Your car may have a soul in your opinion, perhaps an evil one even, but it is definitely a mechanical device. With all the components now crammed into it, sooner or later there are going to be squeaks. To take the "rattle" out of your rattle and rolling down the road, let's take a look at how to get rid of squeaks in the driver's area.

A squeak in the interior of your car can drive you absolutely crazy. It may not be that loud. It may not even be that grating. The problem is it is always there. You can't escape it. Like the sound of fingernails scraping down a chalkboard, it will slowly drive you insane. You must fight back! Fortunately, it is fairly easy.

The interior of your car looks very organized and efficient. To some extent it is. From another point of view, however, it is closer to the clean room of a teenage boy - you really don't want to open the closet door! Well, your dashboard is the metaphorical closet door. Down around your feet and up under the dash are a host of components crammed in every different manner. As the car interior heats up and cools down every day, these components can move about. It is in this general area that you'll find your squeaks.

The first area to take a look at involves any moving parts. The pedals for your feet often start to squeak. There pedals connect to hinges near the top and these hinges need to be lubricated from time to time. Because the hinges are up under the dash from the point of view of the driver as he sits down, it sounds like there is a squeak under the dashboard. Go ahead and lubricate the pedal hinge points even if you don't hear a squeak. It might just go away.

Now comes the really scary part for any man. Pull...out...the...owner's...manual. I know this is difficult. Feel free to close the garage door, turn out the lights and read by camera light so nobody sees you. Why the owner's manual? Well, many modern cars actually require that you occasionally lubricate some aspect of the interior of your car. The manual will actually have a section on it. Now, the people that write owner's manuals think in a very odd manner, so you might have to search around for it. If you can find the note, however, they'll often lead you right to your problem area.

Finally, you can take the car to a mechanic. I don't advise this. The mechanic is going to do exactly what I've written above, so why pay for it? With very little elbow grease, you can save a buck or two and find the problem yourself.

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