Okay, there is an annoying rattle developing behind my drivers side door panel. I think it sounds like it coming from behind the door handle or maybe below the panel with the window switches on it. It rattles when I play music and I don't think it use to do it, or do it as bad as it does now. I can't hear it coming from the passenger side.

I hoping some of you ICE guys who have done some sound dampening might know what is causing this. I don't want to spend a bunch of time/money dynamating the doors. I don't want to go on a wild goose chase and take my door apart if there isn't a known cause because I don't want to loosen things up by taking them apart and possibly making it worse.

What I'm hoping is one of you could say, "Oh yeah, it's the lever that opens the door, it pops out of its guide and rattles" or "Yeah, that's the wiring harness for the door and it came loose and is now rattling." If you guys can give me a couple specific things to look for, I'll dig into it. Otherwise, I don't want to start chasing a dragon I might never catch...


Thanks!

 

I had a rattle coming from the where the handle is. If you lift up the handle does the noise go away? Mine did.

It turned out that I had the handle assembly replaced because it was still under warranty.

Lift up the handle and crank the music to see if the door still rattles. If so then it might be something different.

I am not sure how else you could fix it without replacement.

 

door panels come off in 3o secs!

 

If it's coming from the exterior door handle then it's that one 10mm nut that holds the keyhole in place, you're gonna need to undo the door panel to get at it. While the door panel's off, get some sound deadening spray and spray some of the parts where the bolts/nuts are just to make sure it won't rattle/come loose after thumping your system.
If it isn't that part then I'm just 'ing....