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08-05-2008, 12:47 PM
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Juvenile Delinquent
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Jacksonville Florida
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Driver door panel squeaks when I go over bumps. My dash use to squeak very bad but my dealer pulled it, insulated it, and the problem went away.
Windows use to leak too, they adjusted the height and that was fixed too. |
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08-05-2008, 03:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Ajax, Ontario
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Myriad dashboard rattles.....something to do with Sport Pack + Ontario roads...
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08-05-2008, 03:51 PM
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Dinky Plastic Car Owner
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Marina Del Rey, CA
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the left dash vent panel rattle is gone after the dealer put some expanding foam in there.
the worst unwanted noise is the road noise from the worn A048's. i got the Bridgestone RE-01R's and now i can hear my stock exhaust 
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2007 EXIGE S - Nightfall/Black 2007 Lotus Elise (sold) 2004 Subaru STi (sold) 1989 Metro Bus Pass (sold) 1984 BMX Dirt Bike (sold) 1979 Big Wheel (sold) |
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08-05-2008, 04:39 PM
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Chicken Engineer
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: westminster, ca
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mine even squeaks and rattles when its alone in the garage and nobody is there to hear it
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08-07-2008, 06:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Found an extra bolt for the seat track under the passenger seat. I looked there about a month ago when I started to hear a rattling noise but couldn't see anything. It must have been stuck behind the seat and worked its way forward after 4 years.
Maybe I should take the seat out and see if anything else is stuck behind it. We should have the Lotus employees from the factory post a Lost and Found log. This way we can see if the unexplained rattles are coming from lost car keys, missing change, or other items that they cant find at the end of their shifts. I found a small screwdriver under the seat of one of my other cars once. Guess it must have fallen out of someones pocket when they were making the car! |
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08-07-2008, 07:03 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: taxachusetts,usa
Posts: 247
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squeak from rear bracket passenger side where the top attaches,dashboard squeaks.
squeaks i fixed kinda window inside door drivers seat rail
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08-08-2008, 10:59 AM
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ZAMMY
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: washington, pa, (near PGH.)
Posts: 1,557
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unwanted noises and squeaks....my right knee makes a funny snap when i stand up....it's my back that squeaks....
seriously, if we saved all the loose hardware we find in our cars, could we assemble another car, in time? things haven't changed much, in the fifties, at a ford dealer, i would find at least a handful of hardware under the mats, in the trunk, etc. it didn't take long to fill a coffee can. |
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08-08-2008, 11:10 AM
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Alarmed & Dangerous
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Boca Raton FL
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Talking about things falling off, I had a interesting experience. I was getting out of the car and heard something metallic fall to the ground. Not being sure what had happened, with dread I looked around, and found under the car the bezel that goes around the key opening on the door look. Another Lotus moment I thought
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09-28-2009, 06:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Cary, NC
Posts: 111
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Can you identify this noise?
Sounds like coming form passenger side.. maybe window (they are UP) Maybe a Fan?
http://marksink.com/Lotus_noise_1.mp3
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09-28-2009, 08:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Redwood City, CA
Posts: 714
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For any rattles associated with body work... one thing to consider is taking it to a body shop with lots of lotus experience as they very likely have more experience installing, removing, and adjusting body work and anything that could be touched during body work, which is a lot on these cars. I had my front clam replaced at Chilton Autobody in San Carlos a long while back and they fixed a really annoying rattle in my passenger door that the dealer couldn't fix. (they did it for free while fixing the clam since it wasn't part of the repair... i think a body shop will see a good vested interest in helping out loti owners because chances are they'll be back if they have the car long enough...)
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