The Famous Rattle

[phil19gti 0]

As we know the 205's rattle, it's just life. But the only one that annoys me is the rattle that appears to come from the passenger side sun viser. All of my 205's have had it.

 

Has anyone ever found out where this comes from and cured it?

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

I hope you get it fixed; but they don't all rattle, or even squeek.

[phil19gti 0]

Spill the beans on how to de-rattle a 205.

Edited September 18, 2009 by phil19gti

[cRaig 273 1 Cars]

Spill the beans on how to de-rattle a 205.

 

I raided new trim clips from a few 106's at the scrappy, and then stuck all the dashboard and trim in with clear silicone

Coupled with a load of dynamat and other soundproofing it was like a new car

[Goliath 94]

Its either a loose (worn) clip where you can unclip the sun visor or it could be the sunroof handle?

[Anthony 1,003]

There's a metal clip that retains the sunvisor which gets bent/worn and lets the sunvisor vibrate - either bend the metal clip back in such a way that it holds the sunvisor tightly, or wrap some tape around the sunvisor to take up the slack. Well, that, or just turn the stereo up to drown it out...

[phil19gti 0]

Its either a loose (worn) clip where you can unclip the sun visor or it could be the sunroof handle?

 

It's definitely in that area. To me it sounds like the visor. You always try and listen out for it whilst driving but you still can't work outwhere it's from.

[SurGie 54]

I don't want to put a dampener on things but my 205 has never rattled or squeaked for that matter & iv had three

of them over the years and none of them have rattled.

 

That might change though when i have stiffer springs fitted to it.

[Sorrento313 1 2 Cars]

Thanks to all who replied. I guess the rubber washers may have been made by a previous owner. I checked the clips that you referred to and they are plastic on my car and both snapped, hence the rattle! So a couple of strips of rubber membrane and some duck tape later and we seem to have a solution. Now on to the dashboard rattle.

[dcc 855]

Holy mother of thread revivals!

[Rich_p 23]

It's nice to see people using the search function and referring to older topics