Ok, full disclosure before I head on: I had a couple of big glasses of red wine at home with dinner. When I woke up this morning, my thumping head wasn't happy with my decision making last night. No big deal. A couple of ibu's and a cup of coffee and I'm fine, right?
Not so much. I was a little grumpy as I went to work this morning and thankfully my commute is pretty short. Fueling my ill temper was a constant squeaking coming from the glove box door. Funny, I didn't hear anything when I drove it home last night, but this morning it was possessed.
Slight pressure would help make the noise go away, but it didn't cure it. By the time I got to the office I wanted to blast that door off. I couldn't figure out why it was doing that, but I was able to walk away from it. More coffee and ibu's please.
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crystalfivemt says:
03:31 PM, 06/ 9/09
I feel your pain. If there's anything to improve on this car it's all the ridiculous rattles and noises that come and go according to which plastic piece in the car warps to make its noise.
I've had many rattles from the car already. (11,000+ miles) I had a glove box rattle, which the dealer found to be coming from the latch. So they replaced the box and since then the noise was gone. But I have 1 or 2 annoying noises to be dealt with. One of them I'm isolating on my own. The other, I took to the dealer and they said they have to take apart the dash for a week to find where the noise is coming from and go from there. I said never mind.
So I've already accepted the fact that this car will continue to develop more noises in the future due to the overwhelming use of plastic inside. My $30,000 Accord wasn't any better. Sign of the times.
wobbly_ears says:
04:13 PM, 06/ 9/09
I still can't get used to the after-market look of that navi screen.
Cheap cheap cheap.
chavis10 says:
05:00 PM, 06/ 9/09
No offense Fit lovers/owners but that is the ugliest car interior I've ever laid eyes upon. Just a hideous automobile inside and out. Does any other car sold in America still use a slider switch for the air source selection?
wobbly_ears- that's a last generation navigation screen. Many manufactures had used that design so they wouldn't have to remodel current interiors to add the option. It's basically the same flip-down design that was used by Toyota, GM and Honda from say 2002 forward.
mikeolan says:
05:00 PM, 06/ 9/09
What a sloppy interior design to boot. No attempt to minimize cut lines, no attempt to make everything come to a point.
redliner says:
05:21 PM, 06/ 9/09
I thhink for the price, id rather pay a little more and get a cheap Accord.
taffetawhite says:
04:34 AM, 06/10/09
My glove box rattle made it's debut around mile 600. It's cool in temperature, and the rattle will go away when the car warms up. I usually put the heat on floor mode and turn the fan on 2.
Just about everyone has the dreaded glove box rattle on the 09 FIT on another site.
Chavis10, the interior isn't all that pretty. I haven't figured out why automakers can't hook up with textile manufacturers to get nice, long-wearing fabric. As seen on office and airport waiting chairs.
This stuff feels weird, grabs lint better than my lint brush, and I think that's where they got the material...from a lint brush company.
Along with the oh-so-festive holiday tree spray-on flocking across the ceiling. What's up with that?
However, I still LOVE LOVE LOVE the car. I LIKE the way it looks. I have the base model. It has more than I need. And believe me, I looked around before buying. It's the most for the least. And then some!
dougtheeng says:
05:48 AM, 06/10/09
I'll agree that the interior is pretty ugly. Useful and able to hold lots of stuff? Perhaps.....but a work of art it is not. I think the previous gen Fit's interior was better laid out.
vtmav says:
06:29 AM, 06/10/09
I've had a rattle (not a squeak) in my '03 Accord glove box since I hit about 25k miles (now at 55k). It drives me bonkos-insane, though I really can't complain too much because I haven't made the effort to bring it to a dealer. There is a small square plastic piece tucked up under the dash behind the glove box that causes the rattle. I haven't a clue what the piece is there for, but I can say for sure that there are wires running to it. I can stop the rattling by opening the glove compartment, reaching behind it and squeezing the plastic piece tight to the underside of the dash, but stretching across the car to do that while driving leaves me in a less-than-ideal driving position. Anyway, I suppose my rattle probably has a different cause than your squeak, but I feel your pain nonetheless.
beemer11 says:
09:05 AM, 06/10/09
What, a Japanese car with fit and finish issues... Tell me it's not true!
m_thrizzle says:
12:17 PM, 06/10/09
Does it squeak if you just leave it open?
dpaek says:
08:43 PM, 06/10/09
Our 08 Fit Sport started making rattling noise from the passenger side dash where the airbag cover sits. I can tell that there's a slight bump in the alignment and it rattles when the car goes over rough pavement. With slight pressure, the noise goes away so now that's driving me absolute bonkers. Unlike glove box rattle, this is coming from the airbag cover so I want to make sure that this is totally fixed. But I'm not surprised that the new 09 Fit isn't fairing better either. I love this car but interior is just littered with cheap hard plastic.
135iguy says:
11:22 AM, 06/12/09
Every Honda/Acura I've had has cheesey glove-boxes...
taffetawhite says:
05:03 PM, 06/13/09
@m_thrizzle
The squeak in mine is located at the latch, so it will not squeak if left open.
It seems to be directly related to temperature and wear. Although the wear portion should NOT be occurring at 500-600 miles.
The temperature portion is hard to avoid. It rattles more when it cold(er). Cold contracts, heat expands, so while it is in the in-between stage of being completely worn out and brand new, heat will expand enough of the components to stifle the squeakedy squeak.
Add-on rubber bumpers on each corner can help when it's really bad...but again, it's a NEW CAR. I shouldn't have to add-on anything to it yet. I don't have a thousand miles on the car!
I expected my old cars that were used and 20+ years old to rattle like crazy, and they did. But this one shouldn't be doing that.
I like the interior of the 75 Civic WAY BETTER. Houndstooth! Vinyl trim seats (easy to clean). I could do without the wood trim.
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fit2btied2 says:
12:56 PM, 06/17/09
I have a 2007 FIT, the dash rattle began two winters ago, but when the car warmed, the rattle abated. Around 24,000 miles--cold or hot--the dash rattle spread pretty much pillar to post and sang all the time. After a little hemming-and-hawing, three stints at the dealership (yes, it is a two-day job), the rattle is gone. They had to remove the dash and foam it. But I like this car and plan to keep it until the wheels fall off. It was worth it to take the time to make sure this was done properly.
Now if I could figure out why the steering wheel squeals....