After years of trying to diagnose and figure out what this damn rattling sounds was when going over smaller bumps in the road I finally figured it out today. Before I say what it was this is what I replaced.

1. shocks
2. springs
3. sway bars
4. sway bar bushings
5. upper control arms
6. lower ball joints
7. tie rod ends
8. strut mounts

It was the damn front transmission mount. One of the bolts was sheared off completely so I shimmed it and tack welded it and now the rattle is completely gone. Now I need to replace the tranny mounts as the rear is very rusty and might as well change both. What a relief, but I can't believe I didn't notice it sooner, I feel so stupid. Well that's my story. Maybe someone with a rattling problem will now check their tranny mounts and save themselves a lot of money.

 

ut i bet your car ride nice

 

Yes, it drives and handles great, prime confidence going into turns and cutting back and forth.

 

Nice...good to hear.

...now come diagnose my annoying rattle !

 

check your tranny mounts, haha.

 

a rattle hmmm- well as a service writer viewpoint: you must need all new mounts and a camfibrillator adjustment

Everyone with any rattle over bumps- check all the motor and trans mounts!

 

What if the rattle comes from the rear passenger seat area?

 

The obvious answer in this case is then the rear-passenger seat front mount. Shim it and tack weld it.

 

try putting the car in the air and looking pulling prying and banging on everything you can reach
Otherwise my diagnosis is muffler bearings

 

hey atleast u found it. and with all the suspension replacements/upgrades ur car must ride like new again

 

Well at least you can be at peace now.

I wish I could replace all of those components right now.

 

Glad you finally figured out the rattle. I have tons of them inside and out...Gotta get to work.

 

i learned to live with my rattles...


lol, jk. i don't have any.

 

^Drive it more than once a week

 

 

I get a rattle once in a while on start up.Did you get something similar?

 

lol...

ya i got some noises going on that are starting to bug. I bet its a great feeling fixing it.

 

Ive got this annoying squeak coming from the dome light..tightened it up and no dice..any ideas?

 

^ Sure its not the moonroof components?

 

you think? I can push on the dome light and it goes away...I thought it sounds kind of like it might be the headliner or something..

 

the moonroof seems to make a slight rattling sounds when closed from time to time. When I hear it I just tilt it up and the sound goes away.

No rattling during start up that I could hear, but my exhaust note is pretty loud at start up.

 

Its not really a rattle though...more like a squeak, the sound styrofoam makes when you rub it against something..if that makes any sense..

normally I just turn the radio up, but I would like to fix it. Drives me crazy knowing its there..lol

 

^ shut the roof cover it will stop. I use to have that squeak and I can't remember how I got rid of it. I think one of the window-tracks was loose, there are a few small screws. Just check the track with it open.

 

lol was thinking the same thing, lol that wouldn't be very good.

 

it was clearly low blinker fluid

 

Maybe, since the dome is so close to the moonroof, and compared to the moonroof, how many things can the dome have to make noise.

I occasionally have a ratlle from there too. Only when I reallllly listen for it, there's no pattern at all

 

^x3
I dunno where the rattle is comin from and it's so random that I can't figure out if it's sunroof related or not. But it will go away when I push up. I've done everything..greased tracks and gasket and still nothin. And it is a rattle, not a squeak.
Rockstar - Sound sometimes travels and it may not be up there. Just a suggestion..you know the plastic that your seatbelt locks into? The metal to metal contact on the piece holdin it up made that squeaking sound for me and as soon as I siliconed that ish it went away. Hella annoying squeak but I fixed it!! If it doesn't work, I'm stumped