Both rear seat latches are rattling and driving us nuts!

chrispitude · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:35 pm

Hi all,

The latches that hold the rear seats upright or allow them to be folded down are rattling like mad on anything but the smoothest roads. It is driving us nuts! This started about a month ago. We've only got 43k miles on the KJ. Is this a "they all do that" issue with these critters? And more importantly, is there an easy fix?

Thanks all!

- Chris

jason thompson · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:00 pm

yeah IIRC you can adjust them to hold the seat tighter
I may have just bent them back some but I some how made it stop by moving the steel loop

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:32 pm

Have you tried spraying them with some white lithium?

Mine have never made a noise..

JHCRASH · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:42 pm

Mine rattle tooo it sucks but i just tuRN UP THE TUNES

MiamiMudr · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:56 pm

omg thanks 4 starting this thread i was going to ask the same question soon mine has 51k and the one right behind my driver seat does it, it drives me nuts aswell but itl do it at like a random time and then go away for like a few days and come back and i can never figure out exactly where its comming from.

chrispitude · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:03 am

jason thompson wrote:

yeah IIRC you can adjust them to hold the seat tighter
I may have just bent them back some but I some how made it stop by moving the steel loop

Thanks Jason! It's my wife's daily driver, but I'll have a look at what might be adjustable in there this weekend.

- Chris

scoobysnax · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:13 am

I have the same issue. Well I think I do, if that's not where the rattle is coming from then it's the storage cover. This weekend I’ll be able to do a little work inside a garage and I’ll try to make this stop. If it works I’ll let everyone know what I did.

dirtykj · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:31 am

You can tighten up the bolts that hold the rear seats down. They are all easily accessible although you'll need a mix of metric and SAE deep sockets and maybe an extension bar to reach a couple deep down in the back.

Some of the bolts also hold down the child-seat LATCH hook so be careful and make sure these are tightened down properly if you unbolt for any reason.

ROWA · **Posted:** Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:14 pm

Try wrapping some electrical tape around the post, it worked on a previous truck I had.
Good Luck,

dloc_jeep_KJ · **Posted:** Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:47 am

ROWA wrote:

Try wrapping some electrical tape around the post, it worked on a previous truck I had.
Good Luck,

X2

dloc_jeep_KJ · **Posted:** Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:49 am

ROWA wrote:

Try wrapping some electrical tape around the post, it worked on a previous truck I had.
Good Luck,

X2
should be the easiest and fastest way in my opion.. i love electrical tape. plus it is black like the latch so u wouldnt notice it

chrispitude · **Posted:** Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:53 am

I took the plastic cover off the latch assembly, but there's no obvious adjustment and there's nothing that appears to be loose. I can try the electrical tape trick on the post, but I'd rather figure out how to fix it properly if possible. This vehicle only has 50k miles on it, and the rattle started around 30k from one seat, then 5k later from the other. I'm not too impressed with having to wrap electrical tape around both latch posts to fix rattles on a 2006 vehicle with 50k miles.

- Chris

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:47 am

I am having a similar noise. I thought it was from the tail gate. It is difficult to nail it down. A little tough to hop back there while you are driving.

Anyway Yours makes a noise when the seats are up in their normal position. Does it make any noise when the seats are down?

I had not tried to listen when I lower my seats. I am going to now. I agree. WAY to young of a KJ to be jerry rigging things. This needs a real fix.

chrispitude · **Posted:** Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:29 pm

WoodysKJ wrote:

Anyway Yours makes a noise when the seats are up in their normal position. Does it make any noise when the seats are down?

I had not tried to listen when I lower my seats. I am going to now.

It's quiet when the seats are down. My wife drove around while I was in the back seat, and when I put my fingers against the latch bar and seat, I can feel play in there that corresponds exactly with the rattling noise. Pushing the seat against the latch stops the rattle. Although I can't duplicate the noise by hand with the vehicle off, the vibration of the vehicle and the weight of the seat seems to bring about the play in the latch. Maybe it's an up-and-down play instead of forward/back play in the latch?

WoodysKJ wrote:

I agree. WAY to young of a KJ to be jerry rigging things. This needs a real fix.

Agreed.

- Chris

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:07 pm

just wrap tape around the brackets its not jerry rigging or anything I have seen new vehicles fixed the same way when I worked at dealerships or just bend the bracket(s) some, you guys are funny :lol:

wanting to keep it all virgin or something. 40/50,000 miles its used not brand new any more, 2 wraps of tape and no more noise, whats easier ???
Oh and mine makes no noise / never has :wink:

ohv_kj · **Posted:** Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:20 pm

is it the seats or doors...i too am getting the knocking noise...i thought is was the back door...tightend it and the sound is still there

ISpy · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:42 pm

I wrapped black electrical tape around the U bar bracket where the hook of the back seat closes onto. It works, no more noise. Easy and cheap fix.

Both rear seat latches are rattling and driving us nuts!

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