"Dave" <sylndave@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:471b79b9$0$26388$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
>I have a 2004 Accord EX - lately it has developed a rattle in the dash
>somewhere (it sounds like, when we are drivng over roads that are not
>perfectly smooth) that it's somewhere left of the instrument cluster or
>near the vent outlet
>
> is there a common component there that will loosen up and cause such a
> rattle? how would I get at it?
> any amount of wiggling or pushing or holding by me has no effect on the
> rattle.

My '01 Accord has a rattle as well in possibly the same area. I think I've
narrowed it down to the "lid" of the dash, somewhere near the square plug
toward the windshield that hides one of the screws holding the dash in
place. If I "gently" beat on the glass with my fist in that area I can get
it to rattle, and putting my other hand against the dash will silence it.

I've yet to figure out exactly what's rattling though, I'm hoping it's not
something underneath, or if it is, that tightening the screw under that
cover will take care of it. It's possible it's the windshield defrost vents
also.