Thanks for the info! I just did this fix and it worked for me. Drove the car 100 miles today, the popping noise hasn't returned. Mine also turned out to be the driver side hinge. Easiest fix so far. Anyone with a popping/rattling rear deck should try this fix first.
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Originally Posted by troek
for me it was the left side, the metal bar was sliding into the latch to high, so when the hook of the latch would close, it had play room, so that side of the seat needed to come up, so with the seat folded down, i pulled it towards me. you can get at these hinges by just un fastening the bottom of the carpet and pulling it over, its one bolt, 12mm. make sure you pull quite hard while tightening the bolt back down, as the torque wiil try to twist the hinge out of place. hopefull this works for other people too cause that was driving me crazy!
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