Rattles and squeaks

[willythepooh]

Anyone have the same troubles as me ?
Every time I get in the van there’s a different rattle appear - or squeak.
Usually if it’s cold I get something in the door having a good go.
A squeak from the Ovano unit is the latest.
One rattle in the A pillar gets worse when I brake.
Get rid of one and another rears its head.

 

[T6ChrisO]

if its not the van its the pots and pans. I just upgraded the audio system and turned the volume up

 

[JumpShip]

'Procussive accompaniment'
You should try the ridged concrete on the M25 'tish, tish, tish, tish'

 

[Sasquatch]

No squeaks heard in mine with Uriah Heep on the stereo.

 

[willythepooh]

I reckon the roads are there to dismantle VW T6’s.

 

[AeonMach]

Anyone have the same troubles as me ?
Every time I get in the van there’s a different rattle appear - or squeak.
Usually if it’s cold I get something in the door having a good go.
A squeak from the Ovano unit is the latest.
One rattle in the A pillar gets worse when I brake.
Get rid of one and another rears its head.

My passenger side A pillar definitely has an annoying vibration… really gonna have to bite the bullet and either have a look myself or get someone to! Possibly the smaller speaker/woofer?

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

My passenger side A pillar definitely has an annoying vibration… really gonna have to bite the bullet and either have a look myself or get someone to! Possibly the smaller speaker/woofer?

These are a doddle to remove. Will take a few mins to do.
Maybe a wee bit sound deadening would do the trick.

 

[JumpShip]

Unless it has grad handles ...then it's a pain the ass not to break the cover
Well on a t5.1 anyway .

 

[Lubrown]

Mine rattles a hell of a lot. Chased it round, adding felt strips etc. but still full of noise.
As you say the cold doesn’t help. One item that seems to stiffen up due to cold is the rubber ‘shark fin’ profile that I added between the dash and the windscreen to stop things like pay and display tickets, biros, mugs, the dog… disappearing down that huge gap VW left. That bit is quiet most the time but not when It’s cold.

Having suspension made out of wood doesn’t help.

 

[JumpShip]

I used a left over length of 'sounds like a golf' rubber door seal to fill that gap by the windscreen

EVERYTHING rattles in ours ...apart from that little rubber strip

 

[Foofighter25]

I had rattles on both my A pillars. I took them off and packed them out with small pieces of foam. No more rattles.

 

[AeonMach]

These are a doddle to remove. Will take a few mins to do.
Maybe a wee bit sound deadening would do the trick.

Aye that’s what I’m thinking and hoping. Gonna bite the bullet.
At worst need new grab handle cover - but cheap as chips…

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

Aye that’s what I’m thinking and hoping. Gonna bite the bullet.
At worst need new grab handle cover - but cheap as chips…

Just use a trim tool to remove them. They are pretty robust so you will be fine.
It’s the thought of doing it rather than the job. Job will take 15 mins both sides.

 

[AeonMach]

Just use a trim tool to remove them. They are pretty robust so you will be fine.
It’s the thought of doing it rather than the job. Job will take 15 mins both sides.

Aye done (with help from a pal with a trim tool who also knows what he is doing)!
The issue was the woofer was loose at one its joints. A metric f***-ton from a glue gun has fixed it nicely.

 

[Ruby16]

We had "arm rest rattle" then "front suspension squeak" but they became insignificant when we had our Reimo Variotech 3000 bed system fitted.
Only Rammstein at full volume fixes that. Sliding windows leak and Head Unit touch screen has totally failed but we keep smiling.