Noted today that my driver door rattled when I got on some older roads, but the passenger door was silent. The car had 10K miles or so when I bought it but was very tight. I only noticed some tiny little rattle from somewhere inside the driver door, almost thought was the door lock button, but that wasn't it. Today I got a full fleged rattle while in a town called Dunnellon close by. The passenger door has obviously been opened and closed less and made no noise of any kind.

Is there any wear adjustment on the drivers door, or part that I can replace to tighten up that driver door. I looked at the screws and they are all set in a countersink of some kind that keeps them from moving at all. But somewhere in that latch mechanism something has either worn or been bent and permits a rattle on a poorly surfaced street when the top is down. When the top is up - ah! well I can't say I guess as I didn't put up the top on that same road, so my research is incomplete...

Any wisdom on where I should look to fix this single rattling door?

Thanks...Popeye

 

Window up or down?

If down, the track comes loose and has to be tightened.

 

Oh my, sounds like a special tool and training assignment. Do you know where I can find directions for opening up the door panel so I can get at that stuff inside the door? Is there a manual that exists for these cars that's affordable?

Thanks...popeye

 

There IS a thread on here with instructions for removing the door panel, I think it's in this:

http://homepage.mac.com/gregmeach/XF..._DoorPanel.pdf

As for the manual, I use this:

http://homepage.mac.com/gregmeach/XFire/

it's a section-by section .pdf download. Very useful!

 

Thanx Maxchchon...good gouge to have on hand. However, B4 I go to disassembling that driver door with the explosive charge inside I'm gonna do a whole lot more testing on ruff roads to narrow down where that sound is coming from. I started by taking all the junk from the trunk, and will tippy toe on to the answer. Again, thanks a bunch...popeye