Clunking Sound from Rear of Car

[MacAttack7]

I hear things.
Something is moving back there.
What is it???

Anybody else hear something clunking around when going at slow speeds? I hear it when I'm in parking lots, going over speed bumps, braking at slow speeds. I can't figure out what it is. Probably nothing serious, but I'd still like to figure it out.

It's kind of a hollow, clunking sound.

 

[Dalcg]

Mine is the same.
Anyone know?

 

[ribowhntr]

I dont own a 2 yet but when i had an old 85 escort the spare tire in the back under the floor made a weird noise like your describing because it was loose and shifted under braking or speed bumps, just a suggestion.

 

[MacAttack7]

I haven't had a chance to test things out much yet, but before I left work I fiddled with the back seats & I noticed when I put them down the metal part of the seat belt lays right up against the plastic on the car & makes a hollow, knocking sound if I tap it. Maybe the last time I put the seats back up that buckle was trapped up against the plastic. Hopefully that's what it was, but I'll have to go drive around the speed bumps a bit when I get time.

I also have a squeak which I think comes from the rear taillight housing. I can press on it & the area around it & make it squeak. Probably just need to tighten something or put a little grease in the right spot.

 

[SnapsCharlie]

I would say keep an eye on your exhaust. I could not figure out what it was until the volume was turned to 11 and everything felt really buzzy. It had been the loose piping resting on the beam and clunking against it with the speed bumps.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2JfHN5EaDo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6W6SlGnIEQ

 

[DaleNixon]

I have a sort of rear suspension creak that someone briefly mentioned in a comment was a problem on Facebook. I bet that's what you're experiencing. My symptoms are exactly as you describe. It's worse in the cold.

 

[MacAttack7]

I think my "clunking" may have been the seatbelt as I stated above............I didn't really notice it anymore today. I still hear some noises from back there, but not the clunk. The squeak I hear sometimes is from the taillight housing I believe. When the frame of the car flexes it causes a squeak in that area which I can reproduce just by opening the trunk & pressing on the taillight housing or the panel around the taillight housing. No big deal though.

Edit: I changed my mind; I think I still hear clunking. I hear a few noises back there when I'm going slow in parking lots. There's not necessarily anything wrong, but I like to know where all the sounds come from when I own a car.

I noticed today the heat shield above the muffler is easy to rattle just by moving it with a finger, so I think that's probably some of the noise I hear.

 

[Spindog]

I hear a clunking too on slow bumps sometimes. I've yet to investigate it , but I suspect the tire jack/iron.

 

[MacAttack7]

I don't hear clunking anymore. I think all of the noises I was hearing & still hear are just from the plastic body panels that surround the taillights. It squeaks & creaks like crazy when going slow in a parking lot over any kind of bumps. It doesn't bother me now that I know what it is.