Ok, i have been asking questions about the rattle on my car. It's not the brake pads, I have checked the bushings and bearings under the car and all of those are working fine, and also bolted down the inner fender panel. The quarter panels are secure. I bounce the car up and down in the back, and i dont hear anything. The left rear rattles a lot on our gravel road, i open the door and stick my head out, and its clearly something in the left rear. It sounds like something just dangling or metal-to-metal rattling. I'm only 17 and don't know how to work on suspension, and i don't want to take it to a repair shop and pay a fortune to get something fixed that does not affect the car. Its the only problem i have with the car. It would much more peaceful in the car if i did not have to hear that rattle.

 

did you check the top shock bushing? (inside and under the car)

Start simple and cheap - first

 

I can't reach up in there. Do you have to take out the rear seats to get to that?

 

check the panhard/trace brace bar . on one of mine all 3 bolts had fallen out . made a heck of a rattle . the bar runs from the pass. side of rear axle to the body on drivers side under the car . the bolts are metric , 15mm head as i recall . good luck .

 

its not the door handle is it?

check the exhaust, hangers, tailpiipe.

sway bar mounts

 

ok, i just looked at the top rear shock mount, and the bushing was bad. i fixed it, and that still didn't fix it. its somewhere in the tire/brakes/rim area. its soo freakin annoying.

 

i was wondering, maybe if the top shock bushing is bad, maybe the bottom one is too. how can you tell if the bottom one is bad?

 

Have you checked the license plate frame? I know mine makes a rattling noise over rough roads. Sounds metallic.

 

have you checked this ???

 

ok, i totally forgot about this. this will probably narrow it down a lot. it does not rattle when i drag the brakes. say 10 mph normal-it really rattles. 10 mph plus dragging brakes-no rattle.

 

Did you check the sway bar end links?