The noise developed about 3K km ago, give or take. Since I hadn't yet replaced the strut mounts, I figured that would be it. Nope. Then I noticed that my rocker panel covers weren't properly secured, so I figured it could be those things bouncing around. I fixed that, but the rattle remains.



The sport suspension option S226A (not adaptive drive S2VAA) involves stiffer springs, different shocks, and a larger sway bar with matching bushings. IMHO, this is the wrong vehicle for sport suspension - I would rather have had regular, but then I would have missed out on the sport steering wheel and black headliner of the sport package.