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wow! same here! I have wrapped a little band-aid (all I could find at home) and it worked!

 

I just noticed my hatch rattling today while navigating a parking lot. It is not the little bumpers. I opened the powered hatch door and wiggled it up and down and there is noise coming out of the left strut. I posted a video on Facebook group and someone replied and had the same issue on this forum and found/figured out a fix.

So verify and wiggle your door up and down and see if the strut squeaks, if so check out the thread: Day 1 - a bloody rattle

 

I just noticed my hatch rattling today while navigating a parking lot. It is not the little bumpers. I opened the powered hatch door and wiggled it up and down and there is noise coming out of the left strut. I posted a video on Facebook group and someone replied and had the same issue on this forum and found/figured out a fix.

So verify and wiggle your door up and down and see if the strut squeaks, if so check out the thread: Day 1 - a bloody rattle

Yes i noticed that too. Its a loose strut on the driverside for me. Im going to get it checked out at the dealer end of the month

 

I put heavy grease in my latch mechanism and on the bump stops, not sure which helped but it completely silenced my hatch noise.

 

Not sure about the American models, but in the uk there is a warranty fix for a rattling tailgate. Mine is going in tomorrow to have some washers fitted to (hopefully) eliminate the problem.

Give your dealer a shout to see if they have had a notice from Hyundai.

 

Had mine done already, helped, but not fixed the issue, one of the struts is knackered too so hopefully fixing that will help!

 

I had the same problem from the left side. I installed 1 thick washer behind each screw and 99% of the noise is gone and with the radio on. You need a torx bit to unscrew the bolts. It was driving me crazy. I was to take to dealer next week but cancelling. Only other problem is charge door doesn't open manually unless I really can push it in.

 

Yeah the charge door issue doesn't bug me too much but the rattle and stress squeeks are not good. A decade from now i bet the hinges and ball mounts for the struts will brake off.. no door should move this much when driving. All that side to side shifting weight on the hinges and struts is not good for longevity.

 

I ended up wrapping the plastic bumper pieces using felt tape and that eliminated all the noise and rattling I was experiencing. Attached a photo.

When the lid is closed, I can see that things feel much "tighter" when the tailgate locks itself, similar to what happens when you extend those bumper stops way too far out. I wrote in another post that unscrewing the rubber bumpers did not help with my problem.

I'm glad that I've managed to make this go away because the rattle certainly made the ride feel quality feel really "cheap". Now it's quieter than a mouse.

 

I ended up wrapping the plastic bumper pieces using felt tape and that eliminated all the noise and rattling I was experiencing. Attached a photo. When the lid is closed, I can see that things feel much "tighter" when the tailgate locks itself, similar to what happens when you extend those bumper stops way too far out. I wrote in another post that unscrewing the rubber bumpers did not help with my problem. I'm glad that I've managed to make this go away because the rattle certainly made the ride feel quality feel really "cheap". Now it's quieter than a mouse.

Wow! This totally solved it! Thank you so much for sharing.

 

You are the MAN! I tried the washer remedy, reduced noise some. tried grease on bumpers, again some relief, but still annoying. This shut it up. THANKS friend, this is what forums are all about. Great idea, wish I thought of it, Lol....

 

Glad I could be of help. I was leaning towards the washer remedy but I saw in the technical service bulletin (found over in the UK, I think) that you have to deal with threadlocker and potentially stripping the screw holes if you're not careful. At the same time it's not a pretty looking solution. I've also seen some posts where adding the washers didn't help as much as they had hoped.

I figure this is a good solution and you can just change out the fabric tape whenever it needs a re-do, and it doesn't look too awful since the tape is black.

I feel really certain that this will be less of a problem in the summer when it's hot out. The rattle only started becoming noticeable with the change in weather (from 80s F to 50s F).

I'll report back if this solution ends up being more temporary, but so far after a week of cold-weather driving, things have been super quiet going over bumps.

 

@gimme_a_hi_5 Where did you get the felt tape? Do you have a link to where you got it from?

 

This is the exact one I purchased from Amazon: Tesa 51608 Black Fuzzy Fleece Interior Wire Loom Harness Tape for VW, Audi, Mercedes, BMW 19 mm X 15 meters

The tape feels pretty good quality. I wrapped around the little plastic bumper length-wise a few times around. Then I cut off some individual pieces to cover the outer edge, also length-wise. The width of the tape is a very good match for this application.

