CRLex13

Hi all! Hoping someone out there can shed some light on a noise that I have started noticing in my car. I just bought a Lexus RX 350, 2013 47,000 Miles - seems to have been well taken care of, rides great, etc. I noticed once I have been driving a certain amount of time in my car, it starts developing a loud chip/squeak in the dash - seems to be right behind the media player. It seems to be brought on my movement of my car because it doesn’t do it at stop lights just when the car is moving and continues until I stop the car and turn it off.
If I keep the car off long enough then when I get back in the car to drive around the noise is gone until I’ve been driving some more, then it returns. It sounds almost like that noise cassette tapes used to make back in the day when they would start squeaking if the tape got loose.

Any idea what it could be? Thanks in advance!

tn7con

Sounds like the squeaky noise might be coming from the circulation blower behind the dash ...

ukrkoz

Camry was plagued with squeaking dash. Toyota even developed repair kit and TSB for that. That might be just that - infamous poorly lubricated plastic clips.

Clutchless

First thing you should do is pull out the cabin air filter, as there may be debris in the filter spilling over to the vent fan and making noise. You tube has many videos on how to access and replace the cabin filter as it is in the glove box. It is the same for all Toyota/Lexus vehicles and takes 2 minutes once you know what to do. You may need to vacuum it out once the filter is removed.