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If the rattle still occurs, then it's either the water pump or something internal to the engine, which will require much more major effort to diagnose and repair.
I always have my tires roated every 6000 miles and re balanced and rotated at 12000. I had them re balanced in November - I dont drive too much so not sure why they went out of balance - maybe a pot hole or something, but for those with rattles in the steering colum- check your tires first:)
I won't even ask about the persistant exterior drip stain that appears underneath the doors after every rain, the excessive rubber-band effect with the downshifting transmission, the under-carriage single clunk on a cold engine, and 3 times I found the trunk lid had automatically opened while I was well out of range with the remote.
Apparently, I bought a Chrysler in disguise.
"Under-carriage single clunk when cold" - see owner's manual, this is the ABS self test, no issue.
Exterior drip stain - will go away soon. Mine did the same, it is the undercoating or something, did it for a few months, never again.
I finally found where the problem was by driving my car tires up against a heavy beam, left it in drive with the hand brake on, and when I opened the hood, the noise went away. When I pushed down on the hood the noise went away. The hood latch was rattling. I turned the 2 hood height adjusters to add more tension to the hood latch, and that fixed the problem. 1 1/2 years for that? How many trips to the shop for that? Oh, well, hopefully someone will benefit from this post.