PLEASE HELP, Rattles ugh !!!
 

Hey Guys, first timer here. Got my H3 3 months ago, 2 weeks into it, rattle, Rattle rattle! I am SO frustrated. The major one is just over the back seat in the roof (i thought possibly a tack weld broke loose, but usually only does it in the cold mornings. No. 2 rattle is somewhere behind the glove box, again usually when cold. I have Rattle no. 3 behind the light switch/dial, and lastly, the suspension squeeks. OK, now I know I am a bit anal and want my truck tight and quiet since it is brand new, BUT, is this normal, anyone else experience this? I hate to take it to the dealer and have them rip down the head liner and dashboard, then for sure it wont be right. PLEASE HELP ! Tony

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Just asking for some help, Thanks DB !

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i have the same problems with my 08. crazy rattles are coming from the back of mine. i think its the spare rattling. i brought it to the dealer and they said it was the exhaust. they put new parts on and i still have the loud rattling.

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hey man thanks for the input. yeah that "loose exhaust" excuse is lame. I do hear the spare mount rattle over serious bumps, but thats not it. I actually had my girl drive me around and sat in the back seat to listen. Its directly above the backrest of the back seat, and it rattles, loud. i thought at first it was some cables or wires hanging down but it just seems too loud. I am wondering if there is a cross member right there and the tack weld broke loose. But I have had dealers in the past tear down the headliners and dashboards, and things are just NEVER right after that.

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I wasn't trying to be a wise ass, honestly...

but at 61 years old i've owned enought vehicles to know rattles 99% of the time need the dealer...if you pull trim, or body parts or headliners and there are problems latter, and they can see someone other then the dealer took a peak it gives them the excuse to say

"HEY ! someone did unauthorized repairs and no more warrenty"

HUMMER is real good but in my opinion there are a few thing you just don't play with during the warrenty period...

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For your rear rattle, try takin off the door that covers your jack and tightening the jack hold down knobs. I've had to do that a couple times in mine. As for the others, check what you can then take it in

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Hate to say this I have owned 9 Hummers and ALL OF THEM RATTLED like crazy. This is a characteristic of the Hummer Brand. My Brand new $130k Hummer H1 squeaked and had rust on it!!!! All 4 of my H2s had horrible undercarrige corrosion and my H3s creaked as if they were 150 years old. Turn up your radio and the noises go away. If you take it to the dealer you risk plastic parts getting bent, broken or cracked. Push up on the headliner when you are driving and see if that stops it. If so than you need to drop the headliner and tape/fix what ever is making the noise.

Just my couple 2 cents :-)

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Thanks guys, especially backnblack and the tip for the jack tightening. All good stuff and I will try exactly what you guys reccomend, I REALLY appreciate the input. I kinda had a feeling about its just characteristic of the Hummer, but I guess I needed to hear it :) Great idea on pushing up on the headliner, and tighening the jack, going out to try it right now. I still welcome any other input. Thank you again guys and I will let you know how things turn out! Tony

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bring it to the dealer.

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For what? The dealer does not know squat. They are lucky they can spell HUMMER. Squeaks are unavoidable on these trucks. Like I said. I have owned 9 of them and currently own 2. I am also the president of our local Hummer Club and all 150 of my Members squeak and creak :D

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I currently have 2 H-3's. One has 36000 miles, never had a rattle. The second one my 83 year old mom drives. It has 9000 miles and she drives on a POT HOLED DIRT ROAD 4 times a day and she doesn't drive slow. Its only about a mile on the dirt road and it ain't to smooth, no rattles ever...both were purchased in Jan 2006...

so ALL HUMMERS DO NOT RATTLE !

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83 Years old = CANNOT HEAR CREAKS or RATTLES :D

61 Years old = CANNOT HEAR CREAKS or RATTLES :OWNED:

Kidding of course.......But all Hummers rattle. If yours does not rattle somewhere than you have a Hummer that was built on free lunch day at the GM plant.;-)

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Are you providing Hornsby's :-)? You are def lucky if your H3 does not Rattle. I wish we all were that lucky.

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I forgot to mention. Someone on another forum said they had a rattle in their headliner and he took the dome light out and could see the wiring harness for the light just flopping around in there. He used a can of expanding foam in the hole to stop it. He said it fixed the rattle, but if I were you I would find a cleaner, less retarded way to fix yours if it is indeed the problem.

