Rattling Noise on headliner near rear dome light

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ctrlaltcoupe
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Does anyone else hear a rattling noise in their coupe on the headliner by the rear dome light? It just started the other day. I'm gonna push up on the headliner and see if anything snaps in.

Other than that, the only other rattling I hear is the passenger seat belt.


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Is it from the headliner area? I've never heard of that one, but I do have a rattle in the rear deck and I know others do too. Could it be that?

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Yeah, it was from the headliner near the rear dome light. If I would hold my hand by it, the rattling stopped. I pushed it up with a little bit of force, and the noise seems to have stopped.

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That was easy

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I had the same problem....read my post, MANY posts of the issues I had. I needed a whole new headliner! The ****ing monkeys at the factory didn't install it properly. The headliner is held in with clips and double sided plastic velcro strips...especially near the dome light, on my car they were'nt even lined up properly, causing the headliner to sag. If I pushed up the headliner, it would stick in for a second and drop down again....if your's does that, then you'll need to get a new headliner installed. So far with my new head liner there hasn't been any issues....but yesterday morning I thought I heard the same noise...I'm hoping it nothing....or I'm going to be very. very. very mad.

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Well it seems to be ok now for me.

But come to think of it, it did make a 'velcro' sound when I pushed up on it.


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