General Rear tailgate issue

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General Rear tailgate issue

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Basically,it’s rattling & it’s annoying as hell.
Also a small squeak at times.
Everything looks fine.
It’s like the whole boot vibrates and rattles

Any ideas?
New tailgate?
Hopefully not
 
If there is rubber bump stops fitted then unscrew slightly until boot door shuts firm.

Ade:wave:
 
If it isn't the rubber bump stops, I found on mine the bolts on the latch in the car were loose, this caused the tailgate to rattle. Also the lock in the hatch had somehow become dislodged and wasn't sitting correctly in the tailgate.
The bolts on the car for the latch are easy, there are only 2, tightent up and jobs a goodun.
The lock in the tailgate is a little more fiddly, you need to take the plastic cover off, then unbolt the lock, put it back in so it sits in the external hole correctly, tighten it all up and you should be good.
 
If it isn't the rubber bump stops, I found on mine the bolts on the latch in the car were loose, this caused the tailgate to rattle. Also the lock in the hatch had somehow become dislodged and wasn't sitting correctly in the tailgate.
The bolts on the car for the latch are easy, there are only 2, tightent up and jobs a goodun.
The lock in the tailgate is a little more fiddly, you need to take the plastic cover off, then unbolt the lock, put it back in so it sits in the external hole correctly, tighten it all up and you should be good.

I have just got a 67 plate 595, and have this tailgate rattle intermittently, though i can not predict when it will do it, opening and closing the tailgate seems to stop it for a while. Can i ask if you checked and fixed it yourself and if it worked? When you mention the ‘bolts on the latch’ which exact area are you referring to?

I took it to Fiat to review yesterday and of course it didn’t do it, and no issue was found!! Definitely sounds like the tailgate rattles in its housing, metal tapping on metal?
 
I have just got a 67 plate 595, and have this tailgate rattle intermittently, though i can not predict when it will do it, opening and closing the tailgate seems to stop it for a while. Can i ask if you checked and fixed it yourself and if it worked? When you mention the ‘bolts on the latch’ which exact area are you referring to?

I took it to Fiat to review yesterday and of course it didn’t do it, and no issue was found!! Definitely sounds like the tailgate rattles in its housing, metal tapping on metal?

I did indeed fix mine myself. The latch I was talking about is the part on the car itself, not the tailgate. It is the part that the tailgate *latches* into on the car, on the Punto it's held in place with two bolts. It's in the middle of the hatch opening in the surround at the bottom.
One of the rattles mine had was the actual exterior lock, I don't think the 595s have that, pretty sure it's just a button now.
 
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