[s-cars] UrS4 Instrument Cluster Rattle?

[Fred Munro]

Darin;

That's not a rattle; that's the audible brake pad wear alarm :)

I've run into something similar in the past, but danged if I remember how I fixed it. While you are driving, try pressing your fingers lightly on the face of the IP to see if the rattle stops. Move across the face to see if you can locate a spot that will quiet it down. That may give you an idea of where to look for the source. That rattle is quite loud, so something is very loose somewhere. Taking out the IP and giving is a few taps and shakes may identify if something internal to the panel is rattling. I had a similar rattle on the S6 that I swore was coming from the IP, but I finally tracked it down to the horn ring assembly in the steering wheel. Ah, blessed silence!

HTH

Fred Munro
'97 S6

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Darin Nederhoff
Sent: October 23, 2010 4:04 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: [s-cars] UrS4 Instrument Cluster Rattle?

Gents,

My father replaced the instrument cluster illumination on my mothers UrS4
and ever since then they have had a horrific resonant rattle coming from
the instrument cluster. Hes taken it out once or twice since then in hopes
of finding it but so far no such luck. I just came back from test driving
it as Im in town for my mothers birthday and it is literally bad enough
that Id trade or sell my car if I couldnt get rid of it. ;-)  (Then
again, I HATE rattles with a passion.) 

I did take it out and tried to shim the hinge on the bottom of the cluster
with a little cardboard in order to snug it up a bit but there was no
change so I think the culprit lies elsewhere.

YouTube Vid of the rattle in action...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RplakO9JREY

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Darin Nederhoff

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