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I'll agree with Ducky on this, although I don't have the benefit of his experience (I'm only 46 and my hearing is good). :)

I have my second H3. The first one was an early manufacture '06 model and it never had a rattle at all. 20 months and 40k miles and it was still tight and noise free.

Second one is at 37k and one small rattle has just started. It is in the headliner right at the junction over the drivers door. Not very noisy, but in a bad place (right by my ear). Going back to the dealer as soon as I can manage to part with it for a few days.

Overall, both are the tightest, quietest SUV's I've ever owned (includes a Lexus RX300 that had dash rattle early on).

I anticipate number 3 being the same....

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HUmble, Have you and ducky ever taken them off-road. I wonder if its only when you wheel these trucks they begin to rattle..lol. I make my Hummer twist in positions that would be illegal in some states and after every event I creak and crack more :-)

We should start a vote/poll for creaks and Rattles so we can get an idea of how many actually do.

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Does anybody know how to remove the dome light? I'm more so referring to the rear one but I'm sure both are the same. Is it just held in with clips or screws? I also have a tapping noise and I really think its coming from the headliner right behind the rear dome light. Probably a wire.

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I just had the sunroof replaced on my wife's H3 last week due to broken plastic stop that was rattling. It lasted only about 3 miles after picking up from the dealer before the rattle came back. Took it back to dealer and they pulled the liner to find the new sunroof was already broken. They contacted GM who told them to look for broken tack welds. They found one that had broke loose and are in the process of welding it back up. This is the second '08 they have replaced the sunroof on but the first with the broken tack weld. This rattle was coming from right above the rear seats in the middle. The shop was locked up when I picked up the rental so I didn't get a chance to take a pic.

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Just got the H3 back from the dealer. It took them three days to repair. They had to use some sort of epoxy on the crossmember and reworked the weld that had broken per guidelines they got from the factory (apparently some sort of service letter exist on this issue per the dealer?). Never made it over to see what exactly was being done so hopefully it will last. It held for the ride home (25 miles) so we will see.

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on my 08 h2 sut, before i took ownership of it, the service dept installed double face tape inside the pockets of the door handles on all 4 doors and re-did the trim on the front windshield...they said they do that to all of them because they come back the next day with the same rattles if they didnt do that from the start.

on my 06 h2 suv, i had my wife drive me around on some pretty harsh roads so i could locate the rattles...that was the best thing i ever did because i ended up finding all of them that way and fixing them.

i know what you mean by being annoyed of all the rattles even though its a HUMMER.

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I have those same annoying rattles in the headliner. I took it to the dealer and they said that there was a modification that needed to be made on the sunroof per GM's notification. I drove it off the lot and didn't hear anything until I took it on the freeway at 70mph.... ugh!!!! Well I am definitely taking it back to them. :mad:

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The fix my dealer did seems to be holding. It took them a few trys but I think they have it fixed. I don't mind little rattles but that rattle was about as annoying as it gets.

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I recently noticed rattles and squeaks as well (6500 miles), but my truck went throught a lot of bouncing on rocky trails, so I'm not surprised. None of the rattles are too annoying yet though, but they're definitely there.

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35K on mine before it started. Took it in to the dealer and everything was fine for one day, then it started back up just like before. :mad:

Funny thing, the loaner with 3K already had EXACTLY the same rattle! :(

A guy that I work with has the same rattle. :raar:

Seeing this many occurrences, you can't tell me that GM doesn't know about the problem and know what the solution is. :soapbox:

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I had a rattle in the right rear some where as well. Sounded like something hitting metal. Did it all the time coming to a stop and acceleration off the line. No noise at highway speed. Around town drove me nuts. After taking out all the right rear trim and riding around in the back it turned out a harness that plugs into the passenger side rear seat belt behind the C pillar trim was rubbing on the long bolts from the right rear door latch. Taped the harness, wrapped it in auto wire harness foam where it passes through the opening and them put sound deadening material over the harness. No more noise.

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Just wondering how you're doing in the creaks and rattles department?

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Aw I'm sorry that that had happened to you. Hopefully everyones awesome advice will help!