I've been suffering with a persistent rattle in the driver's door of my '01.
I fought it last summer and had some success that turned out to be temporary. Having just finished a vacation trip to Amish Country in Ohio, where the country roads take you through some beautiful country side, but are as bad as I've seen in a long while. The rattle about drove me crazy. Steps I've taken: I was originally convinced that the source of the rattle was the lock activating rod that connects the key to the latch mechanism. It seemed to have a lot of free play that induced a rattle, so I connected some rubber bands as bungees to that rod and anchored the other end to stationary points in the door. That made some promising improvements, but not lasting. I tried to put some silicone on the ends of the rod where it attaches, but that was even less successful. I tried inserting a thin sheet of polystyrene insulation (packing insulation from a computer) inside the door panel to hide the noise. That made very little difference. Like the most of this list, I am loathe to throw cash at a problem that I feel that I should be able to solve on my own, so it has not been to our very good local Mazda shop for this problem, nor to my very good body man. I hope I don't have to resort to such coarse measures. If anyone's had success fighting such a problem, I could use some good advice or compassionate counseling. Thanks, El Brown-O- _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
