IL Jeep

I have 5000 miles on my 2dr rubicon. This rattle just started. Its not the glass on the hard top, it's the weight of the spare tire flexing the tailgate after every small bump in the road. Its driving me nuts. If I push on the spare Ican replicate the sound. Everything is tight (lug nuts, door seal) it just seems that the tires weight shifts the tailgate in a little bit against the rubber door seal. I even put some lube on the seal and it didn't make a difference. this just started so for 5000 miles its been fine, so something has to be able to fix it. Please help

JKid

I had this on my four door and just took off the spare and put it back on to find that it stopped. Just a solution that worked for me. Does it sound like a loose license plate holder does when you close a hatchback with the plate on the door itself?

MELONHED

I've noticed a noise coming from back there lately too. It sounds like the same kind that the doors made until I relocated the door catches. Noise is gone with them now. I'll have to check later to see if the catch needs adjusting back there.

101gargoyles

Check and make sure the 3 nuts are tight that hold the tire on.
That solved it for me

miguelylucy

door Latches ... Happened to me fixed in 10 min... adjust the latch // just 2 screws ..

JimmyJoe

I have experienced this problem also. I found that the tailgate alignment guide was rattling against the mating piece on the jamb. I just removed the piece from the tailgate... No more annoying rattle.

miguelylucy

here is an old tread I found... https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11137:)