Winter Noises!

[dubs_17]

Has anyone ever had this little annoyance? I can hear a certain sound near my passenger seat when I hit bumps (now that it's cold), and there's a rattle that sounds like...hmm (thinking of an analogy)...if you were to pull back on a springy piece of wood or wire and let it go. The sound continues for a while after a bump in the road, but fades out eventually...anyone know what I'm talking about and solved it? I've searched everywhere on that side of the car...

[forkdork]

Re: Winter Noises!

I had something similar and it was the heat shield above the exhaust hitting the exhaust pipe ( it rattled whenever i went over big bumps or started moving from a stop)

[Stonewall]

Re: Winter Noises!

Maybe the spring on the underside of the seat?

[dubs_17]

Re: Winter Noises!

So I did some investigative work today, and found that the annoying sound is coming from the passenger-side seatbelt latch. The bumps vibrate the free-standing latch, and there must be a small piece of something broken off inside that's rattling around. Any ideas on a fix for this? Can the latch be taken apart or maybe even replaced? Most annoying sound I've ever had in a car...

[Circuits]

Re: Winter Noises!

Mine has the same annoying noise from time to time... but since I know that's all it is, I just have to press the button and then it goes away for days at a time...