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Sounds like a wish.
GO FOR IT!!!
BUT, I believe you will have rattles. I have an especially bad rattle in this 04 model right near the right front dash speaker. On certain roads it is absolutely dreadful. On very smooth roads, not so bad. I rented a Camry last week in L.A. (4 cyl. LE) and it had the very same rattle near the right front speaker on the dash.
We also have the MOST ANNOYING rattle coming from the driver's seat belt heightener area. Don't know what it is, but it is really annoying.
HERE'S THE PROBLEM: Do I let some 18 year old "technician" rip my dash and doors apart to fix these rattles, or do I just try to live with them? I cannot imagine that my dash would go back together the way it came from the factory. So I try to put up with a known rattle, rather than take the chance that I'll wind up with more rattles or even worse problems.
Pick your poison. But most people will have some rattles in current day Camrys and that's too bad when you consider how much we pay for a fully-loaded Camry. I hope the new Avalon avoids the rattle problem.
Then I sent mail to Toyota (http://www.toyota.com/html/owners/)
I got reply stating its forwarded to the dealer, then promptly I got call from dealer to bring back the car.
I took the car to dealer to tell me by the technician that "his toyota camry v6" also rattles, so don't expect any solution.
He lubed the windows. noise reduced and I got mail from toyota that the problem is taken care of.
Folks, I really want to know, How this problem can be taken care of by Toyota?
After I picked up the car yesterday, I went to my mom's place which was about 10 miles away and I took the freeway. The whole time I didn't have the radio on because I wanted to see if the rattles were gone. I didn't hear anything. But on the way back, I could hear them a little bit. They only put insulation around the areas which were in the center dash and the passenger door side. I asked the Accord owners a couple of days ago if they had the same problem. One of them said the dealership "tightened up" whatever was causing it and everything was fine. I don't know if it's something Toyota can do, too. If it's something they can do and they just try to cover it up, then that's not good. That's like opening your refrigerator, you smell something bad in there and you just get baking soda to get rid of the smell temporarily. They have to get to the root of the problem and not try to just cover it up.
As I mentioned, I contacted toyota reg this and was told someone will contact me soon before oct5th.
Hopfully we get permanent solution to this.
Our 2002 Sienna has so many rattles I don't even know where to begin... Dash, rear doors, roof... Even my wife complains and she usually doesn't notice anything wrong with a car - even if the gas gauge points to that little "E"...
Toyotas certainly are not built the way they used to be. I think they lost something when "Made in Japan" went away.
Does Toyota produce a manual that shows Average Joe how to remove the console, door panels, and other removable items? I'd be interested in locating some of these rattles myself. Taking them to my dealership would just be asking for trouble.
Let me know if there is a manual for this.
Thanks.
I have a new (late April 2004) XLE V6 with Nav.
I have 3 basic (and VERY ANNOYING rattles):
1. The first major rattle is right at the right front speaker on the dash console. If you are on a very smooth road, you won't hear anything. But roads with bumps of any kind produce a consistent rattle. If my spouse holds down on the right front speaker, the rattle does go away. As soon as she lifts her hand, the rattle returns.
2. The second one is a rattle near the left front seat belt height adjuster on the door pillar. Raising or lowering the adjuster doesn't help.
3. The third rattle is close to where the top of the rear window meets the roof on the driver's side. It appears to be the plastic covering that runs down the inside of the rear window.
The worst is the rattle near the right front speaker. I really would hate to see the dealership dissassemble my entire dash to fix this rattle, but maybe it's not that big of a deal.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
Re your door-pillar rattle - press and release the headliner a few times where the plastic panel meets the headliner. Dos it amke a noise? Toyota uses an adhesive to secure the headliner and it sometimes "crackles". Also, tighten the sunroof tracks and test for rattles by pressing on the sunroof when it is closed, starting from the river's side and moving to teh right. Hear any noises? The roof grab-handle also can make plastic rubbing noises. The rear door panel may be making a noise too, where the inside of the panel meets the inner metal skin. Problem is that noises can travel so you want to examine everything in the immediate area before pulling apart the panels. If you have checked all of the above without luck, then it is time to remove the door-pillar panel...
Rear windshield - have someone drive the car for you while you are in the back seat and see if you can locate the source of the rattle and if holding the part stops the rattle.
Let me know...
So I followed TSB NV002 for the fix. The creak noise was eliminated completely.
In the mean time I found another solution. I took a small extremely soft stuffed animal about 5 inches long and crammed him in there. This is not one of those hard stuffed animal but rather one of those baby soft squeezable ones. It has to be soft enough to wedge in there real good. One of those 'water soaker balls' for the pool would likely work as well however the animal looked better. Anyway, so far so good. If it indeed eliminates the problem I may just leave him there rather than risk the techs fixing one rattle and making 3 more in the process. Ahh the lengths we go to to quiet our Camry's.
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