How to cure chattering and squeaking noises
 

I get quite a lot of interior chatterng and squeaking on uneven roads in my MY00. I suppose these are caused by rubbing panels against each other and mainly the foamy-rubber-stuff seal against the front glass. The car is not damaged or crashed in any way, it is in excellent condition. Shall i spray it with something or what? Experience, someone? Thank you. ivosh

No experience of this issue, can anyone else help?

I'm running a classic and I have a few squeeks that annoy me at times, what I have done so far is to push a newspaper under the rear door panel that helped to go towards stopping the one and on the centre consol where it connects to the dash I have forced some black double sided tape in the joint that has stopped that from creaking ;)
Next on the list is going round a sharp left corner I get one from the glove box area... yet to put my finger on that one :(
Try what I did a couple of weeks back get a mate to drive your car and that allows you to explore exhactly where they are coming from without crashing :lol1:

The biggest problem here is actually identifying where the noise originates!!
If you can identify the area, a squirt of polish (Mr Sheen etc) may cure it. If the noise is caused by a vibrating panel, try getting some 'blu-tac' between the two surfaces...

alan

Due to the serious amount of track abuse I have also those squeeking noises from the interior.
What I do is spray all contact aera's (dashboard, door rubbers, seals, ...) with 303 (or armor all), let it soak for a night and wipe off the excess...

I've been using the blu-tac method too and its been quite a success. most of my rattles now come from behind me so it's a little difficult to pinpoint where they are coming from - although I did identify the parcel shelf as major culprit.

When I was replacing the rear speakers I managed to snap the flimsy wooden cover getting it out - and for the few days it was removed the rattles were significantly less, when I got a new one fitted they were back so it came out again and I blu-tac'd the high points of the metal shelf and along the back near the screen. it much better now. The plastic trim housing the rear seatbelts was causing a few too, there was a clip missing from each side so it wasn't being held as tightly as it should.

some other stuff that is quite handy is that double-sided foam tape that you use for mounting styling parts like aero mud flaps (splash guards) - get it from motor factors for a few quid.

Most of my rattles now are due to the lack of dynamat in the front doors - that and the knackered electric window...

Thank you all!