Rattly Patrol
Submitted: Thursday, Jun 16, 2005 at 15:25
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Brent.n
Hello,
I have a 2003 GU Patrol with a lift and am running 35 inch tyres, after every time I go out four wheel driving I come back with more rattles in my car, they are ones that I have no idea where there coming from, mainly the rear.
Is this a known thing for patrols, to be rattle and noisy?
Because I think I chose the wrong car because I hate rattles and noises
Reply By: Member - Pezza (QLD) - Thursday, Jun 16, 2005 at 16:24
Thursday, Jun 16, 2005 at 16:24
G'day Brent,
I have only read one other post on this subject so it doesn't seem to be a major subject/problem. I have a 98 GU with over 200,000 on it and have only one rattle ( more an intermitant vibration ) under the dash, and that only started after it came back from having remote entry/alarm fitted. Just came back from doing some pretty rough roads up north, battle
camp, lakefield,
cape melville,
maytown etc. and have had no new ones develop, so
mine seems fine, not sure about others.
Hope you manage to trace and eliminate them, nothing worse than rattles, especially in a modern car. Good luck.
Avagoodn
Pezza
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Reply By: muzzgit (WA) - Friday, Jun 17, 2005 at 00:33
Friday, Jun 17, 2005 at 00:33
My 2000 build 3.0 GU has 3 rattles that appear at different times. The most annoyinng is something under the centre console which rattles at idle. The second sounds like a spanner tapping on the side of a shock absorber. I've checked all the shocks and stearing damper and can't figure it out. (PS. if you do this, don't do it after driving on a rough track, those shockies get bloody hot. OUCH !! )
The third only appears over 90 K's and I discovered on the weekend that the plastic protecting the fuel filler, under the right rear wheel arch has partly come adrift and flaps around.
Yes, Patrols do get rattles a bit earlier than cruisers, many people will tell you that. But better diffs and gearbox's make up for that.
Cheers,
Muzz
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Reply By: Member - Duncs - Friday, Jun 17, 2005 at 22:09
Friday, Jun 17, 2005 at 22:09
I just remembered this, heard it years ago and it may even be a bit of a myth.
Bloke bought a brand new Holden wagon and proudly took it
home to show off to the friends and neighbours. On the way he noticed a rattle coming from the back. He had a quick look but didn't find anything so he mentioned it to the dealer on the next visit.
The dealer checked it out but to no avail. Every service, he mentioned the rattle and every service the dealer could not find anything. He was going nuts. He had the kids riding in the back with their ears to the floor. It was definately comning from under the luggage area. Fuel tank was properly mounted, all the
suspension was tight, coouldn't find a thing.
Then one day it happened, a flat tyre. Out comes the spare, as he gets it out he drops it ont the ground and guess what? It rattles.
Turns out there was a spanner inside the tyre. Had been there since it left the factory.
Your local tyre man hasn't lost any spanners lately????
Probably not.
Duncs.
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