Dash creaks and Glovebox rattle.Please help...

[a3ternus]

Well,i know the car is 19 y/o.Also,i know i drive it much harder than the previous owner...
Lately,the dash started creaking over bumpy roads,but what bothers me most is the Glovebox rattling and creaking a lot more than it used to be.

The lock metallic parts make a lot of noise,there is a little gap between the glovebox door and the dash (that noisy too) and the lil box on the "ceiling" of the glovebox is creaky as hell...Apart from these,I wonder where the bolts and screws for the main (transmission) console are,so i can tighten them up a bit...

Please share any info you know on this...

A3TeRnuS

[christophbmw]

there are two consoles, one which is the huge one (where the radio, heater-a/c controls are), and the other console is the ebrake surround console.
i had a creaking problem and i thought it was the bigger console. i later found out that it was the e-brake surround console.
Sullution: take out the rear ashtray and you will see a plastic nut, loosen that and push the console as far forward as you can. while holding forward presure on the console then tighten the nut back up, i think its an 8mm nut but it might be a 10mm. im not sure.

also for the glovebox, you could try to tighten the three bolts on the back of the glovebox hinge. they are really hard to get to you have to get to them from the bottom.

and what "box" are you talking about thats above the glovebox? cause i think your talking about the ECU but im not sure.

[a3ternus]

Thanx for the tip on the centre transmission console.My knee rests on ti most of the times cos i m tall...it needs tightening.
As for the box,i ll take a photo...
A3TeRnuS