Birds in the glove box, squeaking noise

I have on again off again tweeting noise from my glove box. It literally sounds like a nest of birds is in there. I was told by the previous owner that it had something to do with the passenger airbag, and if disconnected it would go away. I thought I'd ask ya'll for advice prior to going in and messing around in there.

Thanks,
John

 

Have you tried checking for birds? Haha jkjk but i would take out the glove box and wait for the noise to come back. Try to isolate it. Might be a blend door motor for the evaporator acting up. When the noise comes does it go away on its own shortly after a key cycle or at random?

 

It comes and goes at random. Some days it wont act up at all, while others it will tweet its lungs out. It isn't constant either or predictable at all either. does mulitple tweets to a few tweets, no tweets. It occurs all on random.

 

Sounds like it could be the infamous 1st gen dash squeak. Mine seems to do it at random as well. Some folks have had luck with wedging folded up paper or something similar between the windshield and the dash/A pillar. YMMV. Worth a try before you go disconnecting anything.

 

If its a dash squeak can you attempt to play with the dash pulling pushing shaking etc with it and get it to duplicate?

 

Not sure. Just know that it's a complaint I've read about on here before. Mine seems to do it on cooler mornings. Don't notice it much later in the day. Haven't tried the paper wedge thing yet...I forget about it at the end of the day.

 

This thread may help lead to a solution. If not, perhaps you have something else going on.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/notorious-dash-rattle-solutions.437953/

 

The dash squeak drives me crazy. Not to thread jack, but Does any one know a proper fix for that ? Also it sounds like to me your blower motor could have debris in it.

 

No worries haha - we are all here to get a answer one way or another.

 

i have the chirpy noise as well but NO passenger airbag its been there probably more than a decade closer to two
its there in the winter, spring and summer
i turn up the fan setting and seems to go away

 

Have you ever purchased something for your Yota and been like, "damn, I should have done that a long time ago"? I had an annoying dash rattle but didn't do it all the time. When it did do it, I could press on the dash where it meets the windshield (passenger side) and it would stop.
I purchased some rubber seal strip and placed between the window and dash. Haven't heard a peep since.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012NMCVFE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

I get an occasional squeak/rattle in the dash, rarely happens then stops on its own

 

does this noise NOT happen when fan is off?

 

does/did yours ever squeak with just turning the fan on?

A/C or Heat? mine has it bad both ways sometimes
other times now hahah

 

TSB on the dash rattle

https://www.parksoffroad.com/tacomamods/tsb/dashrattle/dashrattle.htm

 

how about your SR5 seats?
squeaky???
i gots me one dont know what to do, gotta git er fixed

 

I have a dash squeak, but only when driving. and its clear that its a dash squeak. I think you may actually have birds in there lol

 

i have multiple squeaks drives me crazy! i need to take better care of it

 

how the hale does a rod get rusty inside my seat right under my left armpit!!! to my shoulder area

 

well i am not about to go that far