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lollipop · Mar 27th, 2005, 10:23 AM

Hi there i'm new to the site and new to mini ownership so is there anybody out there who can help me with the following... I get an intermittent rattle from the top of the dash board.. i've got a feb05 minione with all the usual extras (does anybody ever get to buy a vanilla one!!). It seems to me that the top of the dash hasn't been fitted well in the factory. Is it a push and clip job does it come off easily (and go back easily). I've tried taking it back to ALTWOOD MINI (are all mine service places this bad?) and of course they couldn't hear it and as I said before the rattle?squeak is intermittent...

Mercury Rev · Mar 27th, 2005, 10:46 AM

I would encourage you to keep on taking it back. My Cooper, March 05 build has exactly the same problem and is going back to the dealership to have a complete new top dash fitted.

Hope you get some good news or at least some rattle free driving

jon vital · Mar 28th, 2005, 02:52 PM

At least yours is intermittent, mine is consistent.

lollipop · Mar 29th, 2005, 12:22 PM

Its the intermittent nature of the problem which is a pain are these cars badly made cos their British? what's the general feeling about aftersales service my experience is poor,...

Johnny V · Mar 29th, 2005, 06:47 PM

Oh no not the dreaded rattles!!

They're still a problem on the newer models?

That's not good to hear...

I have upgraded to a new Cooper S that should arrive in May....

But my current 2003 Cooper makes loads of rattles....

I was hoping they would have sorted this kind of stuff by now??

I really hope my new car doesn't have any of this rattling going on.

-j

lollipop · Mar 29th, 2005, 09:01 PM

I can only speak for mine but it seems that the whole dashboard is going to have to be refitted I am very disappointed with mini!!!

GLJones · Mar 31st, 2005, 01:45 AM

My 2005 MCS had the rattle in the dash just above the Nav system. Downtown Mini took care of it first try, no problems since. When I mentioned it, they seemed to already know what it was. Same for the rattle in the passenger door.

I now have a rattle in the back of the car but I haven't ruled out something I have in the trunk area as the cause. Need to remove it and see if the rattle disappears.

GLJones · Mar 31st, 2005, 01:49 AM

Forgot to mention, My wife's 2005 MCSC is 2 weeks old and it has zero rattles and seems very well fitted. Solid going over bumps. I am very impressed with it's build.

sjpipher · Apr 1st, 2005, 10:23 PM

You are all going to laugh at the following, but I have fought rattles from a couple of weeks after purchase (over a year). I have been successful eliminating the rattles so that now all I hear is the rubber bumpers on the glove box squeaking over rough roads. I bought felt tape like that used by Mini. This can be purchased from the Booth Felt Co. 800-796-2333. I purchased pn .50TP-BK-047 which is .5 in wide for $16.95 inc shipping. I then removed the top of the dash as instructed elsewhere on the mini2 web site -- Remove the two dash side covers and 4 bolts. Lift up on the dash top carefully. You will need to be careful that you don't break the clips on the side covers.

I found two wiring harness clips that were detached. Relocated them so that they would secure the harness. Plus I taped the %^&* out of the lip that the dash top slides into along with the faces of the plastic collars around the cooling system vents in the dash top. You may have to experiment some by reinstalling the dash top (don't put the side covers back on until you are satisfied) and driving the car. I also had to put a piece of felt between the passenger side windshield pillar cover on the inside and the windshield.

After doing this, that left only the black cover adjacent to the windshield to rattle. I have found no way to get the black cover removed to apply the remedy of felt tape similar to above. Soooo here is the funny part. Get some thick rubber bands and double them over several times. Wedge them between the windshield and the black cover. Place the rubber bands approximately dividing the windshield in 3rds. You may have to experiment with placement and thickness. Watch out or you may push the rubber band down below the cover where it will be found only when you car is scrapped. If you are really picky, you can cut a piece of bicycle inner tube so that the wedge matches the black cover. The combination of these two remedies has made my dash rattle free.

SJP

phong13 · Apr 4th, 2005, 07:15 PM

this may or may not be the same as you, but I've got the same consistent rattle coming fron the dash too. It's only intermittent because the dealership can't hear it when i bring it in. I finally got it figured out, and mine was coming from the A-Frame airbag cover. When it rattles, I would put my hand on it and it would stop. The last time I brought it in, they said they couldn't hear it and didn't do anything about it. I need notice greasy hand prints on the a-frame airbag cover. Maybe they did work on it and and refuse to admit it. This is the 3rd time I've asked them to fix it.

lollipop · Apr 9th, 2005, 11:28 AM

The weird thing is that the rattle has only happened twice since the post and has now een gone for a week!!!

Mar 27th, 2005, 10:23 AM	#1
lollipop MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Local Time: 05:20 AM Posts: 4 Offline	one of those annoying rattles that dealers can never hear!! Hi there i'm new to the site and new to mini ownership so is there anybody out there who can help me with the following... I get an intermittent rattle from the top of the dash board.. i've got a feb05 minione with all the usual extras (does anybody ever get to buy a vanilla one!!). It seems to me that the top of the dash hasn't been fitted well in the factory. Is it a push and clip job does it come off easily (and go back easily). I've tried taking it back to ALTWOOD MINI (are all mine service places this bad?) and of course they couldn't hear it and as I said before the rattle?squeak is intermittent...

