Thanks, I'll check it out today. It's never easy tracking down a rattle and especially intermittent ones!

 

Mine seems to come from behind the driver side a-pillar. Drives me bonkers!

Hood hinge seems likely.

 

My brother has a late model Dodge sedan. I visited him last year and took a ride to the lemonade store. He asked me if I heard the rattle and if so, could I help identify it. I reached up and moved his visor-mounted garage door opener. No more rattle. When he got home and told my sister-in-law that we had solved the problem, she jumped all over him for not figuring it out sooner. One of the guys on a GTO site figured out it was his keys hitting the dashboard that caused the rattle. Underway noises are the worst.....

 

I was hoping that the hood hinge TSB repair was the fix for my rattle, but it wasn't. My rattle sounds like loose screws or some other small part rattling in the dash when driving on rough roads. It seems to be near the instrument panel area or just to the left of that.

 

There are a lot of good suggestions in this thread. I've found rattles can be very difficult to pinpoint as they reflect in all sorts of odd directions inside the cabin. For example I had a rattle one time that I swore was coming from the passenger side lower door. I took the door panel off, inspected the speaker, everything seemed fine. I later discovered the noise was due to a wire harness tapping the backside of the headliner just right of the overhead console. Another time I thought something in the backseat area was rattling but my kids back there didn't hear it. That turned out to be my metal frame sunglasses inside the overhead sunglass holder rattling. And of course there have also been several rattles that just turned out to be Hot Wheels left in the rear seat door pulls or door pockets.

Loading the vehicle up with folks you truck and who have good hearing may be very valuable in tracking down at least the right areas of rattles.

-Rod

 

Thanks for your input. I took it to the dealer yesterday after having the tech ride along to hear the rattle for himself. It turns out it was the cover over the vents just below the windshield. The service advisor said that there were clips that had broken off. Also, the steering wheel cover and emblem are also going to be replaced as the emblem is loose. Thankfully, my dealer is very generous and is covering these costs as I just bought the Durango used there in June.

 

That's great to hear! Sounds like the dealer is treating you right.

-Rod

 

I posted earlier on this thread regarding a rattle coming from up front. Originally I had thought it was the hood hinge bolt. I just wanted to update just encase anyone else has the same problem. You can either scroll back a few months and read my earlier post but I'll give a short description. My 2014 Dodge Durango Limited bought brand new in 12/2014, made a cracking noise somewhere in the front left of the durango, started when I hit about 3,000 miles and it drove me absolutely crazy. It only made the noise under 30mph, starting and stopping at lights, in parking lots, on bumps, and it was very very hard to figure out where it was coming from. Had 4 different dodge dealerships look at it, all their responses were "Oh, we fixed it" and I come out to the car drive off with the same noise or "We can't figure it out, but it's not important"...To me IT IS VERY important...Why pay all that money to deal with that noise...................UPDATE: The 6th or 7th dealership I went to finally figured it out....There was a loose bolt on the engine mounting bracket under the hood. Quick fix...Now no cracking noise. What a relief!!!

 

I've had a similar noise from worn wipers at speed or sadly... sunglasses in the overhead glasses compartment. Replaced wipers, gone. Added a piece of foam to the glasses compartment, gone.

Hope yours is as easy as mine to fix!