Rattle Trap

John Stephan · Sep 17, 2019

2005 Expy. Doors are rattling and my wife hates it. The only fix I've found is to replace the door latch assembly. Anyone have any other quick fixes? Even if temporary and require reapplying?

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Hamfisted · Sep 17, 2019

Are you the original owner ? What doors are rattling ? Has it ever been wrecked ? How's the weatherstripping around the door ? Expy's are not known for rattling, anywhere.

Adieu · Sep 17, 2019

Loose speaker or crap left over/left loose from an aftermarket audio install? Loose switch assemblies? Loose window regulators?

Take the door trim off (surprisingly easy, several hidden screws -- check online for if you're not sure you got em all -- and a few easy clips, that's it) and see what's going on underneath

John Stephan · Sep 18, 2019

2nd owner. No signs of ever being wrecked. Not even a speck of rust anywhere. It lived in California and Tennessee.

I've already had the door apart and didnt find anything. It's almost as if the door is not tight on the latch. Like the weather stripping has gone soft and lost its support.

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Trainmaster · Sep 18, 2019

Grab the door and shake it to check for the looseness. If it is the latch get another one from a junkyard. I don't believe there's any adjustment. Could be a problem with the latching mechanism which should be spring loaded. But I have my doubts it is the latch to blame.

You may also want to look at the body mounts between the body and frame. They can loosen or the rubber or mounting points can rot out causing flex that would rattle the door openings. But as Hamfisted mentioned, the weatherstripping should keep things tight. Look for worn paint areas around the door indicating metal-to-metal contact. Could be as simple as a missing little rubber bumper that usually don't do anything.

Aspen03 · Sep 18, 2019

Of all the people I know that have a 2nd gen, mine is the only one that doesn't rattle, especially when going over railroad tracks or uneven pavement.

My in laws is exceptionally annoying, it was one of the key things I avoided when shopping for my own. I've never figured theirs out. It did it before doing stereo work for them and is just as bad afterward. Everything was put back together nice and tight with no improvement. Basically it just sounds like a hollow, plasticky rock filled mess. No rocks in it...I checked. Every once in awhile their grandkids like to collect rocks at the lake and stash them in the car.

99WhiteC5Coupe · Sep 18, 2019

Trainmaster said:
Grab the door and shake it to check for the looseness. If it is the latch get another one from a junkyard. I don't believe there's any adjustment. Could be a problem with the latching mechanism which should be spring loaded. But I have my doubts it is the latch to blame.

You may also want to look at the body mounts between the body and frame. They can loosen or the rubber or mounting points can rot out causing flex that would rattle the door openings. But as Hamfisted mentioned, the weatherstripping should keep things tight. Look for worn paint areas around the door indicating metal-to-metal contact. Could be as simple as a missing little rubber bumper that usually don't do anything.

X 2 on the possibility of missing rubber bumper insulators, which stop the door from rattling.

John Stephan · Sep 18, 2019

Wife sent a picture of the bumpers. They look to be intact and OEM. Maybe they've been compressed too long?

John Stephan · Sep 18, 2019

I know someone was meddling in the door. The expy does have an aft radio. There are amplifiers in the door for the speakers, but I removed the panel and secured anything in the door. When I shake the door with it open there's no noise.

When driving down the road you can hear the door rattling at the latch. It's a metal on metal kinda noise.

It's my understanding that the clasp in the door latch itself should have a type of plastic insulator around it. It insulates the metal to metal contact on the hasp on the B-pillar. My thought is that through the years of use, this plastic piece has worn through and fallen off. Anyone without a rattley door inspect the clasp on the latch and report back?

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Hamfisted · Sep 18, 2019

So it's just the driver's door rattling? Does the passenger side rattle too? If not, what does it's latch look like? You could wrap some tape around the latch striker and see if the noise changes or goes away.
If you do need a new latch, they're still available.

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