I've noticed when I decellerate, a faint "tick" noise that comes from
the ashtray area. Its almost as if a screw rolls and hits something
or something slides and hits something in that area.

Everytime I brake fairly good I hear it. Has anyone noticed the
same thing or better yet fixed it?

 

its the time bomb ticking and just waiting to blow!! sorry i'm just a fool today... umm.. i've never heard of that problem but did you ever take apart your center console or anything around there? might be improper assembling or a loose screw somewhere..

 

I have a similar noise from that area sometimes when I first open the door and enter my car. It seems to stop after I start the engine. I am going to ask the dealer next time I stop in. Anybody here know what this is?

 

Sometimes its the CD-Slot starting to read the CD again because its just been "woken up" I hear it all the time with my car and its the CD-Slot. Maybe its the same for you. Although sometimes mine "wakes up" and gets jammed, I might get it replaced, any idea how much the front CD-Slot cost?

 

Not sure if it's the same ticking noise but mine came from the sliding armrest (one near the handbrake lever). It goes away when I pull it out of the locking/fully retracted position. Hope this helps.

 

It si the sliding armrest - thanks for the suggestion!

 

Cool

 

yup, the armrest, that should do it.

 

I had somthing similar a few weeks back. I was convinced that something was loose around the ashtray area. Spent a long time proding, bashing wobbling things until it dawned on me that it was a bottle of water in the cup holder



Weird, as it sounded like it was coming from lower down...