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I have solved the door lock rattle on my 01 civic. I dunno if this has been covered but I know it has been an issue. This is how I solved the issue, what you choose to do with it is your choice. Over the weekend I installed new door speakers and while I had the panels off I decided to take a look at that annoying rattle, and this is what I came up with: the door locks are just screwed onto a threaded post, so I unscrewed them, went in the house and looked around to see what I could find to solve the rattle. I came across some old fabric that I used in my interior before, and was like hmmmm I wonder. Then it hit me if I could glue some fabric to the sides of the door lock it might take up the slack and add some cushion. So figured what the hell, the fabric was only going on the sides and if it didn't work I could just take it off and no one would ever know I messed up. Well after some careful cutting and gluing I tested it out and all I can say is no more rattles I could explain all I did, but the attached pics should be self explanatory. Take a look and tell me what you think. Feel free to add comments, make suggestions, or ask questions.

 
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omg..is that what it is??? the stupid door lock?! dammit! that things been pissing me off since day one! thanks a million.... rep 1


btw, great idea, but i think im still just gunna get the dynamat speaker set as well

 
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yeah I am gonna do that next, get rid of some road noise. Thanks for the rep.

 
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I never really noticed it untill now... n now its driving me nuts

 
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I haven't noticed it yet and I hope I won't but then again the rear deck rattles in the winter from my exhaust and if I have the stereo up it'll rattle too, so maybe thats why I don't notice.

 
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^^^thats prob from the 3rd brake light, just stuff something in between the light and the glass and you should be good to go.

 
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I put up with that thing rattling for the last few months! I always thought it was that threaded post rattling against the door.. so after I put dynamat on the entire door and STILL had the rattling, I was like wtf and basically gave up on it! lol I never even thought that it was the plastic thing.

 
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Hmm, I never had this problem. Great quick fix. I'm wondering about the other side of the lock, it probably is in direct contact with the plastic of the door panel, and may create a dry plastic on plastic rubbing sound everytime you lock and unlock w/ the power switch. What if instead, you grabbed the thinnest material that would work and applied it to the actual door panel where that part of the lock fits, meaning pad the perimeter of the slot opening. Ahh, anyways- hows it lock and unlock- completely fine?

 
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I need to see if this will work for me.

 
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Works great! I tried the way you were talking about and to cut it accurately is almost impossible. The way I did it is easy and invisible, which is what I was looking for. The locks operate completely normal, but I don't notice a sound difference, as in quieter. They just don't rattle anymore which I must say after 5 years of dealing with this annoyance is a beautiful thing.

 
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It prob will, it just takes up that little bit of slack, that causes the rattle. Its easy to remove as well, just kinda rip the fabric off then take some nail polish remover and remove the glue.

 
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^ if anyones reading this and is thinking you have to pull up on the lock to get it out, you have to remove the door panel and unscrew it from the rest of the locking setup.

 
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^correct

 
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i have other rattles coming from inside. i need to open it and stuff some foam inside the metal pieces. in some case it could be the door lock, but not always

 
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Rattles suck. I have a rattle in my headliner since I bought the car... right above the passanger mirror. I stuffed foam in there and took care of it, but then I took my headliner out to do the red microsuade, and it all came out... put the headliner back in, but havent had time to re-foam it, and its super annoying with all this highway driving I've been doing.

Once again, nice fix.

 
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thats awsome, i was actually going to take apart my door panel this week and try to find a solution but now you just made my job alot easier, thanks

 
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^always glad to help a fellow 7thgen owner.