Before I get started, I want to preface this by saying that I RARELY have backseat passengers.

Last week I velcroed the rear deck lid to the deck. That did not help with the incessant rattling at all.

I dismantled my ENTIRE rear deck today after being totally fed up with the rattling. I removed each piece one at a time and sound tested for the rattle.

The problem: The rear seat belt. The thing has a crappy ball bearing or something in it that rattles like crazy. I removed it- which getting under the seat was a total nightmare- but PROBLEM SOLVED!

I only have two seat belts back there, but I could care less. Also, while I was back there, I removed the three child seat strap holders as well. This will not only provide me with less weight, but will also give me additional incentive not to knock my girlfriend up.

 

Can I try? Jus Kidin!
l8tr -- SS

 

LOL

 

ROFL

[**** CAUTIOUS] You are modifying oem saftey equipment. This exceeds the bounds of factory specifications and could cause potential safety risks and possibly lead to death [/**** CAUTIOUS]

But who cares, good for you man, i hate those damn rattles!

 

Ah.. the master of all things wheel hop, stresses Saftey ! , along with a 14.4 ET !

 

The rear seat belt? You have to be kidding. Which one did you remove? Middle, Driver Side, or Passenger Side? And is this on a 2K2? I put weatherstripping BTW the rear deck and rear glass, and that seemed to help a lot.

 

my rattle is not coming from a seatbelt. i know this for sure.

 

Im sure of this too !

 

I swear. Middle seat belt. Rattled like CRAZY. First, I tried silicone around the plastic bezel. Then I scrapped the bezel and siliconed the hell out of the bracket. Then I got screwes that were much wider to hold it tighter. Still did not work.

Yanked it. If you hold the seat belt and shake it, it kinda sounds like a baby rattle...but quieter.

I literally have NO rattles now. I am considering going with a couple of 15"s.....

 

youre lucky your problem was so simple to solve. mine is rather mindboggling. i cannot for the life of me pinpoint where the hell the rattling is coming from! ive narrowed it down to somewhere around the deck itself though. try this: open your trunk with the bass turned up all the way and have the radio on a r&b station and you'll hear all sorts of rattling in the trunk compartment when you stick your head in there. ive fiddled around trying to hold things, press on things, but still, nothing stops rattling. im one of those guys that tends to be concerned about taking things apart that i didnt put together so im a little hestitant about taking my car apart. i will do it eventually though... hahaha... when i get pist off enough.

 

You're SURE it isn't the middle seat belt? Try grasping the white plastic box really hard from underneath inside the trunk (right next to Bose subwoofer). For me, it made a difference. I knew that was the problem right away. I'll bet that is it. There isn't a whle lot of stuff on the rear deck that can rattle.

Oh, also, there is a power cord of some sort up there thst I zip tied to the deck. That might have been rattling too.

If all else fails, go for the Dynamat.

 

im gonna try puttin in sum jay-z, turn up the base, and go to the back and hold different pieces to see what the heck it really is this weekend

 

if you figure something out let us know dood.

 

coo man....and i meant bass, not base.....i hate it when i make spellin misteaks...haha....mistakes....

 

I have to agree here, that it's most definitely not the seatbelt. It's metal pieces inside the rear deck and trunk, along with loose pieces, and the deck hitting the rear glass. In general, the only real solution is to buy that foam from Stallone's Demolition Man and spray it in the back of the Max to make everything truly solid. I love how BOSE puts their name on this system and doesn't even bother to get it set up with music other than John Tesh or classical. Ugh.

 

I put in a Gangstar CD from the early 90's ,, for you young Chumps... "LOUNGIN"... I just turn up the volume and it's ok !

 

The best song to test on is Hypnotise- Notorious BIG. You have truely mastered the art of deadening a car if you can keep that song from making your deck rattle.

 

coo...i have that song on a cd...i'll try it.......

 

Mine is coming from the middle seat belt too. I posted on this about a year ago and nobody had a clue what I was talking about. Never fixed it though. Can you provide a quick write-up of how to fix it. It might be lower down in the thread, but I dont have time to read it cause of work.