 

Exactly on temps. Same here in Massachusetts. The problem was born as temperatures dropped 30 degrees. I bet when summer returns it goes away, but either way the the tape works great, however I used a knit type glove I cut up, no felt tape, the screwed in mount keeps in place.. Other than flat spots on my tires, which were replaced under warranty at 5K, and a little tweaking on the push to open function on charge door, My I5 has been awesome. Happy motoring and please any updates appreciated. I would have paid $$$$ to rid the rattle, lol.

 

Here's what I did, it works fine, long term ???? fingers crossed..

 

I had the hatch latch replaced as a warranty repair and the rattle totally vanished.

 

How much work was that for the dealership to complete? Did they troubleshoot the noise themselves?

 

Thank you!

 

I have had the same problem as I had posted earlier in this thread but what did it for me this week is that I greased the latch and have not had any noise so far. The washers and the foam tape on the bumpers didn't work. Let's hope this is the end of it and a cheap and easy solution.

 

IF it is the clasp mechanism on the tailgate.. sounds more metal... then take ELECTRICAL TAPE and wrap it around the "U" (upsidedown u) where the hatch connects near the bumper.

Works 100000% !!!!!!!!!!

 

I have a n I 5 and the back has developed a rattle too. It sounds like Plastic on Plastic. I emptied my rear cargo area and it may have gotten worse. Hard to imagine. I did read on Redit that a number of other I 5 owners have the same issue. They tried felt pads on the adjustable lid bumpers and a piece of duct tape wrapped it around the latch receiver and they say it helped a lot. I'll let you know what I find. But this seems to be a regular issue with the I 5.

 

Any chance someone from Canada got the TSB for this fix? It seems like for the washer fix, hardly any dealerships have the parts and the parts are crazy back ordered.

I'm in Toronto GTA area, I couldn't find any dealerships with the parts readily available.

 

I took my SE in noticing right after I bought the car the rattle. They had it for a day-and-a-half and came back with: “it’s a body flex rattle” and can not be fixed. So frustrated that I have to live with this sound. Again, ridiculous amount of money I pd for this car and there is no fix.

 

There's a TSB on this with a fix. Lots of info on it throughout this forum and Google! For most, the fix solved the rattle. For others, they used a lubricant on the 2 rubber pieces in the closing area.

 

I added 4 washers from the spare nut/bolt/washer coffee can in the garage to the bump stops on the sides. Done Hatch closes tight. The intent is to move the bumpers out a little so the angled area of the hatch rests tighter against the bumpers

 

I have the same problem, rattling noise from the back...Can anyone add a photo of the actual fix? I didn;t understand what to do...thanks!

 

I had the hatch latch replaced as a warranty repair and the rattle totally vanished.

Hey Mike, has this fix held up since it was replaced ?

I took my SE in noticing right after I bought the car the rattle. They had it for a day-and-a-half and came back with: “it’s a body flex rattle” and can not be fixed. So frustrated that I have to live with this sound. Again, ridiculous amount of money I pd for this car and there is no fix.

I am inclined to believe this to be true as they claim that the refreshed 2025 has more welds. Well at least that was said when the N was announced. Not sure if the hatch components on the N are the same as the other models.

 

Another, new TSB for this has just been released: 24-BD-012-H

 

Hi Larry, any details on this? As of today a Google search came up empty.

 

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I had the issue and the dealer did the 2023 TSB, that didn't work, and they replaced the driver power strut. That didn't work. Then came the 2024 TSB, and they replaced the bumpers, etc...That didn't work. I left the car and they accepted the challenge. After taking off the hatch lower trim and loosening the latching mechanism it moved to the left...wow. That latch alignment has made a dramatic improvement. It was shifted/aligned too far to the right. Makes sense since they hatch latch would be assembled, then installed and maybe not readjusted to the lower at the time the hatch was installed. The other thing the tech did was reverse the lower u shaped bracket as the forward vertical part of the U (that's what the tech said) was slightly narrower than the rear. He tried to demonstrate with a caliper, but the caliper had issues.....
So if the 2 TSBs don't seem to do it, check the hatch latch alignment...
Not mentioned anywhere I looked in previous posts, etc....