CT4-V Glovebox Rattle FIX

[Seth]

Sorry if this has been discussed before, just posting it here for posterity. I've been dealing with an insanely annoying rattle from the passenger side / glovebox area for a few months, reaching over while driving pushing on things, opening and closing the glovebox, anything I could think of to locate the rattle... no dice.

Finally my dumb ass Googled "ct4 v blackwing passenger side rattle", lo and behold this was the second result:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cadillac/comments/16dfact

Literally a ten second fix. For those that don't have Reddit, there's a "lock" under the glovebox on the right side - I presume for the cabin air filter. It was unlocked and that was what created all the noise - just turned it 90 degrees and the sound went away. Whew.

 

[Jim2000]

Sorry if this has been discussed before, just posting it here for posterity. I've been dealing with an insanely annoying rattle from the passenger side / glovebox area for a few months, reaching over while driving pushing on things, opening and closing the glovebox, anything I could think of to locate the rattle... no dice.

Finally my dumb ass Googled "ct4 v blackwing passenger side rattle", lo and behold this was the second result:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cadillac/comments/16dfact

Literally a ten second fix. For those that don't have Reddit, there's a "lock" under the glovebox on the right side - I presume for the cabin air filter. It was unlocked and that was what created all the noise - just turned it 90 degrees and the sound went away. Whew.

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Is that the only item holding in the glove box in order to access the cabin air filter?

 

[BWDudeBro]

Yeah, I saw this on reddit and gave it a shot. Unless mine quickly un-tightened itself, this didn't fix whatever mine was/ is.

I'm a bit rattle obsessed (usually for worse than for better), and I've learned that sound in cars has a crazy ability to travel. So other noises ID'd by forum members could be contributing to mine and making me think it was this one:

• Rear door panels contacting inner door skin
• camera/ rear view mirror surround
• rear deck metallic sound

The last one I'm pretty sure is actually something in the rear deck but i haven't found a good way to silence it.

one of these days I'm going to start a "rattle thread" that catalogs every noise that people have found and fixed.

 

[Ryan]

In one of the other threads, I saw frequent mentions of a 2k RPM buzz, especially with the exhaust opened up. Mine also suffers from this, and the sound seems to come from the center of the dash. Anyone figure it out?

 

[Seth]

Is that the only item holding in the glove box in order to access the cabin air filter?

Hey - not meaning to ignore this, I just don't know the answer. Lol.