Noises/Rattles inside the cabin

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I have several noises inside the cabin now.

There is one near the back in the cargo area and it has driven me almost crazy. I have tried to locate - even have had my wife drive down a cobblestone road with me in the cargo area trying to isolate the rattle, with no luck! (I can be a little obsessive at times!)

A new noise is closer upfront and only seems to happen when there is no passenger. Sure enough, the passenger seat is shaking around when no one's weight is holding it in place. There is not much room between the seat and the floor boards and I have not figured out if the bolts holding the seat down are loose, or if the seat itself is loose in it's sliding track. The sliding track looseness happened in a different vehicle I had.

There is another intermittent rattle occuring outside towards the front of the vehicle that I have yet to isolate. But trust me, I will!!! I thought it was the skid plates not being fully tightened after an oil change, but checked them out and they fit snug.

One other sound was coming from the back seat area and I finally isolated it as the rings that hold the seat backs in place when they are up. It seems that the rings squeaked when they rubbed with the mechanism in the seat back that holds them in place in the verticle position. A little squirt of WD-40 every couple months seems to keep that one in check. I didn't want to use heavy grease there, as it can be messy.

Anybody else have these issues and if so, please do share. Getting rid of the noises will be better than constantly cranking the stereo like some cheese-eating highschool student!!!