We bought a used 2011 VX 150 Prado and the rattles that the car makes are driving me insane.
There are two rattles/noises that I've noticed:
Rattle 1/2:
A video recoding of the rattle is in here. There are a lot of noises in this video, but between if you jump 10 seconds into the video to about 15 seconds in, that 5 seconds recoded is a good example. It sounds like a bird chirping, or a washer spinning freely on a bolt shaft. It's coming from the rear of the car - around the barn door area. It's deceiving because it takes about 10 minutes or so before you can hear it from a cold start.
These are the things I've tried for this rattle so far:
-removed everything that's not bolted down to the car, junk, papers, tools etc - no different
-removed the rear tool kit - no different
-folded the second and third row seats down - no different
-removed the plastic rear tire cover - no different
-removed the tow ball - no different
-removed the rear tire, attachments, camera, everything - when i did this, i could still notice the rattle but it was a little more muffled and less high pitched.
i'm leaning towards suspension and im not skilled enough to play with that setup. My next step will be to take it to Toyota service centre and see if they can figure it out.
rattle 2/2:
This rattle sounds like its coming from behind the glove compartment. A sample of the sound is here. This one just sounds like something flapping around in the front passenger side wheel arch. Maybe mud guards or plastic trim. The noise is noticeable through the whole video here. Unlike my other rattle, if you get up to speed it will start rite away.
These are the things I've tried so far:
-Removed the glove box - no different
-Secured the licence plate to the bull bar - no different
-Checked for plastic trim under the wheel arch - no loose parts that i could find at least
any advice or similar experience stories would be a huge help. thanks
There are two rattles/noises that I've noticed:
Rattle 1/2:
A video recoding of the rattle is in here. There are a lot of noises in this video, but between if you jump 10 seconds into the video to about 15 seconds in, that 5 seconds recoded is a good example. It sounds like a bird chirping, or a washer spinning freely on a bolt shaft. It's coming from the rear of the car - around the barn door area. It's deceiving because it takes about 10 minutes or so before you can hear it from a cold start.
These are the things I've tried for this rattle so far:
-removed everything that's not bolted down to the car, junk, papers, tools etc - no different
-removed the rear tool kit - no different
-folded the second and third row seats down - no different
-removed the plastic rear tire cover - no different
-removed the tow ball - no different
-removed the rear tire, attachments, camera, everything - when i did this, i could still notice the rattle but it was a little more muffled and less high pitched.
i'm leaning towards suspension and im not skilled enough to play with that setup. My next step will be to take it to Toyota service centre and see if they can figure it out.
rattle 2/2:
This rattle sounds like its coming from behind the glove compartment. A sample of the sound is here. This one just sounds like something flapping around in the front passenger side wheel arch. Maybe mud guards or plastic trim. The noise is noticeable through the whole video here. Unlike my other rattle, if you get up to speed it will start rite away.
These are the things I've tried so far:
-Removed the glove box - no different
-Secured the licence plate to the bull bar - no different
-Checked for plastic trim under the wheel arch - no loose parts that i could find at least
any advice or similar experience stories would be a huge help. thanks
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