Gene Culley

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There is a bulletin for rear insulators for noises when going over bumps.

rukkee

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Mine is definetly coming from the striker , If i adjust it one way or the other it makes the sound better or worse but never fixes it. So the striker needs to be welded to the car? I wonder why my 06 SS/SC didn't have this problem..... I wonder if they changed the striker design .

395 plus

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As I had post just a few posts earlier! The balck rod is the peice that can pop!

rukkee

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If i pull the striker all the way off is there a backing plate that is going to fall down on the inside of the jam ? I was scared to pull it all the way off cause i didn't want to lose what ever the striker screws ...screw into. Thanks.


On another thing , when i make a sharp turn going up steep driveway the whole car sounds like it flexes? anyone else notice that?

jhw82

I have the same problem RUKKEE.

rukkee

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It sucks cause if you have passengers in the car it sounds like a hoop. Even with only 5K miles on it .

ninja44

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I pulled on the striker today and that is the exact sound the rattle makes! I work for an auto wrecker so I'm going to pull a striker off of an 05 car and see if that fixes it.

outtamymind

sorry 395 forgot you posted that a few posts back. was really tired and not thinking straight when i posted that. thanks for reposting the pics

ninja44

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I put on a pair of latches from an 05 and the noise is gone! I took the original strikers and spot welded them both and will keep them as back ups. Now I still have the mystery rattle from the rear passenger side to deal with. It sounds like a metal clip rattle and very annoying.

jhw82

How did you remove the latches?

ninja44

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2 Torx #40 bolts.

jhw82

Do I remove the strickers or the latches (in the door)? They are on pretty tight, do I use an air compress tool or what? Thanks!

ninja44

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Just the strikers on the body only! Make sure you use a torx and not an allen bit, they are snug but come off easy as they have a wee bit of thread lock on them.

jhw82

Just the strikers on the body only! Make sure you use a torx and not an allen bit, they are snug but come off easy as they have a wee bit of thread lock on them.

Just use your hands to take them off? You used strikers plates from a 2005 Cobalt? Where can one get these?

Also, the strikers are the plates attach to the frame, correct? Where the door latch goes onto?

BlueStang

don't count on it. mine makes the same noises. but you got to think about it like this you have a econo performace car for dirt cheap so in order for GM to keep the cost down they have cheap plastic interiors in them and other cheap parts so you have to expect certian noises

jhw82

my cobalt SS was $25K (custom ordered from GM). I don't think it is dirt cheap.

BlueStang

Well when you consider other makes of turbo charged cars that come with more or less the same features go for like $5000 more, one gets what they pay for i like my cobalt but you get what you pay for

06BaltCoupeLT

I have a similar noise in the back when going up/down a curb/bump straight/angle that sounds like it's coming from both rear pillars. I noticed that when I dropped my headliner, to replace my moonroof, that the rear windshield (I think the front has them also) has these plastic clips that are attached to the windshiled for support that rub on the body mounts. One of them for sure had grooves in it. I didn't think much of it at the time but wonder if this could be a possibility.

jhw82

06BaltCoupleLT: Did you take the plastic clips off and drive around with them out and tried see if the noise is happening? I may try to remove headliner and see if it works. I have a rattle in my sunroof as well.

wanghis

i think i may have finally found the problem. like most of u i was getting that annoying rattling sound that sounded like it was coming from the passenger side rear pillar. i tried all of the other suggestions on this post and the noise was still there. it was getting to the point where i was ready to tear my car apart piece by piece to find the noise. so i started systematically checking the areas of the car i thought it was coming from. then when i got to the rear passenger side column (the one with the airbag running between the roof and the trunk) i found a set of wires and a tube of some sort running from the trunk into the roof. i believe it's these thing that r making the noise; when going over bumps or w/e the wires r hit against the roof or panel or something (since they'r not secured at all). so what i did was cover them with some kind of insulation (ac insulation tubing in my case) to keep the wire from making contact with the frame. i may b jumping to conclusions or just optimistic, but i haven't heard the noise since. only extended road testing will say for sure, but i feel pretty optimistic about this solution and hope others will try it with similar results to confirm. sorry for the long winded story, but i'm just anxious to b loving my balt again.

so wat i did was got some ac insulation tubing and used that to cover the wire and tube (u can use w/e u have). u have to take off the column (enough for u to work inside. i couldn't take it off completely without being scared of breaking it) and i took off the hanger thing so i could access the inside of the roof easier. i then covered the wires and tube with the insulation and fed it as far into the roof area as i could, then covered as much inside the column panel as i could. put it back together and ur done.

note: recommend u get as far into the ceiling as u can, especially the area where the panel meets the ceiling padding as i believe that's where a lot of the noise is coming from (unconfirmed). there should b a point where u can't go any further if ur sliding something along the wire. and make sure to close everything up. i left everything as it was when i was testing it (in case i needed to make adjustments) and i was still getting the noise. it wasn't till i decided to try close everything up that it stopped.

don't know if this topic is dead but i hope this helps. gl to u.

quickboat

I had the frickin rattle show up too and was about to tear the interior apart when I had my brother in the car and he found it to be the sun roof. I could of sworn it was comming from the passenger door, but i put my finger against the rear of sun roof and wha la rattle gone. Any fixes on this one, it seems snug?

Calibrah

I use to have a huge popping noise when the car would flex. (driveways) After a year of not finding it i found out that it was the driver side door striker. The part of the door latch assemble bolted to the car. It was loose. Had to get a new part from the chevy dealer.

Highbeamz

I've had the driver and passenger side striker go bad on me. When they make noise it sounds like it's coming from the rear of the car, and they're quite noisy.

06BaltCoupeLT

Sorry for the late reply...I didn't look into it since I'm porabably gonna sell the vehicle.

xxxxsh4d0wxxxx

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I don't have any rattles in my car, no joke. It must be just the luck of the draw.. Poor guys with the SS that spent over $20,000 on a car and it rattles like a ******* china cabinet during an earthquake, and here is me with the $12,000 base model that is as quiet as a baby.

If I do get rattles, which I'm sure will happen sooner or later, only 25,000 miles so far, I just remember, it's a cobalt, not a lamborghini.