Morning all.
I've had a tapping noise steadily getting louder and more frequent coming from the rear right cabin area where the roof meets the area above the strut tower and cannot for the life of me find what it is.
I've had the rear of the car apart and can't find anything in the roof assembly, head rest assembly, seat belt mechanism, etc.
The handbrake cables don't rattle when I've jacked the car up either.
The noise is generated over uneven roads, so most of the time here in the UK, and particularly when unloading the car going around right hand corners and roundabouts.
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After putting everything back together having had the roof back for a few hours the noise went away for about 2 or 3 miles, but then came back again. Nothing seems loose under the car but it's hard to be sure without a proper lift and shaking the car left to right by hand doesn't seem to recreate it.
Anyone else had a similar tapping sound from the rear corner of the cabin? Only other way to describe it is as if something hard plastic or lightweight metal is tipping left and right, forward and back and creating a tapping noise when the car is jostled.
Cheers!
I've had a tapping noise steadily getting louder and more frequent coming from the rear right cabin area where the roof meets the area above the strut tower and cannot for the life of me find what it is.
I've had the rear of the car apart and can't find anything in the roof assembly, head rest assembly, seat belt mechanism, etc.
The handbrake cables don't rattle when I've jacked the car up either.
The noise is generated over uneven roads, so most of the time here in the UK, and particularly when unloading the car going around right hand corners and roundabouts.
After putting everything back together having had the roof back for a few hours the noise went away for about 2 or 3 miles, but then came back again. Nothing seems loose under the car but it's hard to be sure without a proper lift and shaking the car left to right by hand doesn't seem to recreate it.
Anyone else had a similar tapping sound from the rear corner of the cabin? Only other way to describe it is as if something hard plastic or lightweight metal is tipping left and right, forward and back and creating a tapping noise when the car is jostled.
Cheers!
