Rattling: if you've solved a rattle in your rear hatch come

dmarando

I had a rattle which sounded like it was coming from the hatch area, I tore all the trim off in the hatch area and my wife drive me around. The rattle was there but it was coming from outside the car right by the passenger fender. So put all the trim back on, and started looking outside the car, I took the wheel off, the wheel wheel liner, but I couldn't find anything loose. Then I notice that little plastic cover that covers the end of the chassis on the bottom right of the wheel well (see pic). It was a little loose so I took it off to see why and low and behold under it sitting on the end of the chassis was a bunch of rocks. Over time they must have gotten in from all the road work they are doing. I cleaned it out and tighten up that plastic cover and no more rattle. Hope this helps anyone that is going nuts and can't seem to see loose, check under that black cover.

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