squeaking/rattle from rear window area (annoying !)

Trevord

I seem to have a squeaking/rattle coming from the rear window area.

Noise is particualrly noticeable at low speeds on a bumpy road. hard to pin dowun what it might be when the car is on the road.

When the car is stationary if you press the outside of the window at the centre of the top (where the edge of the window meets the roof) you can get a slight squeaking sound, like the rubber window seal is rubbing off the metal frame of the roof. Wondering if this means that the window itself is slightly loose.

Bought the car (Mazda6 - 2007) recently from a Mazda dealer so there is still over a year of the 3 year manufacturer's warranty left. Is this something that I should be expecting them to fix under the warranty or could they argue that this is normal wear and tear. Or is it something I could sort out myself ?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Green Hornet

Bring it back to the dealer. Nothing worse than a rattle but they are almost impossible to track down sometimes and often involve removing panels to sort the problem. The dealer mechanics know how to remove the panels correctly whereas the customer usually does more harm than good and will be left with more rattles than were originally there. At the end of the day it's their job anyway and its under warranty.

JoeA3

Sounds like your window frame rubbers just need a little lubrication. If you lower the window a tiny bit (a few mm's), does the noise stop? If so, its the window rubbers that are your problem. Its a very common issue. The solution is some rubber lubricant, apply it to the top of the door frame, right around the top of the frame where there is a "felt" like material.

I bought this stuff myself recently for the same purpose:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230304725153&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_IT&refitem=230301228323&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&usedrule1=StoreCatToStoreCat&usedrule2=CrossSell_LogicX&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget&_trksid=p284.m183&_trkparms=algo%3DCRX%26its%3DS%252BI%26itu%3DUCI%252BSI%26otn%3D4

Trevord

JoeA3 wrote: »

Sounds like your window frame rubbers just need a little lubrication. If you lower the window a tiny bit (a few mm's), does the noise stop? If so, its the window rubbers that are your problem. Its a very common issue. The solution is some rubber lubricant, apply it to the top of the door frame, right around the top of the frame where there is a "felt" like material.

I bought this stuff myself recently for the same purpose:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230304725153&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_IT&refitem=230301228323&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&usedrule1=StoreCatToStoreCat&usedrule2=CrossSell_LogicX&refwidgettype=cross_promot_widget&_trksid=p284.m183&_trkparms=algo%3DCRX%26its%3DS%252BI%26itu%3DUCI%252BSI%26otn%3D4

Maybe I didn't explain well enough in my original post. To be clear - its the back window (not the rear passenger windows) that I'm talking about. At least that seems to be where the noise is coming from