Yes, pulling down on the heat shield was making the chirping noise after I reattached only the front of the plate. I drove about a week before it got on my nerve enough that I rechecked the plate and notice the problem under the muffler pipe (one of the 2 rear bolts). The shielding under my car...
Model Year - 2012 GX Man5
Mileage - 80k KM
Daily Driver - Yes, about 90% highway
Race - No
Long road trips - A few 1k KM trips
Mods - Rewired for front and rear speakers
Minor Issues - Rear gear is hard to shift. Heat shielding failed at around 70k KM (we do have rough winters). Mirror...
Thread is kind of old but I fixed a chirping noise on my Mazda 2 by adding washers to the rear heat shield plate. I had clunking noises and noticed that the rear heat shield was starting to fall off. I reattached it with by adding big washers to the 3 front bolts. The clunking went away but now...
Know the thread is old, but tried to add rear speakers to my 2012 GX, but there was no harnesses inside the doors... In another forum, someone suggested the wires may stop at the the white plug in the door, but I couldn't see any. The dummy-speakers are still there.