Those with Dashboard virbating Sound issue and Leather Seat Issue Come In !!!

Kiang wrote:Bro ...

my headlight still fogging after 3 X change new...

so this helps?

nocash wrote:wow!!! everthing you also can sovle, just pm you will do....
how about money not enough? can also pm you?

ozzie75 wrote:I have the vibrating sound at the dashboard, and the side pillar of the driver's seat.

waypoint wrote:If it's the side pillar next to the driver's seat, try moving the adjustable top seat belt anchor point a few times to see if it resolves it. Check also if it's the rear door on the driver's side that's the culprit. I also thought it was the side pillar at first until I got my wife to drive the car and I sat in the rear seat behind the driver; it was the door.

ozzie75 wrote:I have the vibrating sound at the dashboard, and the side pillar of the driver's seat.

waypoint wrote:Fellow members with vibrating(especially those with intermittent "ticking" sounds coming from somewhere in the dashboard/console area), can I confirm that most, if not all of you, who have such issues have the steering wheel set to the highest and innermost(towards the front of the car) position?

I ask this because as I was dusting the car yesterday evening, I decided to lower the steering wheel position down by just a touch so that the steering wheel column housing is not in contact with the dashboard meter-cluster housing. This morning while driving to work; from Sengkang to Tuas area, not one 'tick' was heard and very little jarring/vibrating of the dashboard/console area was observed.

Maybe you guys can try this out?

Post your feedback here.

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eric lee wrote:had told the servicing guy in LK about the noise at the dashboard and they aknowledge it.......they promise will check it out for me for my next servicing......its a fact that quite alot of Forte encounter this problem.

eric lee wrote:Just got my car service yesterday and told them about the ticking sound, it actually can fro the clock and HU area. They got it fixed. But still there will be some from the speedometer part.

daniu82 wrote:My driver seat got creaking sound leh, i tink it is coming from the bottom part but dunno how to solve wor..... I already tried to shift the seat up and down but still can hear the sound....

Kiang wrote:

daniu82 wrote:My driver seat got creaking sound leh, i tink it is coming from the bottom part but dunno how to solve wor..... I already tried to shift the seat up and down but still can hear the sound....

i faced it too

daniu82 wrote:I went to do some minor touch up of paint @ C&C today and I asked abt the creaking sound and the person told mi tat it is normal to have creaking sound due to free play......

Dear ******, this is becoming most tiresome. In the 1 month or so since i have brought my car in for my 10k servicing, i had to bring my car back for rectifications twice. Not just once, but twice and yet, after the latest rectifications which just took place today, i'm still left with an unresolved issue. Let me chronicle this incredible turn of events since i did my 10k servicing on 23rd October.

Issues brought up on 23/10/2009:
Issues brought up during 10k servicing:
1. Condensation in headlamps.
I was advised repeatedly by different customer care officers that this is the norm. I can assure you this is not the norm. In 4 different cars i have drove (Nissan Cefiro, Suzuki Swift, Toyota Camry, even a beat up 20 year old Toyota Hiace), this is probably the only car whose headlamps fog up so badly during a car wash or even passing rain. Headlamps that fog up so bad, even a 20 year old vehicle has problems beating it, fancy that. (Issue unresolved)

2. Steering wheel not centered, alignment off.
According to the notes and i quote; "Centralised steering wheel and done steering calibration, tested ok". This is just epic comedy as i discover to my cost the moment i drove out of the care centre, The steering wheel was so off center, i could center the steering wheel, go straight in a parking lot and discover im actually slanting extremely to the left. Hence, my email to you dated 24th October when i requested to bring my vehicle in for rectification. If my car wasn't an OPC car and if i had not needed to wait until 7pm to collect it when all the customer care officers have already left, i would have gone straight back and given the engineer a piece of my mind. As it is, i had to satisfy myself with going back on another day to rectify it. (Issue unresolved)

Issues brought up on following week after 23/10/2009 (can't remember exact day as no invoice was issued this time):
1. Steering wheel not centered, alignment off.
Issue finally resolved. I drove off a relieved man thinking that it is finally over only to discover even more problems.

That very night, i discovered that my steering wheel has developed a clicking sound when it is being turned. Even worse, i acquired a new set of buzzing sounds which seem to be originating from the tweeter nearest to me. I must confess it took quite alot of willpower for me not to call up and blast the person on the receiving end when i called yet again to check whether i can bring my vehicle in for yet another rectification.

Issues brought up on 25/11/2009:
1. Clicking sound originating from steering wheel when turning.
I quote; "Checked and lubricated clock spring, tested ok" (Issue resolved)

2. Front right door with vibration when driving.
I quote: "Checked and no trouble found. Re-tighten door front right. Tested ok"

Refering to abovementioned point 2, i do not recall the customer care officer writing anything down about it being a vibration. In fact, i explicitly said that it was a buzzing sound which originated near the tweeter. (and which he advised me that he will state that its originating from that area and not just the tweeter, so that the area will be checked thoroughly)

I have no problems with the customer care officers all of whom if anything, are courteous and prompt with service.

However, i take offence at the way highlighted issues are often dismissed by the engineers as "no trouble found", "no condensation detected" or "advised to monitor". May i ask what have i been doing if not monitoring and then highlighting the issues/problems discovered?

I don't bring my car in for servicing because i get a kick out of it. It certainly isn't because the refreshments are amazing. In fact, i have wasted 3 off days since i have taken possession of this vehicle, just to bring it in for rectification. In fact, i have spent so much time in your lounge that i can tell you the pau steamer has switched positions with the coffee maker since the last time i dropped in and that siew mai wasn't available this time round, unlike the last 2 times.

Please tell me, if you were in my position, would you not feel extremely pissed off or even annoyed that the notes keep saying "tested ok" only for you to discover it is not ok on the way home? I just wasted another $20 on an OPC coupon and the use of my car, spent half a day in the lounge to get it rectified only to have the buzzing sound revisit me again the moment i'm back on the road. I would very much like to bring the engineer who signed off on this round of rectifications on a test drive to let him listen to how the sound sounds like and where it is originating from. So please, humour me, tell me who signed off on it and i will show him exactly what i meant by the buzzing sound so that i can get it fixed and moved on. As it is, i'm already losing faith in your claim that C&C is "first class for cars".