Irritating rattle.

JamesUKV70 · Post by **JamesUKV70** » 20 Sep 2012, 07:59

Hello,

I need some help please. There is a persistant irritating rattle in my V70 and it comes from the back left hand area and is particularly obvious when I am travelling on country roads which are less smooth, on the motorway, it is not such a problem.

Having checked all of the plastic fittings around the tailgate area, to find that they are all very firm, I have checked the tailgate, it is not loose, open or closed, I have checked under the floor in the storage compartments and where the spare is located, nothing it seems would seem to be contributing to this irritating rattle.

The one thing that I have not checked is the rear wiper motor and assembly, which sits in the void behind the rear carpet in the tailgate.

This is not the first time I have come across this problem, I have had two 850 wagons in the past and both exhibited the same problem. Then I was prepared to accept it, now I am not

Any help or sensible suggestion would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

James.

Post by **kcodyjr** » 20 Sep 2012, 08:18

Have you checked the rear shock mounts? Remove the carpeting in the tailgate area, they'll jump right out at you, and they are a common failure item.

JamesUKV70 · Post by **JamesUKV70** » 20 Sep 2012, 08:59

Cheers, I will look right away as I am already searching around the back end of the car!!

Thanks for the suggestion,

James.

Post by **rmmagow** » 20 Sep 2012, 10:53

I have this issue with my V70. Now in my case it was the back seat, flipped it down and noise is gone. No plans to fix since all I wanted to know was that the noise wasn't from something falling apart. My hearing is pretty poor and hard to get any directional sense but I knew it was coming from the back.

eld4au6 · Post by **eld4au6** » 20 Sep 2012, 12:54

Mine is the same way. Anyone happen to know the part number for the little rubber "bumpers" that go in the seat latch?

JamesUKV70 · Post by **JamesUKV70** » 20 Sep 2012, 13:47

Great helps guys; I will check out all of your suggestions and hope that I can rectify the problem.

Cheers, James.

DrewsT5 · Post by **DrewsT5** » 20 Sep 2012, 16:04

Sometimes it a simple thing. Perhaps it's just the rear seat latch that is rattling, like the others have mentioned. One cheap fix is to use electrical tape and wrap it around the latch a few times. That way you eliminate the metal-on-metal rattling.