Rattling in air vents... how to get the crap out?

[melb_echo]

Hi all,

I foolishly let someone else drive my car. Now there's a couple somethings rattling around in the air vents. Sounds like a couple beads or something. They rattle around most when the air conditioning and fan are on.

How do I inspect the vents to find and get rid of the debris? Where do I look??

I've tried to find a diagram of the vents and air flow paths for my car (Echo 2002 hatch) but no luck.

Thanks for any tips!

Christian.

[anhphuongvu]

you can try to open the glove compartment

remove the two clips on both side that keeps it look like a compartment

removing them will allow the compartment to drop further

you will have access to the filter

you should be able to pull out a filter then something

you can clear whatever you can see there

if nothing there, try to turn on the fan again and noise/rattle still occurs and nothing flies out...

then i dont have anything to help you with

but that is what i did to remove the rattling sound in my vent when fans were turned on

i had a leaf stuck in mine