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I have had my 06 Z06 now for 3 months and love it. The interior is very solid and no other noises except for the rear hatch creaks. This is my 4th vette and second C6 and none of my other vettes have done it. I have done everything imagineable to try and fix the creaking noises from lubricating the weather striping, adjusting the rubber stoppers, to re-torquing the hatch bolts and latching mechanism.
Car is like new with 7,000 miles never any accidents. Does anyone else have any other suggestions for me? The noise seems to happen while turning or anything that would cause the hatch to move or flex. Under normal straight driving its obviously fine.
My initial knee jerk response to your post is have you tried driving the car with the hatch not powered down to it's closed position? Just curious if it makes the same noises you're hearing with it down but not motored shut. It just doesn't seem like the rear hatch should be making any noise as it closes tight or at least mine does.
You sure it's not the rear of you roof panel?
Good luck with your noise fix. I finally got one fixed on my 2009 after having a new tunnel plate installed that resolved a cold car scraping noise that was evident from around 600 miles every time I left the garage for the first 5 or so miles. The mechanic found some loose fasteners on the outside of the drive tube that retained some metal lines that run the length of the tube. Not sure if that was the cause but something that was undone and retightened resolved my irritating noise.
There are two rubber bumper adjusters at the rear. Close the hatch and see if there are any high or low spots. Adjust the bumpers accordingly.
After the adjustment, close the hatch and try (with a soft cloth) pushing down on the hatch at various points to see if you can replicate the noise.
Make sure all the rubber seals (all the way around the hatch and fenders) are clean. Use some Aerospace 303 protectant on them.
I don't use any grease on the latch (where the motorized mechanism grabs the latch) - but perhaps the "grabber" is making noise where it contacts the latch.
Mine had a rattle for months. The loop bracket was loose. Not the latch on the hatch but a bolt holding the loop. Have to take off the rear facia to get to it.
Im pretty sure its not the roof as the noise did not change after having the roof recall done.
As mentioned I will try driving around the neighborhood with the hatch popped just a bit to see if it still does it. I would assume it wont.
While sitting in the drivers seat, reach behind you and press on the rear hatch glass just behind the hinge-you should hear your creak. If you do, spray lub where the glass meets the interior seals-then do the same to the outside except lift up on the rubber seal.
While sitting in the drivers seat, reach behind you and press on the rear hatch glass just behind the hinge-you should hear your creak. If you do, spray lub where the glass meets the interior seals-then do the same to the outside except lift up on the rubber seal.
While sitting in the drivers seat, reach behind you and press on the rear hatch glass just behind the hinge-you should hear your creak. If you do, spray lub where the glass meets the interior seals-then do the same to the outside except lift up on the rubber seal.
I have the a similar "creeking" noise coming from the hatch on my 07 Z, especially when backing out of my driveway and allowing my car to "step down" and over the street curb one wheel at a time. That's the only time it does it.
I'll be using all the tips/suggestions offered upin this thread to see if I can cure my creeks.
I also had creaking coming from the hatch on my 08.
I tried everything I could think of; but nothing helped.
So, I took it to the dealer.
They found that the bolts that attached locking mechanism were not torqued properly.
They loosened up the bolts & re-torqued them.
Mine had a rattle for months. The loop bracket was loose. Not the latch on the hatch but a bolt holding the loop. Have to take off the rear facia to get to it.
try push down the rear end see if its the shocks or bushings.
I had a similar creaking noise in my 2010 GS that I could swear was the rear hatch. with only 10,000 miles on the car I lubricated the rear sway bar bushings and no more creaking. Make sure you use the proper thick silicone lube as the cheap stuff will wash away. Let us know if this was/is the cause.
I had a sound like a loose bolt in the hatch area....took me months, but finally had enough and took it to a GM body shop....they took off the plastic around the glass and hatch area....Directly under the top and not floor area.......and they found a loose plastic bolt....(probably left/dropped/placed at the factory during assembly....anyway cost was 100.00 (but worth thousands in peace of mind and no annoying sound after)
May not be your issue but just saying...
05-17-2010, 09:23 PM
Rear hatch creaks! Drives me NUTS!!!
