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

SG4247

There is a sheet metal heat shield above the rear muffler, that vibrates like crazy on my car with Akropovic CBE. I thought it was coming from the spare tire area, until I stripped the back of the rear interior out, and rode in the rear hatch area with the wife driving. The noise was coming up through the floor where the spare goes.

Then I climbed under the rear of the car, added extra bolts to the fog light bracket (didnt help), and then discovered the muffler heat shield was causing the noise. The heat shield only makes noise with aftermarket exhaust on my car.

Thinking about removing the heat shield now...

CharmCityZ

I had a high pitched rattle for months that was driving me insane, after taking apart the entire damn hatch area it ended up being one of the lil cargo net clips was broken off inside the panel. Replaced all 4 clips and rattle is gone..

CharmCityZ

I had a horrible rattle in the hatch for months that drove me insane, ended up being that one of the luggage tie down clips was cracked..😂

13Xterra

I just spent a month tearing my car apart trying to fix this. It started after I installed the AAM Resonated Short Tails. The exhaust sounds so good but the rattle was ruining the entire experience for me. I was very close to going back to the stock Nismo exaust. I made a video about it on my YouTube channel in which you can clearly hear the rattle and how I finally fixed it. Hopefully it helps someone.

13Xterra

Guys, I am not trying to pimp my youtube channel here but after making my first video on the rattles, it happened again. This time I tore everything out of the back and started over. I finally found the source which was the motor that opens the hatch. I have read ALL the threads here regarding hatch rattles and tried alll of the suggestions. No one has mentioned the part I am talking about so hopefully this helps someone who may be going through the frustrating process of tracking down their rattle with no success. It’s the most boring video on earth so feel free to skip to the last 5 minutes or so to see the part I am talking about and how to fix it.

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cv129

I have an 09 with stock exhaust. Since day one, there has been this clicking noise/small rattling noise when I go over bumps. And I always thought it was coming from the passenger side of the trunk.

Today I went down the rabbit hole and quickly realized the source of annoyance wasn't going to be as obvious as I hoped to be. Then, I came across your video, and voila!!!!!

We have the exact same problem. I threw some goo silicone lubricant on the gears (I also needed to do the same for the little metal one), and the noise went away. I also removed the trunk weight.

Thank you for sharing your relentless journey in locating this noise This has annoyed me for years!!!!!

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littlejuanito

this is definitively the culprit to that metallic rattle that's heard when having an aftermarket exhaust. It comes and goes as the RPM's go up and down.