Do you ever get days when you feel your Crossfire is not handling that well.

I say this because this past week it seems that the car it a little loose and soft. The steering has less feel then I recall the week before but I not sure if is my imagination. All the bumps in the road or twice as annoying as before but the type pressures are right.

I don't know if it's me or the car it just like that all the time. I might go out in the morning and I may get used to it like I did when I drove it for the first time.

Things that I know that are NOT my imagination is the squeaking plastics on the door panel beside the drivers seat and on the side of the central console by my knee. There is also a rattle/squeak/flapping coming from the boot area on the far side corner. I don't think it's the hood but seems more lower around the wheel or rear lights.

Any comments on this rant of mine?

 

i haven't noticed any difference in handling over time.

but you are right about the squeaking/creaking trim panels. mine creaks from the trim panel where the seat belt strap comes out. it's most noticeable on the driver's side but also occurs on the passenger side. the dealer never fixed it 100% in two attempts and i even removed the trim panel myself in an attempt to fix it. i need to work on it again when i get a chance to play with it a bit. for now the solution is make sure the radio is always on so that i don't hear the creaking.

 

I'm glad someone said something about this. I've had the car officially for a week and I just noticed it within the last day or so. A little annoying in a new car that seems so tight everywhere else.

 

Do you drive any other cars in between? Going from car to car makes you notice different characteristics. I have a Jeep Wrangler, a pickup , and the Crossfire. Going from the Jeep to the pickup, the truck seems like a Cadillac. Going from either to the Crossfire is like you left the ground in a silent rocket. All is relative.

 

I had the squeaking on the passenger side. Its caused from the plastic cover rubbing against the window trim. I noticed on my driver side there is a slight gap between the two and that's why it wasn't squeaking. So I tugged on the passenger side cover and created a slight gap.... haven't heard it in about 3-4 weeks.

 

Could you be more specific in what was making the squeaking? Thanks.

 

I've noticed that occasionally I get some squeaking from the door panels. Its seems to be temperature dependant. I suspect that one of the components is either getting looser or tighter as the different parts expand and contract with temperature. Now that I'm aware of the effect, I'll try to determine what temps cause it to kick in and then look for the suspect parts.

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Mark, I know what you mean. I have a rattle somewhere in the rear area. It is not the tail gate. It could be the centre hubs. I have noticed it alot more since my wife picked up a one year old Honda CRV. The CRV is rattle and squeak free and after a weekend in the honda going back to the CF drives me mad. Her last car was a citron which was filled with rattles so going to the CF from that thing was like a breath of fresh air.

I have also noticed that one of my alloys is starting to bubble on one of the spokes. Anyone else noticed this and do you think it would be covered under warranty.

 

For me, on the passenger side there is the hard plastic cover piece that the seat belt comes out of. This piece extends from the back of the small window to the front where the door closes. At the front most part of it, it hooks around the window frame. At this hook point is where the rubbing/squeaking occurs (at least on mine).

I placed a couple fingers in the seat belt slot and tugged/wiggled the hard plastic cover to create a slight (very slight) gap. And I haven't heard the sound since.

 

Well a week on and all is well. I did a 200 mile round trip on Tuesday and the car was back to it's best. I do think it's my imagination sometimes putting the car down.

BUT I still have the very annoying sound coming from the boot (trunk for you yankies). I've taken al the bits out from it, jack/compressor/first aid etc. but still it's there. I'm gonna have to get in there while someone else drives it to locate it. Others have mentioned the seatbelt rattle which I also had a few months ago but has since gone when I hammered it with my fist.

 

Have you tried lowering the rubber bumpers on the trunk lid? You need a star wrench to make the adjustment. After I lowered mine it totally eliminated the rattle I was experiencing.

 

It doesn't seem to be from there but I suppose I should how a go at it to remove it from my possible causes list.