WELL if your balt is anything like mine there is a plastic rattle that sounds like it's coming from the rear windshield area anytime you go over uneven road/bumps/listen to real bassy music. I know this is an econobox on steroids so I lived with it but lately it's gotten BAD and it was driving me INSANE. Even with the music turned up I could still hear it...I heard this damn noise in my nightmares...lol.

Anyways, I found the bastard that's causing the rattle, or bastards I should say. Those little black plastic things on either side of the rear windshield that I'm assuming are part of the rear defroster system...go flick one and see what kinda noise it makes...THE SAME DAMN NOISE I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. It seems like it's coming from the outer casing so I just wedged a few tiny pieces of clear doublestick tape between the outer plastic piece and the windshield and BOOM, no more noise...yeayuh. Hopefully it helps someone else out who was having the same problem.

 

Was it a squeaky sound? Cuz I have a squeaky sound

 

all those do is cover the defrost tab, just take them off thats what i did, no problems since

 

i was gonna say watch what happens when you turn the defogger on.

but you live in AZ, you don't need to melt ice off your rear window. lol

 

mine does that too...traced it down to the seat latch...try folding down the smaller half of the back seat...if that solves it then you can fold the seat back up just dont latch it, works for me

 

Do they just pop off? I tugged on one a little and it seemed like i was going to rip the whole thing off, do you need to pry it with a screwdriver or something? Either way I'm just happy the noise is gone, it was driving me effing nuts.

 

To tell you the truth one came right off when i was cleaning the rear windshield and then i just lifted up and out on the other and i could never get them back on.

 

Dude hell yeah. Thanks I'm gonna try that.... I'll love you if it works haha...

 

Someone should really make a sticky for rattles and people can post what they did to fix some rattles. I'm sure our econobox's will and have most of hte same issues

 

X2 on a rattle sticky!

 

X3 on that sticky! I need to find where that damn rattle is coming from when I go over bumps

 

Rattles FTL

 

I got a better rattle! Sounds like a wire coat hanger in my drivers side window well is slapping around (where the window rolls down into) Sometimes rattles, sometimes it don't, sometimes on bumps sometimes on the road! I want a new drivers side door lol but I really don't care anymore!

 

well...do you love me? lol

 

Whats gonna happen? I had my off since I bought the car last September... a full COLD HARD WINTER in Michigan I didnt have any problems with my back glass defogger system.

 

lol.. I'll let you know after tonight...