matter is... if you don't complain they just ignore the problem. My question then is... what else are they aware of that they just don't mentionSo now they will contact me when the new brakes arrive.
I also ordered the paper version of the 726 pages manual.
Hello. Anyone had the dealer fix the rattle? Brought mine to the dealership and told me its the door striker, they fixed it but came back after 2 weeks.
That sucks!
My dealer was able to reproduce it but they asked me to bring it back and leave it for a day or so which I am doing tomorrow. They are going to take the door panel off and start from there. I ll report back but if it comes back I am trading the car in. Even the tech from the dealership said that the rattle is so loud and annoying.
I think so too. Looks like the 1958 has a piece dangling behind the door panel so it may be just that. In this tread, the forum member @Gabel1 (thank you so much) shows it in his pics Door Panel Removal
Just be ready to drop it off for 2 days. I dropped off mine in the morning and i got it back next day afternoon.
Yeah, that is what they said. I have a good advisor and he is having (his words) "the smartest guy" working on it. This is why he wanted me to bring it back when he has time to work on it. I will report back when I get it back.
They adjusted the door striker. It was quiet for 10 miles and the rattle came back. Not as loud but it’s back
Trying to keep the rattles consolidated. I get on occasionally from expansion joints on the highway. It sounds like a short buzz, rather than a continuous rattle of something jiggling. My hearing absolutely sucks (Menieres with hearing aids at this point ) so I cannot pinpoint it, but it sounds like it’s in the front dash. Any help appreciated-
It's worth trying. I'll trim them off regardless to see if it helps.
Did you apply it from the outside or inside after removing the door panel? Did you have to remove mirror beforehand or just wedged it in?
@FirstEditionLC2024 did you ever solve this issue? I have the same noise and will take mine to the service department next week, I want to give them an idea of where to start. TYIA
Unfortunately no. The rattle remains. I added sound deadening material throughout the B pillar to lessen noise travel. I still hear a metallic ticking over washboard roads, expansion joints, and small bumps like manhole covers. Hopefully, they can identify yours. It’s a great vehicle, but it’s driving me up the wall. Dealerships don’t know what to do to fix this either. Please update us on whether or not your dealer comes up with a definitive fix. They will likely go down the usual path of adjusting the door striker and possibly tapping welds along the B pillar, but it doesn’t fix the issue.
No. The rattle is coming from the seatbelt spool assembly. The plastic is cheap and has a lot of play in the gears. It will continue to make that metallic tapping sound until they design an improved replacement. Toyota Fort Walton Beach replaced the entire seatbelt spool assembly with another one (same amount of play in the gears), which did not help. This new assembly may be even worse than my original. Someone mentioned putting a thick lithium grease on the gears so it "sticks" and won't rattle as much. I'm just hesitant to put the grease on the gears if it causes it to malfunction.
This is the kind of rattling that I’m hearing. If you have time sir firsteditionLC can you post a video on how did you access that area. Thanks
Well that's unfortunate to hear. When I took it in and played a recording of the tapping sound the advisor immediately said, we have had two other vehicles in here with that, it's the welds on the door, we've had a Tundra and a Camry for the same issue and made an appointment for this Wednesday to repair. So i will be taking it in and see what they do. I think I'll mention the seatbelt spool assembly as well and see what they tell me. I will post and update when I get the vehicle back. I defiantly understand the "driving me up a wall" because I'm ready to trade this vehicle if they can't get it fixed.
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