Thanks

 

The only way to fix it is to remove it completely. If you have regular back seat passengers, I STRONGLY suggest just living with the rattle

1. Fold down rear seats.
2. Pop off Bose speaker cover and 3 child seat harness covers. Pry out the plastic housings for the child seat stuff too.
3. With trim panel remover, take out the six black plugs and paneling.
4. CAREFULLY remove the 4 screw type plugs holding down the rear deck. With a Phillips screwdriver, turn counter clockwise 1/4 turn until the head clicks out. With flat head screwdriver, pry it out. The whole plug should come out.
5. Pry up the rear deck. The seat belt has a bolt and a screw/bolt holding it in. Take out both screws.
6. Now the hard part. The seat belt is bolted in beneath the seat. WIth a wrench (Same size used on the big bolt on the rar deck), remove the bolt. It is a nightmare to do and a ratchet seemed to work best.
7. Once you have the seat belt out, you MUST reconnect the rear passenger side buckle, since the middle belt and the pass buckle are on the same bolt. You also MUST buy a thick washer to replace the space that the removed seat belt took up on the bolt. Otherwise, the bolt will NOT go back in all the way and could pose a SERIOUS safety hazard for the rear passenger.
8. Reassemble and enjoy your tunes.

 

Cool I was just about to try and isolate the problem too. I rarely have rear passengers and if I do tough luck! So you took out all the seat belts, not just the "plug into thing" I don't know what you call it. Cause I saw those white boxes for the belts. I don't have a bose set up so i will just take all seat belt equipment out.

 

For me it was just the middle belt. I left the "plug into thing" there. But in order to remove the middle belt, you have to detach it from both the deck lid AND under the seat. Don't forget to re-attach the buckle for the passenger rear "plug into thing". And get a thick washer for it..... 6 cents...Home Depot.

I can still have two backseat passengers with seat belts- just not a middle one.....which is fine because I ground out like CRAZY when I have three people back there anyhow.

 

i am gonna have to try it. but i do think that from hours of pounding bass, other screws get loose that cause rattles as well.

 

any updates on the rattle probs??

 

hopefully i can try to figure out why my car rattles

 

I, too, have spent weeks cussing my car out due to rattles from the rear.

I finally have narrowed it down to the trunk lid. Fortunately, the rear deck is rattle-free, at least for now.

I removed the trunk lid carpet liner thing and it got a bit louder, so I know I'm in the right area. I have a good solid hunch that the metal bars which are used to pop the trunk open when opening with the KEY, are what is rattling. It is the only thing I can find which is metal on metal and is loose enough to rattle. I've had 2 people lay in my trunk while I drive around and BOTH of them said it's definitely coming from the trunk lid. One also mentioned my shock tower is making a very faint noise as well, so I will tighten that down again just to be safe.

 

You've got to be kidding me, this thread is 2 years old. I'll answer it for you since I know him personally...

He sold that maxima, the 2000, probably 6 months ago, so I'm sure his raddles on that one, if he had any, have been past on to the new owner. He now has a 2k2 6sped, which you see in the pictures. He has built several systems for it and dynamatted I believe, which is the answer that EVERYONE goes for, if you have rattles, dynamat!

 

dynamat isn't the 100% foulproof answer...if you had a maxima WITH BOSE, you'd know this homie

 

Not the Hypnotise song but the "Tipsy" song or "6 in the morning" song

 

Tipsy song shows MADDDDDDDD rattles...

btw that 6 in the mornin song is called "Hotel" by Cassidy

 

haha hip-hop lessons on the org
-J

 

True, I have 2 layers of Dynomat on my rear deck and I still have rattles.

When it stops raining and is 70+ deg. outside I will find the rest of the rattles.

 

to find the snake in your trunk put on a bass test cd or anything from 3 6 mafia.

 

Yeah it's cassidy...at first i thought it was Jamal Crawford. Chicago Bulls player

 

Yeah, your 8-inch bose sub is much more powerful than my 15...go figure...