Fix Dash Rattle

[rambaldi]

I've got a 2006 Liberty 3.0R and a rattle has begun to develop on the passenger side dash up near where that little "button" thing is on the dash. If I push down on it I can make it rattle with my bare hand. What's the best way to get under there and fix the rattle?

[GONEWALKABOUT]

photos maybe? something a little more descriptive

[HardwareBoB]

I've got a 2006 Liberty 3.0R and a rattle has begun to develop on the passenger side dash up near where that little "button" thing is on the dash. If I push down on it I can make it rattle with my bare hand. What's the best way to get under there and fix the rattle?

That button is a light sensor for the climate control system to sense the sun load.

[rambaldi]

Good to know about that little "button".

I've circled the area that rattles when I drive. It's been getting worse over the past month or so and hope that there's a relatively easy way to stop it from rattling over bumps.

[tom_kauf]

I have the same issue. I haven't had time to fix it yet, but other people have. This helped me (although there it seems to be on the other side of the car):

Link: Annoying 05 Wagon Dash Rattle/squeak!

Not a very detailed thread, but the two important posts are:

Mine comes from the drivers side a pillar where it meets the dash at the windscreen

I had this exact same noise from the same spot. I got a thin strip of black rubber and pushed it between where the dash meets the a pillar and it stopped. Cant see it either so it was a win win.

EDIT: Pulling the pillar trim off is fairly easy. That gave me access to the area where the above guy put a rubber strip. But I haven't had a chance to do it properly yet. My first quick attempt made no difference - but that was only under the pillar, not between the dash and pillar. Let me know how you go, it seems that a lot of Libertys (both pre and post facelift) have this issue. Would be good to get more detailed info on what exactly needs to be done.

[tom_kauf]

Thanks to bigbadbenny for telling me that the US LGT forum made a 3D Printed Dash Rattle stopper. As they say "The dash rattle stopper is a rather inelegant solution but it works. It is a small piece of plastic that gets crammed between dash and window just to the right of the VIN tag"

They're $5 for a set of various sizes (not sure about postage to Aus though). Group Buy anyone?

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/3d-printing-development-thread-231380p11.html

[bigBADbenny]

I'm in: thanks