Roof Lining "Rattling"

madcow,nissan have got your money,why would they be helpful now?been there done that,cheers.

G'day ... I have the same problem with my 05 Patrol. The noise (It's a really loud clunk when I go over even a small bump), stopped when I put a Kyak on the roof racks. My temporary fix was to put a piece of foam lagging on the roof rack to just touch the roof.
I like you suspect the glue has let go but short of having the lining removed to fix, I have no solution.
I would love to hear of any do it your self solution.

regards .. Cupie

A mate of mine has a 03 GU and he had the same problem - rattle come knocking noise when going over the slightest bump. It annoyed the c**p out of him for ages as he could not work out where it was coming from. I happened to push on the lining pretty much in the centre of the roof (along with every other panel in the vehicle) whilst we were driving and voila the noise disappeared.

It was fixed under warranty. Unfortunately it was a sizeable job. Nissan had the car for a couple of days. All the roof lining and trim had to be removed to get at it and fix. Exactly what they did to fix it, I am not sure. All is good now though.

Cheers,

Dave

I had the same problem on my 03 GU and it disappeared when I removed the middle interior light and fitted a DVD screen. The dvd screen bracket was approximately 10" square and had the effect of supporting the roof lining.

I just sold my patrol and when I removed the DVD screen and the noise returned, I had forgotten all about it until then.

Your kids would love you if the answer to the noise issue was a dvd screen/player for them :)

Cheers

Captain

I am fortunate to have access to a optic fibre camera and will remove the interior light and have a look around. I suppose making a "gasket" to go under the interior light might be a simple and effective fix without the rest of the hassles involved. I'll let you know what if anything I find is the issue. Removing the liner looks and probably is a big job.

Had the same problem from new with a 2006 Patrol, eventually identified the problem to be the roof stiffener just behind the drivers head, had endless trips to Dealer trying to get fixed, kept coming back unresolved even though I actually had shown them a temporary repair that I had done by accessing area through dome light aperture and pushing in hi density foam as per previous post.
Took it back to Dealer for last attempt to rectify properly as we were going up the Canning and I was not confoident that my fix would stay in place.
On arrival was told by Dealer that they had now been advised by Nissan that the problem was exactly what i told them it was and had it rectified, hood lining was dropped and stiffening bow sikaflexed back in place Dealer could then claim on Nissan think that may have been reason for no fix to then. Suspect that my original fix would have sufficed so suggest that you try that.
BMD

Sorry previous post should have read 04 Patrol.
BMD

Hey Madcow,

I used to have an 03 GU, and they did have a batch that came from the factory minus the correct amount of sikaflex or similar sealer between the roof ribs and the outer roof skin - mine was evident from the first day I drove it out of the showroom. The noise drove me nuts, and I knew it wasn't normal as it wasn't my first Patrol.

Nissan took the car for a day or two, removed the roof lining, and put the sikaflex in - never made a noise since.

You may have one just like mine, although I would have thought that this would have been picked up earlier.

Mic