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From: Harry in Montreal on 15 Aug 2006 14:43
everyone,

i feel like a tool asking, but my wife has a nice little silver 03 rav
with an automatic tranny, 4cyl, and the B package. its never been hit.
sadly, when it warms up it develops a rattle that is coming from under
the vehicle when you accelerate. it sounds like a loose heat shield.
you only hear it when warm and upon acceleration. i use 87 octane - but
higher grade fuel has not stopped it. i have gone to 3 dealer for a
total of 5 times, and they cannot find anything wrong with the car.
maybe it is just a normal sound - but it clearly has a loose-rattle
feel to it. am i alone?

harry in montreal

From: Mike Harris on 16 Aug 2006 11:13
"Harry in Montreal" <mustang4_6(a)HOTMAIL.COM> wrote in message
news:1155667434.044555.134320(a)b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> everyone,
>
> i feel like a tool asking, but my wife has a nice little silver 03 rav
> with an automatic tranny, 4cyl, and the B package. its never been hit.
> sadly, when it warms up it develops a rattle that is coming from under
> the vehicle when you accelerate. it sounds like a loose heat shield.
> you only hear it when warm and upon acceleration. i use 87 octane - but
> higher grade fuel has not stopped it. i have gone to 3 dealer for a
> total of 5 times, and they cannot find anything wrong with the car.
> maybe it is just a normal sound - but it clearly has a loose-rattle
> feel to it. am i alone?
>
> harry in montreal

It's likely a loose exhaust manifold heat shield. I'm not that familiar
with the RAV4 but I know that this is a problem that plagues Tacomas.

Were it mine, I'd take the service manager for a drive to point it out to
him.
--
Mike Harris
Austin, TX


From: Coyoteboy on 16 Aug 2006 11:29

Mike Harris wrote:

> Were it mine, I'd take the service manager for a drive to point it out to
> him.
> --
> Mike Harris
> Austin, TX

I agree, get the service dude to hear it. Could also be baffles/cat
converter contents rattling.

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