To start of the post I picked up the model 3 performance on March 30th. Surprising my exterior build quality was phenomenal but my interior had some noticeable rattles all around the car. Going from my BMW 750 that was my daily driver to then my M5 for a couple months while I waited for the M3P as me new daily, the rattles were driving me a little crazy. So I did what any sensible person would do and tore the car apart in search of my rattles lol. Hopefully new and old users could benefit from this. Because now the only noise inside the car is from the wind and tire noise from the 2 front wheels.
I included 4 pictures of where 99% of the rattles in my car came from.
picture 1 is the door panels, this relates to all 4 doors. Inside the door panels we have multiple clips that are loose inside of the housing the rest. My fix was to wrap the connection in electrical tape which made the fit snug. Looking at the front doors there’s another clip that has some play around the location where the tweeters are.
the tweeter speakers had some play so I put a tiny drop of super glue on the plastic clips that hold it in place.
the seatbelt adjuster had some minor rattle so I used a small amount of felt tape to stop the rattle
picture 2 is the speaker on the A pillar. This speaker was rattling like crazy for me so I put felt tape where the clips were touching the metal.
now we get to where the hidden rattles were that after sitting in the backseat as the wife drove over bumps I was able to pinpoint the location of the remaining rattles.
picture 3 is in the backseat above each window. Not sure what pillar it is. I circled the location of the 2 clips behind the trim. These 2 clips have so much play the sounded like coins rattling around. I again used felt tape until no matter how much movement happened in the car I had no remaining rattle. I did the same process on both sides.
underneath the rear seat there are 3 plastic clips holding wires. The clips bounce and move as the car moves and that movement causes them to rattle against the frame of the car. I circled where the 3 clips are and again I used felt tape all around the sections until no matter how much the clips moved no noise was being heard.
if anyone has anything else they would like to add please feel free to include.
I hope some of you find this helpful even tho I didn’t remove the panels and trim pieces to show exact locations
I included 4 pictures of where 99% of the rattles in my car came from.
picture 1 is the door panels, this relates to all 4 doors. Inside the door panels we have multiple clips that are loose inside of the housing the rest. My fix was to wrap the connection in electrical tape which made the fit snug. Looking at the front doors there’s another clip that has some play around the location where the tweeters are.
the tweeter speakers had some play so I put a tiny drop of super glue on the plastic clips that hold it in place.
the seatbelt adjuster had some minor rattle so I used a small amount of felt tape to stop the rattle
picture 2 is the speaker on the A pillar. This speaker was rattling like crazy for me so I put felt tape where the clips were touching the metal.
now we get to where the hidden rattles were that after sitting in the backseat as the wife drove over bumps I was able to pinpoint the location of the remaining rattles.
picture 3 is in the backseat above each window. Not sure what pillar it is. I circled the location of the 2 clips behind the trim. These 2 clips have so much play the sounded like coins rattling around. I again used felt tape until no matter how much movement happened in the car I had no remaining rattle. I did the same process on both sides.
underneath the rear seat there are 3 plastic clips holding wires. The clips bounce and move as the car moves and that movement causes them to rattle against the frame of the car. I circled where the 3 clips are and again I used felt tape all around the sections until no matter how much the clips moved no noise was being heard.
if anyone has anything else they would like to add please feel free to include.
I hope some of you find this helpful even tho I didn’t remove the panels and trim pieces to show exact locations
