Has anyone been experiencing rear door rattles? If so what did you find and how can it be prevented? I haven't taken the inner panel off yet to see but if I lightly pound on the door I can hear something is loose. Anyone experience this? Thanks. 
Rear Door Rattles
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Are you sure it's not the seatbelt buckle rattling against a hard plastic surface?
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Just a thought...Why would YOU take the panel off??? Tat's what the dealer is for..Snowgov said:Has anyone been experiencing rear door rattles? If so what did you find and how can it be prevented? I haven't taken the inner panel off yet to see but if I lightly pound on the door I can hear something is loose. Anyone experience this? Thanks.
why risk breaking the cheap plastic and/or the clips?
Can't speak for the OP but...fourmoremarine said:
I don't think this kind of warranty work brings in the big bucks for the dealer, ergo I'd rather be the one to take a stab at taking a panel off than the possibly green technician at the dealership who's rushing because he's got the service manager on his back.
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I'm sure dealer wouldn't want to pay for a replacment panel.....but if they did break it...Terrain said:
Now if you take it off yourself and break it you are going to pay.....
Doesn't the dealer receive labor rate for warranty work???
Appreciate the responses. I did do a little more digging and found that the rear door panel was not attached to one of the clips near the rear wiper motor. I don't mind doing a little "trouble shooting" on my own. If I couldn't find it I would have mentioned it to the dealership at my next service appointment. I didn't think that there was any need to make a special trip just for this. I'm real happy with my Nox!
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wouldn't you have to wait for the part to come in also???NoobNox said:
So you'd be driving around with broken/missing part anyhow.....
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****, a one man dealership...Terrain said:
Guess that's why your on your second one....should have just found the resources to fix your first one
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That career must be working out for you. Hell, need the nav to impress the neighbors...Terrain said:
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When I bought my Equinox I notice a rear door rattle as I drove off the dealers lot. The next day I reported the noise and was told that I had to make an appointment which would be in the following week. Let me tell you that I was not impressed.
So the following week I went in and they said it was a bad rear door cylinder that was responsible for the noise because once the cylinder was removed no more noise. It took two weeks to get the new cylinder.Still not impressed... They installed it and told me my Equinox was ok. I drove off and the noise was still there. Still less impressed... I turned around and when back to the service dept and voiced my concern. They took the nox back in and unscrewed one rubber bumper on the bottom of the back door. It did fixed the problem but two weeks later as the temperature warmed up it would still rattle. So I deceided to fix it myself.
There is two adjustement pads one on each side of the rear door that are held in by Tork screws. I loosened the Tork screw,pushed the pad out one notch in order to make the rear door wider and voila the trouble was and is still gone. Cylinder my &@#*. That was my experience and it might hepl others
So the following week I went in and they said it was a bad rear door cylinder that was responsible for the noise because once the cylinder was removed no more noise. It took two weeks to get the new cylinder.Still not impressed... They installed it and told me my Equinox was ok. I drove off and the noise was still there. Still less impressed... I turned around and when back to the service dept and voiced my concern. They took the nox back in and unscrewed one rubber bumper on the bottom of the back door. It did fixed the problem but two weeks later as the temperature warmed up it would still rattle. So I deceided to fix it myself.
There is two adjustement pads one on each side of the rear door that are held in by Tork screws. I loosened the Tork screw,pushed the pad out one notch in order to make the rear door wider and voila the trouble was and is still gone. Cylinder my &@#*. That was my experience and it might hepl others
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Lost me when he said rear door... Thought what hes talking about is called the rear hatch?
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Yes the two adjkustement do make the rear door wider just enough to stop it from rattling. If not adjusted properly these adjustable stopper or rests just vibrate because they do not rest on the body of the vehicle.
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