OK guys, I have had enough of this BS... here is the deal with this noise, lets see if someone can figure it out.
This noise seems to be comming from the rear hatch area of the car, INSIDE the cabin... but may be resonating so it just seems like it. It sounds exactly like what you would hear if you put up the hatch glass and tapped it with your fingernail... kind of like a "popping" noise. I first entertained the idea that the hatch glass was rattling, but this is not the case. The car has done this since day one.
Here are the particulars:
-I have never noticed it at highway speeds
-Seems to do it most around 10-40 MPH
-Seems not to do it under heavy accelleration
-happens almost always on bumpy/dipping roads
-seems temperature dependant, cold car=less popping
-Coming from hatch area, does not seem to be comming from a particular side.
I read another post and found something that may be it... I am thinking, could it possibly be the Trak-Lok in the diff popping as the tires change speeds VERY LITTLE over bumps? Maybe they forget the additive at the factory? Also, Every once in a while, from a dead stop, if I make a hard over turn, I get a funny noise-kind of like a rubbing tire...but it does not seem to have a location, and does not happen all the time and only at VERY slow speeds-(may very well be P.S. pump though, as I cant remember if I was hard-over)
I have already checked for a loose spare, loose glass, loose suspension, loose body panels, loose hatch hinges.
This noise seems to be comming from the rear hatch area of the car, INSIDE the cabin... but may be resonating so it just seems like it. It sounds exactly like what you would hear if you put up the hatch glass and tapped it with your fingernail... kind of like a "popping" noise. I first entertained the idea that the hatch glass was rattling, but this is not the case. The car has done this since day one.
Here are the particulars:
-I have never noticed it at highway speeds
-Seems to do it most around 10-40 MPH
-Seems not to do it under heavy accelleration
-happens almost always on bumpy/dipping roads
-seems temperature dependant, cold car=less popping
-Coming from hatch area, does not seem to be comming from a particular side.
I read another post and found something that may be it... I am thinking, could it possibly be the Trak-Lok in the diff popping as the tires change speeds VERY LITTLE over bumps? Maybe they forget the additive at the factory? Also, Every once in a while, from a dead stop, if I make a hard over turn, I get a funny noise-kind of like a rubbing tire...but it does not seem to have a location, and does not happen all the time and only at VERY slow speeds-(may very well be P.S. pump though, as I cant remember if I was hard-over)
I have already checked for a loose spare, loose glass, loose suspension, loose body panels, loose hatch hinges.
