Rattle In Tailgate

[oofmeister]

I picked up my 'Lingo last weeekend, (05 2.0 HDI Desire, an early grey one) and am chuffed to bits. It did however have an intermittent resonating rattle from somewhere at the back. Now having had a ZX TD Volcane back in '95 I'm not a complete stranger to the sonic 'ambience' of a French interior, but this was more like the sound of impending structural failure! Off with the interior tailgate trim, and the two plastic mouldings with the air outflow 'flaps' in them were found to be attached only by the single screw at one end; the 2 locating tabs being on the wrong side of the internal door skin and acting like castanets. It's obvious from the condition of the fittings that the mouldings have never been fitted in the correct position...Just another Friday afternoon smoke-break abberation for Jean-Paul on the production line perhaps, but pity the poor first owner who must have endured 3 years of shake rattle and roll. Still, on the bright side I've now got a much quieter car, and an unbearable sense of smugness at how easy it was to acheive. Oh, and with the poking around in the interior I found that it's got the tweeters fitted in the dash - bonus! :blink: ;)