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Old 09-18-21, 07:19 PM
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What’s up y’all I recently came across a plastic like noise coming from the dashboard area every time I put my car on Drive or when I accelerate. Once the car starts to warm up and get going the noise seems to fade away just a bit, any help?
Old 09-19-21, 07:56 PM
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Do you have a video of the noise? What type of noise is it?
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Sounds like it could be vibration from the engine sound? I've experienced that in other cars. Have you tried reproducing it while the car is sitting still or is it only while the car is moving? If you can make the sound while it's in park, you might be able to mess around and figure out the source of the sound.
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I’ve tried while the car is parked and also when it’s neutral but the sound only comes from when I accelerate a bit and while the car is under 2300rpm I wanna say
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What model year?
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Originally Posted by FNMUPN8
What model year?

2016 IS200t
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Originally Posted by arentz07
Sounds like it could be vibration from the engine sound? I've experienced that in other cars. Have you tried reproducing it while the car is sitting still or is it only while the car is moving? If you can make the sound while it's in park, you might be able to mess around and figure out the source of the sound.
I’ve tried while the car is parked and also when it’s neutral but the sound only comes from when I accelerate a bit and while the car is under 2300rpm I wanna say
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As was mentioned by 05RollaXRS, a video would help people trying to provide you with a possible explanation.
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Originally Posted by wthrman2
As was mentioned by 05RollaXRS, a video would help people trying to provide you with a possible explanation.
doesn’t seem to let me post the video for some reason
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Originally Posted by RaLexoRas
doesn’t seem to let me post the video for some reason
Try doing an (unlisted) YouTube video and link here if you have a YouTube account; that's something others have done before.
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Originally Posted by arentz07
Sounds like it could be vibration from the engine sound? I've experienced that in other cars. Have you tried reproducing it while the car is sitting still or is it only while the car is moving? If you can make the sound while it's in park, you might be able to mess around and figure out the source of the sound.
So I took the center dashboard apart, drove it and the noise went away. When I placed the panel back the noise came back. Any ideas?
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