Kamauxx
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This is the happiest I've been with my car in a long time!
I found the issue with my sunroof. The rail that the glass rides on has a protrusion coming down. I think it's a foot for the sunroof to rest on. It's circled in the below pic.

Now, the sunroof housing has a cutout where that foot meets when the glass is closed. It can be seen circled in the below pic.

When the roof is closed those two peices are bumping against each other causing this noise.
In the next video I'm pushing down on the glass to replicate the clattering sound.
In this video I just shot the noise is gone. I'm pushing down hard enough to squeeze water out of the rag I was using to clean up the grease job I'd just done to the sunroof.
Something has to be placed between the two circled areas so they don't clickity clack against each other.
It may not be the same for everyone, but that's my fix. Unfortunately there's so much grease applied to my rail I couldn't get the felt to stay put permanently. This weekend I'll clean it up and find something more appropriate to apply. Now I don't have to deal with Kia ripping the car apart!
To reiterate, this probably won't fix everyone's sunroof Rattle as I believe there is more than one cause. But hopefully it'll help those who have the same problem as me.
I found the issue with my sunroof. The rail that the glass rides on has a protrusion coming down. I think it's a foot for the sunroof to rest on. It's circled in the below pic.

Now, the sunroof housing has a cutout where that foot meets when the glass is closed. It can be seen circled in the below pic.

When the roof is closed those two peices are bumping against each other causing this noise.
In the next video I'm pushing down on the glass to replicate the clattering sound.
In this video I just shot the noise is gone. I'm pushing down hard enough to squeeze water out of the rag I was using to clean up the grease job I'd just done to the sunroof.
Something has to be placed between the two circled areas so they don't clickity clack against each other.
It may not be the same for everyone, but that's my fix. Unfortunately there's so much grease applied to my rail I couldn't get the felt to stay put permanently. This weekend I'll clean it up and find something more appropriate to apply. Now I don't have to deal with Kia ripping the car apart!
To reiterate, this probably won't fix everyone's sunroof Rattle as I believe there is more than one cause. But hopefully it'll help those who have the same problem as me.
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