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westwind77
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I get a 'funny' noise from my rear hatch area when I close my rear side door. Need a 2nd person to close and me to listen in the next few days to narrow it down.
ciaz
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I get a sound times from the top. Sounds like metal on metal, but I could be wrong. I hope that it's the wiper and not two panels bumping.
ckon
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The most common cause of hatch noises I've come across is license plate movement. I always mount mine with a couple of wads of poster putty behind the lower screw holes to keep the plate from rattling or any movement.
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I am. It's like a popping/cracking noise towards the top of the hatch. Don't know where it's coming from.
adoihcj
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I checked this out yesterday. If you reach your hand up under the spoiler and touch the wiper, see if the wiper moves. If it does, tap it a time or two and listen for a noise. I think this is what you are describing. What's interesting is the only time I hear the wiper noise is when I close the front doors - I never hear it when going over bumps, etc. while driving.
Just an FYI, my wiper does NOT move at all. Locked in place pretty tight. No noise when I close the door. Could be wiper arm needs to be tightened down a bit more for those who are experiencing movement/noise. If it can be done!
ckon
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Today I noticed a noise coming from the hatch when I closed one of the side doors. I could make it happen every time I closed any one of the doors or the hatch. I think there's a part of the locking mechanism that actuates audibly inside the hatch under SOME circumstances, tho I can't tell exactly what the circumstances are. Later on, I couldn't make it do it again. Not suggesting that this is what you heard, but it's one possibility.
westwind77
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:iagree: It sounds lound when in the garage, I want to track it down. Same thought about the lock but I know the rear hatch is unlocked, it is very strange.
I don't think anything is loose or broken. It sounds like a pressure relief mechanism. When you close any one door while all the others are shut the air being forced in makes the noise.
ckon
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Yeah, that's what I thought it was at first, but I could hear another noise after the "flap" noise. Maybe the locking system goes thru a check at certain times? I also noticed that it makes the same sound with a very gentle closing of the door which overrules the air motion idea.
ckon
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I checked. Mine was closed.
ciaz
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what? :wow:
westwind77
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Can you explain this a little better? Where exactly was the contact? What did they do to fix it, etc.?
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HendrikBOOM
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I cant post yet, but I was wondering if anyone knew a way to set the rear window parameters in tech stream? My cable in the back hatch broke so I put the window up all the way and glued the sliders to the rail. but now my wiper wont active because the Computer thinks the window is still down.
