BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Every time you drive your car up to 60 miles per hour, you hear it - that faint rattling noise coming from somewhere on the dashboard. Or it's the seats that squeak every time ...

The Nomad squeak and rattle measurement system conducts objective measurements on auto components and vehicles. The system hardware consists of a precision microphone connected to a laptop computer ...

An increasingly vital component to customer satisfaction in the automobile industry is Squeak and Rattle performance. Usually Squeak and Rattle performance in a new car is tested throughout the ...

The perceived interior noise has been one of the major driving factors in the design of automotive interior assemblies. Buzz, Squeak and Rattle (BSR) issues are one of the major contributors toward ...

Yesterday we described some of the inner workings of Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant, which builds the Taurus and its siblings. At the end of the tour we got to see Ford’s Squeak/Rattle Test — yes, it’s ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 110, Section 6: JOURNAL OF PASSENGER CAR: MECHANICAL SYSTEMS JOURNAL (2001), pp. 1944-1948 (5 pages) In order to engineer Squeak & Rattle (S&R) free vehicles it is essential to ...

If you've had the pleasure of driving or riding in the Chevy Cruze, one of the qualities of the attractive compact you may have noticed is the utter silence of the interior. That quietness, however, ...

Last month, we adequately addressed the heat and road noise in our '60 F-100 using QuietRide Solutions' AcoustiShield insulation/damping kit. While that cured a good majority of unwanted interior ...

Beyond serious mechanical issues, squeaks and rattles rank high amongst the most annoying things one may have to deal with in any car. Imagine, though, if your ride had an incessant rattle or squeak ...