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Old Jul 18, 2020 | 05:19 PM
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Old Jul 18, 2020 | 07:23 PM
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just heard lots of road noise.
 
Old Jul 18, 2020 | 07:26 PM
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just heard lots of road noise.
You're deaf then, everyone else I sent the video to hears it.
 
Old Jul 18, 2020 | 07:38 PM
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I hear it, I have the same issue in my 2013 Honda Fit Sport, if I turn on the radio and ac I usually don't hear it...for me it's coming from the back sorta in the middle and it's really annoying.
 
Old Jul 18, 2020 | 07:39 PM
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I hear it, I have the same issue in my 2013 Honda Fit Sport, if I turn on the radio and ac I usually don't hear it...for me it's coming from the back sorta in the middle and it's really annoying.
I'm getting an oil change Monday. Either they fix it or I'm tearing my headliner off.
 
Old Jul 18, 2020 | 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Auroraei

Yeah, totes hear it. Sounds almost like a suspension squeaking but way too consistent. Did they not put enough adhesive in a body weld?? I hope you get this looked at.
 
Old Jul 18, 2020 | 10:57 PM
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Yeah, totes hear it. Sounds almost like a suspension squeaking but way too consistent. Did they not put enough adhesive in a body weld?? I hope you get this looked at.
Not sure what a body weld is. All I know is when I push up on the headliner while driving the sound stops.
 
Old Jul 18, 2020 | 11:19 PM
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Not sure what a body weld is. All I know is when I push up on the headliner while driving the sound stops.
sounds metallic? Maybe the large nut holding the antenna assemble on underneath is loose. Also, I once had a similar sound in another car and it was a loose screw in one of the grab handles rattling around its plastic well.
 
Old Jul 27, 2020 | 05:12 PM
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Finally got an update.

I dropped my car off today for diagnostics. They had to drive around with the headliner off touching all 32(?) parts up there while driving to see which made the noise.

They're confident that it has to do with a pillar airbag thing, and that the attachment is causing it to rattle.

Apparently this is a big to-do so they're keeping my car until tomorrow.

I get to pay $300 to make my car silent! Woo hoo! I really hope this'll be the end of this.
 
Old Jul 28, 2020 | 01:09 PM
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More specifics.

They said it was a wire that would sometimes pop out of a track and vibrate between an airbag assembly and a bolt. They had to remove an ungodly amount of things to get to it. They said the sound is now gone and if it returns they'll fix it for free.

Time to pick up my car and see for myself!
 
Old Jul 28, 2020 | 05:23 PM
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The sound is gone
 
Old Jul 28, 2020 | 05:33 PM
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The sound is gone
congrats! And kudos to that service team
 
Old Jul 28, 2020 | 07:04 PM
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The sound is gone
Holy mackerel I'm sorry you had to go through that all, but congrats on no more annoying sound!!
 
Old Aug 2, 2020 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Auroraei
More specifics.

They said it was a wire that would sometimes pop out of a track and vibrate between an airbag assembly and a bolt. They had to remove an ungodly amount of things to get to it. They said the sound is now gone and if it returns they'll fix it for free.

Time to pick up my car and see for myself!
glad they pinned it down

i was riding in a test drive for a 2016 and noticed this exact same sound coming from
the headliner. I was riding in the back and made a note of it. Test drover another fit different model color and it didn’t have the sound. I’m certain there is a common issue with that cable.
 
Old Aug 3, 2020 | 04:20 PM
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Well I guess Honda can do something to eliminate the chance of that happening on new cars they're building. Oh wait, they're winding down production of the Fit so I guess they don't care any more.
 
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