Apr 4th, 2005, 07:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
phong13 MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2002 Local Time: 09:20 PM Posts: 135 Offline	this may or may not be the same as you, but I've got the same consistent rattle coming fron the dash too. It's only intermittent because the dealership can't hear it when i bring it in. I finally got it figured out, and mine was coming from the A-Frame airbag cover. When it rattles, I would put my hand on it and it would stop. The last time I brought it in, they said they couldn't hear it and didn't do anything about it. I need notice greasy hand prints on the a-frame airbag cover. Maybe they did work on it and and refuse to admit it. This is the 3rd time I've asked them to fix it. Last edited by phong13 : Apr 4th, 2005 at 08:16 PM.

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Mar 27th, 2005, 10:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mercury Rev MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Local Time: 06:20 AM Posts: 7 Offline	I would encourage you to keep on taking it back. My Cooper, March 05 build has exactly the same problem and is going back to the dealership to have a complete new top dash fitted. Hope you get some good news or at least some rattle free driving

Mar 28th, 2005, 02:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
jon vital MINI2 Senior Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Essex Local Time: 06:20 AM Posts: 612 Offline	At least yours is intermittent, mine is consistent.

Mar 29th, 2005, 12:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
lollipop MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Local Time: 05:20 AM Posts: 4 Offline	Its the intermittent nature of the problem which is a pain are these cars badly made cos their British? what's the general feeling about aftersales service my experience is poor,...

Mar 29th, 2005, 06:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
Johnny V MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Local Time: 01:20 AM Posts: 9 Offline	Oh no not the dreaded rattles!! They're still a problem on the newer models? That's not good to hear... I have upgraded to a new Cooper S that should arrive in May.... But my current 2003 Cooper makes loads of rattles.... I was hoping they would have sorted this kind of stuff by now?? I really hope my new car doesn't have any of this rattling going on. -j

Mar 29th, 2005, 09:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
lollipop MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Local Time: 05:20 AM Posts: 4 Offline	I can only speak for mine but it seems that the whole dashboard is going to have to be refitted I am very disappointed with mini!!!

Mar 31st, 2005, 01:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
GLJones MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Local Time: 01:20 AM Posts: 90 Offline	My 2005 MCS had the rattle in the dash just above the Nav system. Downtown Mini took care of it first try, no problems since. When I mentioned it, they seemed to already know what it was. Same for the rattle in the passenger door. I now have a rattle in the back of the car but I haven't ruled out something I have in the trunk area as the cause. Need to remove it and see if the rattle disappears.

Mar 31st, 2005, 01:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
GLJones MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Local Time: 01:20 AM Posts: 90 Offline	Forgot to mention, My wife's 2005 MCSC is 2 weeks old and it has zero rattles and seems very well fitted. Solid going over bumps. I am very impressed with it's build.

Apr 1st, 2005, 10:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
sjpipher MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Local Time: 10:20 PM Posts: 1 Offline	You are all going to laugh at the following, but I have fought rattles from a couple of weeks after purchase (over a year). I have been successful eliminating the rattles so that now all I hear is the rubber bumpers on the glove box squeaking over rough roads. I bought felt tape like that used by Mini. This can be purchased from the Booth Felt Co. 800-796-2333. I purchased pn .50TP-BK-047 which is .5 in wide for $16.95 inc shipping. I then removed the top of the dash as instructed elsewhere on the mini2 web site -- Remove the two dash side covers and 4 bolts. Lift up on the dash top carefully. You will need to be careful that you don't break the clips on the side covers. I found two wiring harness clips that were detached. Relocated them so that they would secure the harness. Plus I taped the %^&* out of the lip that the dash top slides into along with the faces of the plastic collars around the cooling system vents in the dash top. You may have to experiment some by reinstalling the dash top (don't put the side covers back on until you are satisfied) and driving the car. I also had to put a piece of felt between the passenger side windshield pillar cover on the inside and the windshield. After doing this, that left only the black cover adjacent to the windshield to rattle. I have found no way to get the black cover removed to apply the remedy of felt tape similar to above. Soooo here is the funny part. Get some thick rubber bands and double them over several times. Wedge them between the windshield and the black cover. Place the rubber bands approximately dividing the windshield in 3rds. You may have to experiment with placement and thickness. Watch out or you may push the rubber band down below the cover where it will be found only when you car is scrapped. If you are really picky, you can cut a piece of bicycle inner tube so that the wedge matches the black cover. The combination of these two remedies has made my dash rattle free. SJP

Apr 9th, 2005, 11:28 AM	#11 (permalink)
lollipop MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Local Time: 05:20 AM Posts: 4 Offline	The weird thing is that the rattle has only happened twice since the post and has now een gone for a week!!!

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