Creaking sound from rear hatch

[Denalio]

Took the X in for service this week. I had them take a look and listen for the creeking. They pretty well tore apart my back hatch and put some felt tape on all the hard surface to surface trim. All the inside panels and the liftgate panels. Seems to be all gone now except for one squeak near the rear passenger seat. They did really take the time to remedy the situation.

[Mi5]

i have an annoying rattle which I think is the passenger sports seat but I'm not quite sure. The seats headrest can be extended forward and even when its pushed in the rattle is still there. It's really p!ssing me off.

[BKHK]

Creaks and squeaks from "trim on trim" can often be cured with the application of a little silicone spray periodically. Use the small pipe which fits into the areosol nozzle to prevent overspray and have a good clean rag ready to mop up any excess. Its worked for me for years and I always have a can handy in the garage.

[jamesboags]

I removed the side and top trim from the back hatch door, put on felt tape and thicker foam tape on all contact areas... it now makes no noise when moving the trim by hand which it did before ;-) , I didn't do the lowere trim piece where the interior lights are.. that's next ...however my creak is still there ... seems to be at low speeds and usually first thing in the morning or after car has been left standing for a while...I'll be resolving this by elimination by the looks of it.. I will climb in the back hatch and get someone to drive the car to see if I can pinpoint it......

[RPX5]

I had the same creak in the trunk. I brought it back to the dealership atleast 5 times and its finally fixed. At one point it was so loud I thought it was the rear sub frame (I blew one out on a 3 series coupe). Luckily it wasn't anything that serious, just a very annoying loose sounding noise.

[jlam86]

loteq, are you referring to the lower portion of the tailgate where it bridges the gap of the hinge when fully open?

[seattle]

Mine has a creak somewhere in the back ceiling area. It only happens when the weight of the vehicle shifts; during turns mostly. Have been looked at by the dealer and disappeared for a day, but then came back. I just have to look at it myself I think.

[cpconst]

After three visits to the dealer they solved it by greasing the black "U" shaped receivers attached to the body on both sides of the cargo opening. The self closing struts seat themselves against them when in the closed position. Happy once again.

[jlam86]

Ok! Good to know! Will try that. So these u shaped receivers are located at the end of the struts for the rear tail gate?

[seattle]

S.Carolina plant workers (and their robots) had their hands growing out of their asses, seriously.
In an effort to relieve the random clunk somewhere in the back of the vehicle, I decided to pay close attention to upper and lower tailgate, since someone on this thread mentioned it helped remove the clunk after readjusting.

I was amazed how misaligned the lower tailgate was - in all dimensions. Lower half of the lower tailgate was pushed forward, while upper half sticked bak out. At the same time, the tailgate was sitting too low vertically, resulting in ridges of the body being misaligned with ridges of the tailgate.

After alighning, the clunk seems to have stopped (knock on wood ).
The ridges are alighed and light doesn't break, which helps the overall look.

Here are some before and after pictures. I dont think there's a need to label them..