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Now my civic is making a very metalic sound over bumps in the rear end. There is nothing in the trunk except the Basslink and everything in the spare tire well is secured.

I think Honda has the best ICE in the world. But Im now ready to kick the first Honda exc. I meet square in the balls many times. Im to the point I almost dont care about FE,,, could almost care less if they pull there heads out and put a 5MT in a HCHII. And Im sure they killed the Insight cause they had to work and where fools insted of upgrading it.

Really Im about done! I can buy a darn old chevy Impala,,, restore it with a 409, get 20 mpg out of it and have a car worth more than i paided for it!!!! Come out thousands of dollars ahead. why should I care if Honda dosent!!!

Im about to go back to classic big block American iron. Or korean want to be's.

Im seeing a curb to bounch my Honda's off of. I swear they are paying off the fan boys!!!!!!!!

I'm not paid off. I like my car. Sounds like it could be suspension. Maybe rocks in the tires ;) hehe

Sounds like my dad's old car. The thing would make a "clink clink" noise from the rear suspension every time it went over a bump. Still drove and handled like a champ, though. I think it was just something loose on the shock mount.

Sounds to me like a crazy case of the first-year gremlins. I don't know what else it could be, because I have a domestic-built Honda that couldn't be any more solid (at least as far as I'm concerned). It has the characteristic 6th gen squeaks and rattles but the stuff I care about seems to be holing up well as I approach 45k miles. Still, I understand your frustration. New cars are supposed to be perfect, not rattling, warping, and breaking.

Think of it this way: once the gremlins are fixed under warrantee, odds are you will have a fantastic little car. (Odds are you already do.) I say park it, have a cold beverage of your choice, and call the dealer in the morning.

I was actually trying to track a suspension rattle in the
Prius, and jacked it up at the steering knuckle just enough
to float the wheel off the ground and then went at it with
a big rubber mallet. Not sure I 100% determined the cause but
I think it's just the brake calipers shaking around on their
pins a little bit. Everything else seemed tight, but I wouldn't
be surprised if something more subtle is actually developing
a little play in there somewhere. Unfortunately I probably
can't stress the parts enough by hand to make whatever it is
actually make the same movement; I can only keep an eye on
things under there.
.
I suppose this is leading up to, have you pulled the wheels and
*looked* around under there to try and determine the cause?
.
_H*

knock on wood on my canadian built civic

if i'm not mistaken psy, your civic is built in canada too so blame the ontario toronto labor workers that put your car together poorly ;)

knock on wood on my canadian built civic

if i'm not mistaken psy, your civic is built in canada too so blame the ontario toronto labor workers that put your car together poorly ;)

US built. Ohio

I took the civic in to a dealer for a look at the rattling rear end. They said there was nothing wrong. :(

I will take to my purchase dealer when time allows or when the rear end falls apart.

Its so HOT here right now ,,, Im not even going to work on it!