Squeak squeak

[J9000]

I have this squeaking coming from either the driver side dash or inside the door panel, everytime when I hit a bump or when I drive at certain speed on an bad freeway.

Sounds like a spring losed its lubrication. i took out the driver side air vent.. thought it was the air duct but it wasn't. Get under the dask.. didn't see anything wrong.. Look into the front trunk area.. nothing.

Any idea? I know it's hard for anyone to tell by these description. Could it be the suspension? but it sounded so close. Hope I can get lucky if someone had the similar problem.

[1999Porsche911]

You might try a wood shim betwwen the windshield and the dash. (cover it with cloth) I have never had a problems with the Porsche, but have had one with other cars and found that the Dash was rubbing against the windshield. The dealer was able to fix it.

[Richard Hamilton]

If you look in the 996 TSB's, there is one for dashboard noises - it's 9 pages long!! There are others for all sorts of internal squeaks and rattles!!

[drpaulmarsh]

Mine is doing the same but it is coming from more up front...I particularly notice it when I go over a speed bump or enter a driveway at an angle. It is more of a creaking noise and the guys here at Pioneer Porsche in SD said that there are two metal bars or braces behind the dash that have a tendency to rub...

Their solution is to give it to them for 1/2 a day and they will pull the dash apart & put a piece of felt between them... Apparently it is a comon problem and while not hard to fix technically, it is fairly labor intensive.

[J9000]

Thanks guys. Understand the noise is very labor intensive to locate and fix.

BTW, where can I find the TSBs?

[Loren]

BTW, where can I find the TSBs?

Contributing Members can view the TSBs online here. They also get a Contributors Only Forum, Contributing Members can send attachments with PMs, image storage limits are raised for all Contributing Members, RennTech.org email addresses are available and now a personal Blog.

[rattles]

Mine is doing the same but it is coming from more up front...I particularly notice it when I go over a speed bump or enter a driveway at an angle.  It is more of a creaking noise and the guys here at Pioneer Porsche in SD said that there are two metal bars or braces behind  the dash that have a tendency to rub...

Their solution is to give it to them for 1/2 a day and they will pull the dash apart & put a piece of felt between them... Apparently it is a comon problem and while not hard to fix technically, it is fairly labor intensive.

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My 99 996 c2 had a similar noise, the struts you mention are in the luggage compartment, if you remove the mouldings on either side of the battery compartment you can see them. Each one has a bush at the point it is attached to the body. In my case the bushes were replaced and it fixed the problems. I think there are some TSB's re this problem.