You may remember my rant here a couple of weeks ago where I complained about tailgate rattles and other things that were not covered by may 'same as a new car' extended warranty.
Well rather than pay the $200 for dealer to fix rattle with TSB, I studied the latch more closely. To make the door close more tightly I loosened first the latch on the tailgate itself, but found it was already as far back as is could go in the bolt slots. Then I looked at the catch in the floor of the car. Using a t-40 Torx bit (Sears, $6.49) I was able to loosen the two bolts a turn or two and slide the catch forwards about 2mm. I then drove the car a bit and played with the rubber stops settings.
Final result is that the main rattle has gone completely and teh car feels noticeably more vault-like over bumps. There is still a small rattle that sounds like a cable inside the door very occasionally making a small noise but probably 5% of what I had.
Happy days.
By the way - can you believe that after sending the car in for a power steering leak, and them faffing about for two days with their lost warranty paperwork (no loaner), and me asking specifically when I picked up the unrepaired car if they had topped off the power steering fluid, they gave me the car back with no pwer steering fluid, steering howling wildly...
Brian
Well rather than pay the $200 for dealer to fix rattle with TSB, I studied the latch more closely. To make the door close more tightly I loosened first the latch on the tailgate itself, but found it was already as far back as is could go in the bolt slots. Then I looked at the catch in the floor of the car. Using a t-40 Torx bit (Sears, $6.49) I was able to loosen the two bolts a turn or two and slide the catch forwards about 2mm. I then drove the car a bit and played with the rubber stops settings.
Final result is that the main rattle has gone completely and teh car feels noticeably more vault-like over bumps. There is still a small rattle that sounds like a cable inside the door very occasionally making a small noise but probably 5% of what I had.
Happy days.
By the way - can you believe that after sending the car in for a power steering leak, and them faffing about for two days with their lost warranty paperwork (no loaner), and me asking specifically when I picked up the unrepaired car if they had topped off the power steering fluid, they gave me the car back with no pwer steering fluid, steering howling wildly...
Brian