[AliAbdullah]

My Swift VDI ABS 2015 model has done exactly 9244 km as of today, from the past two weeks I have noticed that under hard acceleration and above 3300 rpm in second gear, there is a lot of rattling noise coming from front right side of the engine bay. this problem didn't existed before but now there is definitely something loose or wrong in the engine bay. I will get it checked next week during the first service of the car. i will post if the problem has been rectified by dealer or not. has anyone else got any issue like this under hard acceleration ?

[vsrivatsa]

Just reviving this thread. Given that the 2018 Swift would be based on the Baleno Platform - can we expect it to be rattle-free?

[aerohit]

Originally Posted by vsrivatsa

Just reviving this thread. Given that the 2018 Swift would be based on the Baleno Platform - can we expect it to be rattle-free?

Same platform has nothing to do with how interior plastics of two cars are put together. Even Baleno rattles to some extent. A lot has to do with how cars are driven. Driving fast over speed humps can cause problems for sure in any car. However, any cars can be made rattle proof with some technical skills. My Swift and Honda were both rattle free even after several years.

[supremeBaleno]

Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

We have a March '07 Zxi, done 7500kms and there is not a single rattle anywhere. Given the huge number of rattling complaints with the Swift, I think we might have been just plain lucky. Hope it remains this way.

An update after ~10years.

We still have the Swift and it hasn't had any rattles till date. Just our luck, I guess.

[giri1.8]

Originally Posted by aerohit

Same platform has nothing to do with how interior plastics of two cars are put together. Even Baleno rattles to some extent. A lot has to do with how cars are driven. Driving fast over speed humps can cause problems for sure in any car. However, any cars can be made rattle proof with some technical skills. My Swift and Honda were both rattle free even after several years.

I beg to differ here! We had a VW polo after first gen swift, and I am sure Polo almost no rattles after 1L km(around 98k to be precise). We had a first gen swift too, which started rattling after few thousand km!

Right now, my second gen swift is almost nearing 40k km, and is rattle free, even after being carefully driven(only self driven car till now), we had to tighten few bolts here and there to keep the rattles away.

Other aspects of ownership are completely different, completely in love with my swift

[whitewing]

Originally Posted by giri1.8

I beg to differ here!....

I second that. For the first couple of years my Swift was rattle free. With age, it has developed some rattles now. Although I love the ride, the tiny rattles that pop up from the interiors is irritating.

[Drbhavesh]

I couldn't find the answer anywhere and the rattling noise in my swift Dzire is just killing me! so, I am posting in this old thread.

Does anyone know how to open/detach the passenger side cup holder? (I have also attached the picture)

The rattling noise from it has been troubling me since long time. But since last 1 month, is has increased and because it's a lockdown situation, I cant go to any mechanic. Daily drive of 80km with 'kutrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr' sound is driving me crazy!!!

[whitewing]

Originally Posted by Drbhavesh

Does anyone know how to open/detach the passenger side cup holder? (I have also attached the picture)

Have you tried insulation tape+sponge packing as a jugaad till you get it repaired?

[Drbhavesh]

Originally Posted by whitewing

Have you tried insulation tape+sponge packing as a jugaad till you get it repaired?

Hi whitewing, thank you for replying. I tried foam tape and regular sellotape multiple times and also used fevibond to seal it permanently but nothing seemed to be working. some amount of noise always kept coming.

Day after posting here, i spent about an hour understanding from where exactly the rattle was coming. The cup holder had little bit of a play even after pushing it inside and wasn't completely immobile. so, I wrapped every part possible of the cup holder with sellotape and somehow managed to push it back. This has fixed the mobility and the rattle is gone like 90%.

About removing the cup holder, i googled a little and found similar type of cup holders in other cars. In them, to remove the cup holder, one need to remove the whole dashboard.!