Anyone have a rattle coming from........

TCA Z

No problems here...maybe Chicane Yellow is exempt from rattle installation at the factory.

BTW, I just hit 2500 miles and drive on some washboard roads almost every day...damn streets suck in Tucson.

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antennahead

Mine just started making a "low level, low frequency" rattle/rubbing type sound a few days ago, approximately 2000 miles on vehicle. Sounds like the passanger door or passenger side of the dash. It's annoying, can't isolate it.

John

khtso

So it appears that I solved my rear hatch rattle issue (keeping fingers crossed). Since I got the car I have had an annoying rattle/creak coming from the rear hatch. I initially thought it had something to do with the rear passenger taillight, but ruled that out. I tore apart all the trim in the back, and still that didn't solve the problem. Then one day I noticed that underneath the trim on the rear hatch door, there was some rubbing.

I tore off that rear hatch trim piece and glued a piece of foam to the metal "square" piece under the trim. That solved it for the time being. But shortly thereafter, more rattles appeared and I couldn't place the problem. I tore off all the trim pieces on the rear hatch door hoping that I could isolate the problem. Oddly, even with all the trim pieces removed the noise was still there and even worse! So I realized it wasn't the trim rubbing on anything. Poking around I discovered that the rear piece of aluminum (right around the area where the hood hook was, seemed quite pliable. the aluminum wasn't sturdy and if it flexed at all, made a noise. I also noticed that the rear brake light was slightly loose and that these two pieces that connected to it that went into the hatch door moved and made noise.

To solve the problem, I covered part of that rear hatch door aluminum with Dynamat. In addition I stuck pieces of foam weatherstripping tape on places on the hatch that might come into contact with the trim (buy this at home depot). In addition, I tightened all the 10mm bolts on the underside of the hatch.

So far, I have not heard anymore rattles from that area! I still have a ton of Dynamat left so if any more start appearing I'm just gonna cover the whole damn car!!! Now if only Dynamat could quickly fix my loose driver's seat problem......

rackley

I hunted a rattle/squeak back there for about three weeks, it was driving me absolutely crazy. It wound up being the tail brake light - tightening the nut (near that suspended weight) finally stopped the squeaking. But I had to tighten it 3x, until it almost seemed like it was going to break the plastic, before the squeak finally stopped.

vater

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So far, I have not heard anymore rattles from that area! I still have a ton of Dynamat left so if any more start appearing I'm just gonna cover the whole damn car!!! Now if only Dynamat could quickly fix my loose driver's seat problem......[/QUOTE]

there's a thread about the seat click issue if that's what you're talking about...someone figured out a fix for it

kannibul

Easy solution - turn up the radio.

Buy one!

ZCarGo

I went on a road trip. I thought everything was taken care of since I hadn't heard much of a rattle until I backed out of my driveway the morning I left on a 600 mile road trip. Rattled the whole damn way.

The first thing I did when I got home was to rip off the plastic covers and try to find the real source. Well, it turns out that it was a combination of things that center around the third brake light. The metal is thin around this area and when you press on the internal pieces (through the holes), I could recreate the noise...good start. Like you, I ended up settling in on the brake light and have come to the conclusion it's really lame how they have attached it to the hatch. As I pushed on the brake light from the inside, I could recreate the noise. It appeared to be fastened as tight as it could be. In fact, once I loosened the nut, the bolt just flopped around and didn't even appear to be attached to the brake light. I couldn't see how it was attached because I didn't have the right driver to remove the hatch hook.

There are two plastic posts that stick through the metal on the hatch. Nissan has put felt around the posts to prevent them from rubbing on the metal. I did move these around the last time I was looking for rattles and apparently settled the light enough to make me think I had fixed the problem. A few days and bumps later, the rattle was back. I ended up wrapping these posts with a foam tape so they don't move and are solid in the holes. This seems to have resolved the problem. The best thing to do when I have more time is to secure the damn tail light, which is the major source of the problem. The other fixes I have done were contributing, but turns out only to a small degree.

For those who think this is a minor issue, I would bet you'd want to dump your car for a civic if you had to deal with this rattle. It's nothing a radio can cover up. It's nowhere close to the high pitched hum others have complained about, which I couldn't hear very well do to the rattling. So perhaps the rattle is a good way to mask the hum.

-ZCarGo-

jakoye

That might be the first U2 allusion in this forum.

In that spirit, as far as your purchase of a Z goes, I will follow!

Good job on tracking down these rattles. Hopefully it won't happen to me, but I'll know which thread to reference if it does.

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armensti

i dont know about rattling but i hear this annoying squeak from the back of the car when i drive

arcticreaver

i had that too. but solved. go to the trunk and lift up the padding and cover and tighten the spare tire. mine was loose and after that the noise was gone.

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drisko

If you have the Touring model with the cargo cover, it will usually rattle when you have the cover extended to block the view of the trunk. Not sure why it rattles, but it consistently does for me.

arcticreaver

yeah the cargo cover is kinda annoying at times.

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MikeGTO

I don't have a Z, although I'm considering it...there are few things more annoying than buying a new car that turns out to be a rattletrap. My first new car was a '91 T-Bird that had tons of rattles and squeaks in the crummy plastic dash and door panels. It took me a year, but I eventually found and fixed most of them. But that car left me with a bias against Fords ever since, fairly or not. In comparison my two 4th gen F-bodies had surprisingly few rattles that were pretty easy to fix. My GTO is solid except for an occasional squeak from the driver's seat (knock on wood).

I was hoping Nissan would really get a handle on rattles & squeaks, but it seems like even the Infiniti g-series has some. Since performance cars have tight suspensions and wide tires, the cabin gets more vibration so it's understandable to some extent.

SiXK

I agree about the performance cars. the rattle in my 370 is intermittent and you can't hear it at all if the radios on, so at least in mine its very minor.

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WShade

Being an owner of both I can tell you that it really has not been a problem for me.

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