How to fix the annoying visor rattle

Rattles in a vehicle can be so annoying. One of those rattles I noticed in my Jeep Grand Cherokee was when the visor on the passenger was down. The "vanity mirror" has little bumpers, and the mirror is just loose enough so that it rattles quite incessantly. It is especially bad at slower speeds because the bumps in the road are magnified at slower speeds. 

I had toyed around with an idea for some time, and finally got around to trying it. Some time ago I had purchased some assorted sizes of felt pads. I took two of the smaller ones and stuck them to the bottom of the mirror cutout on the visor right where the little bumpers hit when the mirror is down. You can see the two dark spots on the image above on either side at the bottom of the mirror. Those are the small felt pads I attached. They don't show at all when the mirror cover is down, and don't bother when the mirror is showing.

Viola! That solved the problem. No more rattles, no more cursing under my breath about how much technology goes into developing a vehicle and they can't even make a mirror that doesn't rattle. 

Try this simple little fix. It works!

Sun visor extenders on a Jeep Grand Cherokee

Sun visors in our vehicles are a necessity. Without them, we would not be able to travel east in early morning, nor west in late afternoon. Without sun visors there would be many more accidents caused by drivers blinded by the sun, or not being able to see because they are holding their hands in front of their eyes to keep the sun out. However, there are those times when the sun is in just the right spot so even the visors can't help.

That's where the sun visor extenders on my Jeep Grand Cherokee are a great help. They pull out from the end of either visor fill in the space between the visor and the rear view mirror where the sun was peeking through. It's great. I don't know why sun visor extenders are not standard equipment on all vehicles. But alas, my Jeep Liberty doesn't have them like my Grand Cherokee does.


I think sun visor extenders are great and every vehicle should have them. There, I've said it. Now if the auto industry will just follow my lead, we'll all be safer on the roads.