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- squizzel
- Member Since: 30 Aug 2025
- Location: west midlands
- Posts: 46
rattle in driver door cured
I mentioned in another post about a rattle when shutting the drivers door. Sounding like metal rattling on metal. Land rover indi when i was in there last said that sometimes one of the cables in the doors are not clipped back properly. I had read about the door skin coming away from the strengtheners that runs across the door. So today i thought i would investigate, as that along with a squeaky brake pedal was driving me insane. Stripped the door, and as thought the door skin had come unbonded from the strengthening bar that runs across the door, (photos attached). I have put a little acoustic foam between the panels, and then run panel glue across the small gap it produced, so to get a good fill of panel glue.
Door now doesn't sound like a tin can, and hopefully it will stop the rattle when going over bumps.
Then onto the brake pedal, with that i removed the small plastic panel by the pedals and obd port. Spayed all linkages and pivot points with white grease. Seems to have stopped it rattling for now at least.
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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 18 Nov 2024
- Location: Orkney Islands
- Posts: 677
Squizzel, you're a star.
As I mentioned in that other thread, I've got exactly the same issue with the driver's door having a tinny rattle like an old transit van when I shut it. The other doors are fine.
I thought it was the window regulator cables in my door vibrating like I mentioned at the time...but it looks like that door strengthener coming unbonded may well be the issue. Once the weather has improved a huge bit or after my trip to the stealership for the N877 security update next week, I'll strip my door down and do the same fix.
It'll also give me a chance to check the window regulator cables for any sign of rusting as I haven't had to replace the regulator on that door...yet.
I've got a new window regulator on the spares shelf in the garage for when I do need to replace it though. I bought it (just in case) when I replaced the OS rear one a couple of months ago.
Nice one mate
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