tgf

Has anyone experienced a rattle coming from the window panel or the B-pillar? My car has this rattle that sounds like a loose wire, or a loose metal piece that constantly touches another metal and makes noise.
The noise is sporadic so difficult to get a large enough sample.

The dealership has put felt tape around inside of the door panel, b-pillar. But the noise is still there and they are not able to isolate it.

Any ideas? Thoughts about what could be wrong.

Jusforfun

Is it seat belt related?

tgf

Not sure. Is there a loose part anywhere in the seat belt mechanism that I should be looking at?

QQQQuattro

I have the exact same sporadic rattle, but mine has happened on both sides of the car at times. Please report if you find a solution, as it's enough to drive a person nuts.

HaveBullDogWillTravel

I had what I thought was a rattle but it turned out to be the glass binding(and breaking loose) from the perimeter weatherstripping. I cleaned the glass and wiped some Gummipfledge in the channel and all was well. Other that that, no problems. Check yours by lowering the glass just a bit the next time you hear it and see what happens.

tgf

Thanks. The rattle seems to go away when I push against the window. Audi Dealer had inspected the window earlier and mentioned that 'everything is within specifications'.

Will try lowering the window a bit today.

QQQQuattro

I tried the Gummipfledge a while back (after BullDog had first posted) and it didn't help. Because of the wind noise created by cracking the window a bit, I'm really unable to determine if it stops the rattle.

I'll try using it again once I get the car back from the dealer, as right now it's in for another bizarre whistling sound coming from under the hood around 30mph.

RattleAndHum

It is absolutely maddening to have this high-frequency rattle in such a nice car. My 2012 Q5 started rattling within 1 week and the dealer is clueless. They took apart the door and b-pillar today and it made it much worse. (They added no felt though.) I have pressed on the glass/pillar/door/etc during the rattle with no positive effect.

Has anyone found a real solution? The car is awesome otherwise but this is so annoying I want to get rid of it.

tgf

the problem was isolated to the end-seals of driver and driver-side rear passenger door. I placed a thick felt pad between the seal and the steel frame ... and the problem went away. The rattle never came back. Dealer will have to re-insert the black door seals when I go back in for regular maintenance.

johncaravello

Picture?