Rattling in hatch area???
10-26-2004, 08:53 AM
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Rattling in hatch area??? Well this has been driving me crazy for several months and I've decided I've had enough. Everytime that I hit a significant bumb (pot hole or speed bumb) a loud rattle or clanking sound comes from the rear hatch area. I'm not sure if it's the hatch itself or something else. I did not notice this until after I had my SFCs installed. Has anybody experienced something similar to this? Any ideas? It always seems that it's the loudest when I have a passenger (go figure), unrelated to the problem (I think), but it's emabarrassing for sure. Anyways, if anybody has any suggestions, please post up b/f I resort to taking it to the dealership.
Thanks,
JHT
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JHT
10-26-2004, 11:21 AM
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Yeah, check the latch in the hatch. Mine's been rattling for a while now and I can jiggle the whole thing from side to side. Haven't got round to fixing it yet as it involves removing the rear hatch trim.
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10-27-2004, 08:40 AM
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My Panhard mount bolts were slightly loose and the
bar made a clicking / clunking sound that I was sure
came from inside the trunk. Only bouncing the car from
below, rear wheels on ramps, let me find that sound.
bar made a clicking / clunking sound that I was sure
came from inside the trunk. Only bouncing the car from
below, rear wheels on ramps, let me find that sound.
10-27-2004, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by QuickSilver T/A
Can someone tell me about or post a link to the "hatch release spring mod" ?
install documents, under miscellaneous, rear hatch release fix
11-25-2008, 12:00 PM
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my center mount exhaust cracked in the little center piece from body twist and rattled so bad i had to duck my head down and cover when i pulled in a parking lot. SO EMBARRASSING! I said forget this and grinded the bitch down. no more buzzing.
11-28-2008, 11:53 AM
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JHTZ28,
In your post, you said you noticed it after installing SFCs. Not sure which type of SFC you had installed, but if the rear lower control arm bolts were taken out and reinstalled when installing the SFC, I would check that first to make sure they are set to the proper torque.
After I had my BMR boxed SFCs installed, I noticed a clanking/rattle noise and the rear lower control arm bolts were the culprit.
In your post, you said you noticed it after installing SFCs. Not sure which type of SFC you had installed, but if the rear lower control arm bolts were taken out and reinstalled when installing the SFC, I would check that first to make sure they are set to the proper torque.
After I had my BMR boxed SFCs installed, I noticed a clanking/rattle noise and the rear lower control arm bolts were the culprit.
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my spare tire rattled around for a while so i just pulled out out. now i have 4 12's walled in where the back seat use to be... so pretty much every thing rattled before i dynomatted the whole car >.< rawr!
