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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.

thanks.
Dave.



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Dave wrote:
> 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.
>
> thanks.
> Dave.

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What side is your steering wheel on?

'Curly'

left - Canada

"motsco_" <motsco_@interbaun.com> wrote in message
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> Dave wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> thanks.
>> Dave.
>
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>
> What side is your steering wheel on?
>
> 'Curly'



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"Dave" <sylndave@yahoo.ca> wrote in
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> 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.
>



This may be the noise mentioned in TSB 04-056. The cause of the noise in
04-056 is the rear of the left-side shock tower rubbing against the
firewall.

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Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in news:Xns99D18A69D5FEFtegger@
207.14.116.130:

> "Dave" <sylndave@yahoo.ca> wrote in
> 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.
>>
>
>
>
> This may be the noise mentioned in TSB 04-056. The cause of the noise in
> 04-056 is the rear of the left-side shock tower rubbing against the
> firewall.
>


Then there's TSB 04-055, which covers a similar noise resulting from the
bottom of the A-pillar trim contacting the dashboard.

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"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.

thanks to Tegger too.
I got 2 service bulletins that deal with such a noise (turns out Honda
Canada has a totally different numbering system than the US for these
bulletins).
One is about the strut tower touching the dash. The other (which sounds
plausible to me) is about the moulding clips holding the pillar trim being
either broken or disengaged - I'll check this out when it stops raining ;-)

Dave.

"JM" <jmsn@ns.sympatico.ca.ns> wrote in message
news:471e67dc$0$14852$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net...
> "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.
>



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