I'd love to find a little pop up tent trailer for mine. In the mean time, I'll load up the car with the camping gear and load the trailer with a couple hundred pounds of seasoned cherry wood for the fire and my 650GS to go exploring on.

Well, I had some time before karate this afternoon, so, I turn on the key (engine off) and removed the glove box. Yup, there's the problem. Its the vent. With the fresh air on, the vent will randomly open and close. With the re-circ on, the vent will close, it will still make the noise like its tryi...

The first thing I would check for is any loose objects/coins in the console, doors, glove box, and storage compartments, since your noise seems to be louder at lower idle. Also, is the passenger seat belt flat or is the buckle twisted up between the B Pillar and the seat back? At lower idle, the ca...

I experienced the dreaded fresh air vent actuator failure a few years ago and now I have a slightly different buzzing problem. While the actuator was a loud ticking/clacking noise, this one is fairly quiet. Its not a constant buzz, but it will start low, get a bit louder over maybe 5-10 seconds, the...

Thanks for the pics, I have been wanting to do something like this for a while. As far as under the dash..... Spouse owns an auto glass shop and when we but in a new windshield, I stuffed the empty cavity in front of the dash (accessible only when the windshield is out) full of foam (upholstery type...

At 75,000 I had my local shop do a full fluid replacement on my 2004 AWD...engine, trans, radiator, brake fluid, EVERYTHING. Checked all belts, brakes, replaced cabin air filter, anything that could be checked, was. Anything that needed to be replaced, or was needing to be done in the next 15,000 wa...

Nasmfell wrote:Windshield glass on the 2003-2004 models cheaper than on the later ones?:

Spouse (owns an auto glass shop) thinks the newer ones are more $$. Also depends on who made the glass. Some mfg's are cheaper than other (and it shows).