Hi,
I thought I'd post my experience with a very unusual problem.
Note: I'm very intolerant of rattles in vehicles. Also I had checked all of the normal problem rattles that have been noted on forums.
This rattle was road surface/speed induced. I would get the rattle when I was travelling on stone-chip surface bitumen - NOT on smooth hot/rolled bitumen. The intensity of the rattle would increase as the speed increased, but the volume (how loud it was) did not change. Some people, like my wife did not notice the rattle, and did not care.
During my first 8 weeks of driving my new face-lift i30N, I had a persistent rattle that sounded like it was coming from the dash. I took the car into the dealership for a check and they did some diagnosis and thought they found the problem and tied up some loose wires.
Well after re-driving the rattle was still very audible. I took the car back to the dealership and told them the rattle was still there, and that I wanted it fixed.
Well after 8 weeks, and much test driving, removing the dash - YES the whole dash they traced the rattle to the steering rack. I could not believe that the rattle that was audible from inside the car - behind the upper dash - was coming from the steering rack.
It took some time to get the replacement part from Hyundai - AUD$11.5k for the new steering rack.
After 3 months of being in the dealership - the car was ready for me to pick up. I immediately went for a drive down a road that induced the rattle - and "peace" no rattle.
I'm passing this information on, just in case you are chasing a rattle that you can not seem to find.
Hope you find this useful.
Cheers
I thought I'd post my experience with a very unusual problem.
Note: I'm very intolerant of rattles in vehicles. Also I had checked all of the normal problem rattles that have been noted on forums.
This rattle was road surface/speed induced. I would get the rattle when I was travelling on stone-chip surface bitumen - NOT on smooth hot/rolled bitumen. The intensity of the rattle would increase as the speed increased, but the volume (how loud it was) did not change. Some people, like my wife did not notice the rattle, and did not care.
During my first 8 weeks of driving my new face-lift i30N, I had a persistent rattle that sounded like it was coming from the dash. I took the car into the dealership for a check and they did some diagnosis and thought they found the problem and tied up some loose wires.
Well after re-driving the rattle was still very audible. I took the car back to the dealership and told them the rattle was still there, and that I wanted it fixed.
Well after 8 weeks, and much test driving, removing the dash - YES the whole dash they traced the rattle to the steering rack. I could not believe that the rattle that was audible from inside the car - behind the upper dash - was coming from the steering rack.
It took some time to get the replacement part from Hyundai - AUD$11.5k for the new steering rack.
After 3 months of being in the dealership - the car was ready for me to pick up. I immediately went for a drive down a road that induced the rattle - and "peace" no rattle.
I'm passing this information on, just in case you are chasing a rattle that you can not seem to find.
Hope you find this useful.
Cheers
