TakeshiJin

Hey All,

Will post a video later if it fits within club lexus upload size / format.

However, I am noticing some crack / clack/ Flex Crack with the Volume of space between inside of the rear upper sunshades door card area inside my ES Ultra Luxury Trim.

There is nothing loose on the back. However there is a good finite amount of air / pocket space for the plastic that houses the UL sunshade holders in the rear on the top area of the card. I can press along the entire wood trip / upper door card and it will make that clacking sound. Once pressed it no longer makes it for the rest of the day. However the next day it starts making the same noise again and their's air space again. The weird part is it never makes this Crack/ Clack / Flex crack and have the air space if it's cold. It only happens and highly audible when it's 75 +.

IS THIS by design? Or is there something wrong with the plastic housing / wood trim around the rear door cards in Ultra Luxury designs? Yes Lexus can make design flaws....

If you could please press on your entire U.L. upper rear door cards and let me know if it Crack/ Clack / Flex Crack / or has Space ; in the comments or in the poll that would greatly help gather some sample sets!

Thanks and Regards,
Takeshi

ESh

Can you post some pics?

Jimmybasco

I have a 2022 ES350 Ultra Luxury also I recently heard cracking noise coming from the passenger side rear door area. I checked as best as I could but could not locate the source. I first thought it was the passenger front seat belt hitting the door pillar but that was not it. Just this morning, I went in the back seat to see if the noise was coming from the window shade on the passenger side. I raised the window shade then and then let it snapped back down real hard. The rattle went away for the first few miles then came back. So I'll be definitely following this thread.

ESh

I had this cracking noise and it was the lack of welding at the rear quarter panel.

Please go to your car and press hard with your thumb around this area:





If you hear any kind of cracking/poping noise then I can explain to you what you need to do to fix the problem.

minotaar

I get a really loud rattle in the passenger side B pillar if I hit rumble strips over about 75 mph. Does that happen to anyone? The **** kills me; wish I knew how to fix it.

E46CT

My latest ES (which was better than my 1st) had a rattle in the B pillar which I fixed by adding insulation to the seat belt bracket (did not need to disassemble it, just slide out of the way and add some thick tape to the bracket)

It also had a persistent rattle in the headliner which i never bothered to attempt to fix because i hate touching headliners.

E46CT

so the robots missed a weld? Can you post pics and your method for determining your car has missing welds? that's quite serious if true.

TakeshiJin

Finally got time with the car on Sunny day and captured the videos via iCloud link. Let me know if your ultra luxury rear door cards with the shades do the same!

ICLOUD Video Link Detailing Areas and Sound : https://share.icloud.com/photos/00ak...uZLof8vOwgGAfg