My 99 STI Wagon has a really annoying rattle in the tail gate!!

I have spent hours on it and I’m starting to get all irrational about it. I have refitted the spoiler, rear wiper motor, stripped the brake light and even modified the mechanism!! STILL RATTLES.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHH!

I finally talked a mate into sitting in the back seat while I was driving. Turns out it is the whole tailgate!!! It stops rattling when you put pressure on it from the inside.

Cant see anything to adjust except for a few mm on the catch attached to the car. This helped but it still rattles. No rubber bungs to wind out...

Anyone who owns something other than a Classic wagon need not reply!

Have searched for “rattles” on SN but couldn’t find an answer.

Any ideas???

Cheers.

 

Well I fixed the dam rattles... it was easy in the end. Pix here explain all. I’ll make tidier spacers later – this was just a 10 minute proof of concept.

I reckon I now have the quietest wagon tailgate in the country!!! Yeah.

 

Good on you for posting that im gonna try that soon as I have rattle too.

 

I too am going to give this a go! Sick of the bloody rattling!

 

Nice thread Ww. Well played.

 

lol i had the same problem on my 96 wagon...people in boot trying everything..it was just the boot not fitting tight when it was shut...a temp measure i wedged some paper between the bottom of the boot lid and the the car and hey no rattle...

 

If you're still on here, could you reload the images? Links seem to have gone. Rattle is driving me mad.

cheers