I took some "shelf liner", you know, the stuff you put in your drawers to keep stuff from skidding around.....anyway, I jammed it all over the place in when I had my glove box dropped all the way down. Seems like the most effective pieces were up near the defrost vents. In any case, they stay put because they are slip resistant and so far, no noise whatsoever

 

Awesome information!

What dealer did you go to for the repair, as I am in CT and looking to try and get my dash to shut up(PM if desired) ?

 

i know this is an older thread but my dash started creaking last week and has now gotten worse. its not at the windshield or the ends its at the center above the vents like its plastic on plastic. i can push down on it and it will somewhat stop so this monday i'm taking it to the dealer. i'm kinda pissed off by it my fit only has 2,300 miles and has no mods i know some people will say its only a $17k car but thats alot to me and i think honda should have done a better job on it. i'll let everyone know if they will and can fix it

 

Thanks for the advice and hints on rattle suppresion. I have the same dash rattle and coin tray issues. I'll pick up the adhesive backed felt and a neoprene foam bottle jacket I saw at dollarama. Minus 5 deg Far. is common here on the northern prairies, occasionally -30. The Fit is not suitable for our winters. I've never had a new car so cold. We have to wear winter coats, winter boots, and put cardboard in front of the radiator if it's below zero. The dealer says this is normal! He says if the air coming out of the heater is warmer than the air going in, then everything is fine and we have no reason to complain.

 

You might have to do what I've been doing, turn on the AC and put on floor/def + recirc to build up the heat for the first 20 minutes. Tiny motor is too doggone efficient and it really needs assist from an auxiliary electric heater like the Volt will have.

This warranty is driving me nuts, I want to take the whole dang dash apart and put rubber foam everywhere but I can't do it for another 29k miles.

 

for everyone that has the dash rattle at the top left corner of the passenger airbag, and plan or have silent-ed their dash by taking it apart and padding it up, how did you remove the passenger airbag unit?

if someone can give a diy, or any info on just how to remove the passenger airbag unit, that would help. i plan on taking it out, and weatherstripping and dynamatting it.

 

I was really hoping to not see any ge8 owners having dash rattle issues as i'm taking delivery of my Fit when it arrives sometime this week.

I'm very interested to hear if anymore ge8 owners are having dash rattle problems and, if so, if Honda is doing anything about it.

 

So, I'm getting some clicking/tapping noises from the passenger side a-pillar area in my 2009. It happens going over undulating pavement that makes the body flex. I took a service person from the local Honda dealership for a ride. He said he heard it, but didn't appear to be too interested in looking into the matter. He mentioned that it is an economy car, after all. Further, after he banged the dashboard with his fist a few times, I thought I'd try to solve it myself first. Is anyone experiencing this or know of a solution?

 

I am having the same problem clicking and tapping noise from the passenger side pillar area.

 

I am one of those people who will not stop until annoying noises are gone too. A couple more little ones for people like us: The rear hatch panel 3rd brake light was buzzing. I like neoprene sticky back foam as my number one rattle fixer myself. I bought 80 feet of 4" for sound proofing so I have plenty available. Wedge small pieces of the stuff at the corners of the brake light sticking it to the glass and one in the middle. YESSSS....gone. Other little things? Tap on all the panels and you find them. The hook covers on the quarter panels have slop. Pop them off (easy now, every stupid little plastic part you brake costs $15 minimum) put a piece of 1/4" thick down by the hooks (on the metal underneath). This puts a little pressure on the cover and takes out the slop. Same with the brake light acess panels.

Thanks for your tips, the door handles is one I will try next.

 

My son installs telecommunications transmitters, receivers and crap he won't talk about on towers.... He always has black electrical putty that he gives me and soon I will have enough to cover every surface of my car.... It is what I use to to cushion and absorb rattles and lots of other things,

 

I, too, have had my share of rattles ... and then some. After taking the car to Honda at least 1/2 dozen times with very little luck, I took the matter into my own hands. While I don't know squat about tearing off a dash or taking apart a glove box or tearing apart any single item on my 2008 Fit for that matter, I do know that where there is a will there is a way. And my will was to get those irritating dash rattles gone or I would lose my living mind. On a whim after getting some furniture repaired, I asked the repairman if he could give me any rejects of foam padding that he was going to throw away after padding some seat cushions. He went to his reject bin and altogether he gave me several reject pieces that must have eqauled 12 feet in length; they were about 3 inches high and about 1 inch thick. To make a long story short, let's just suffice it to say I now have 12 feet of foam padding all over the dash area, wherever I could put it. I cut the pieces in various sizes and began stuffing the foam rubber above the glove compartment, around the air bags, around some wires I felt heading toward the radio, and wherever it seemed like plastic was hitting plastic.

And as for the noise some of you have mentioned you've heard around the side pillars, I had them, too. A clacking noise was coming from some give and take in the seat belt holder where plastic and metal were hitting whenever I went over bumps - This was especially noticeable in the right drivers side when no one was driving with me and therefore the right drivers seat belt was not being used. So I stuffed a tiny piece of foam rubber up in the small gray area at the top compartment that holds the right seat belt and got rid of that noise, too.

I can't say I've gotten rid of every rattle, but the rattles are reduced considerably. Now my only concern is that my right driver's seat air bag may not deploy since I've got so much foam padding around it where the tubes were rubbing together and making a scrunchy cellophane noise when going over bumps. I am so glad to have gotten rid of a lot of the noises. Now I just hope I'm lucky and have no wrecks!

CarGirl

 

That is a great post.... I did the same thing with a 79 Lincoln Town Car after rattles started after installing super heavy duty shocks.... I didn't have to worry about air bags or accidents because everybody got the hell out of the way of that huge barge.