Honda Car Forum

I live in Chile.

We have very rough streets here (lots of holes, cobblestone, etc), so
rattles are a lot more evident here than in the US. (At least that's what I
remember when I used to live up there).

I just brought back my Accord from the dealership after they spent two days
fixing the rattles. They replaced the center console (the pop-up door),
which was the most noisy thing of all.

Seems a lot more quiet now.

-Indirecto



"JM" <jmattis@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Indirecto" <indirecto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I just bought an Accord, replacing a Nissan Pathfinder (I really liked
the
> > truck, but became tired of bleeding money at the pump).
> >
> > Nice car, but my problem is that the car seems full of squeaks and
rattles.
> >
> > ¿Is this common?
> >
> > My last "Honda" was a 1990 Acura Integra, which even though was a lot
> > cheaper, it felt much better put together.
> >
> > -Indirecto
>
> I had a '90 RS auto Integra and it was solidly built. My wife's '90
> manual LS was also great.
>
> My '04 Acord has only 400 miles on it, so time will tell. Right now
> it is as quiet as a funeral home. But, there were so many complaints
> about squeaks & rattles on this board that I nearly didn't buy it.
>
> On the other hand, my '96 I30t had significant issues with the 200
> watt Bose stereo making lots of rattles. The dealer eradicated the
> noises, and at 96,000+ miles it is still very quiet.
>
> I think it's the luck of the draw, and how persistent you are about
> demanding that it be fixed.
>
> JM

> From what I hear, all car manufacturers are under government pressure to
cut
> costs. So don't blame the manufacturers; blame the governments.
>

There certainly are government pressures to reduce emissions, improve fuel
economy and improve safety ... but not to "cut costs".

The auto manufacturers don't get a free ride by blaming the governments for
the auto companies sometimes ham-fisted cost cutting efforts.

John

My '03 has an annoying squeek in the area around the shifter, used to have a
rattle inside the stereo headunit somewhere but that went away on its own.


"Indirecto" <indirecto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I live in Chile.
>
> We have very rough streets here (lots of holes, cobblestone, etc), so
> rattles are a lot more evident here than in the US. (At least that's what
I
> remember when I used to live up there).
>
> I just brought back my Accord from the dealership after they spent two
days
> fixing the rattles. They replaced the center console (the pop-up door),
> which was the most noisy thing of all.
>
> Seems a lot more quiet now.
>
> -Indirecto
>
>
>
> "JM" <jmattis@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:de3b9c1b.0405110948.203c0502@posting.google.c om...
> > "Indirecto" <indirecto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:<c7mrdf$p75$1@news1.nivel5.cl>...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just bought an Accord, replacing a Nissan Pathfinder (I really liked
> the
> > > truck, but became tired of bleeding money at the pump).
> > >
> > > Nice car, but my problem is that the car seems full of squeaks and
> rattles.
> > >
> > > ¿Is this common?
> > >
> > > My last "Honda" was a 1990 Acura Integra, which even though was a lot
> > > cheaper, it felt much better put together.
> > >
> > > -Indirecto
> >
> > I had a '90 RS auto Integra and it was solidly built. My wife's '90
> > manual LS was also great.
> >
> > My '04 Acord has only 400 miles on it, so time will tell. Right now
> > it is as quiet as a funeral home. But, there were so many complaints
> > about squeaks & rattles on this board that I nearly didn't buy it.
> >
> > On the other hand, my '96 I30t had significant issues with the 200
> > watt Bose stereo making lots of rattles. The dealer eradicated the
> > noises, and at 96,000+ miles it is still very quiet.
> >
> > I think it's the luck of the draw, and how persistent you are about
> > demanding that it be fixed.
> >
> > JM
>
>




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