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2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club — question: Miata soft-top clicking over small bumps

NorthNomad2Community StarterMay 21, 20262024 Mazda MX-5 Miata ClubDenver / Front Range
2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club, about 22,000 miles. Getting a repetitive click from around the roof/header area on rough pavement. Top seals look okay and it doesn't leak. Has anyone isolated a trim/latch/felt contact noise like this without replacing parts? I'm in Denver / Front Range.
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TorqueEnthusiast74Community StarterCommunity StarterMay 21, 2026permalink
I wouldn't throw parts yet. A pressure test beats staring at a dry driveway if the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata is losing coolant with no puddle. You'll know quickly if you're on the wrong tree. Learned this the expensive way on a previous car. Parking it somewhere I can hear it better next time.
DetailGarage95Community StarterCommunity StarterMay 21, 2026permalink
I'd want a measurement, not a hunch. Move a coil or plug on the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata if it's cylinder-specific and see whether the code follows. You'll know quickly if you're on the wrong tree. If they can't show the line item, I assume it's hiding. I already checked the easy fluid levels.
CanyonMom18Community StarterCommunity StarterMay 21, 2026permalink
This is usually cheaper to test than to guess. Move a coil or plug on the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata if it's cylinder-specific and see whether the code follows. You'll know quickly if you're on the wrong tree. Take it or leave it — that's what I'd do. I keep a notes app thread for this now.
BoxerRoadie58Community StarterCommunity StarterMay 22, 2026permalink
Intermittent stuff lies if you only catch it once. Move a coil or plug on the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata if it's cylinder-specific and see whether the code follows. If the cheap test changes it, stop and reassess. On “5 miata club — question: miata soft-top,” that was the fork that mattered for me. Do that first. Climate here is different, so treat that as a local data point. If this is nothing, great. I want that in data.
TorqueEnthusiast74Community StarterCommunity StarterMay 22, 2026permalink
If it were in my driveway, a pressure test beats staring at a dry driveway if the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata is losing coolant with no puddle. If the cheap test changes it, stop and reassess. Learned this the expensive way on a previous car. Not interested in a five-hour wait for a shrug.
TruckTuner28Community StarterCommunity StarterMay 22, 2026permalink
Intermittent stuff lies if you only catch it once. Loaded-suspension checks on the 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata catch play that a wheels-hanging inspection misses. You'll know quickly if you're on the wrong tree. On “5 miata club — question: miata soft-top,” that was the fork that mattered for me. Parts cannon is a personality type I try to avoid. This is the filter I use when the thread starts repeating itself. Parking it somewhere I can hear it better next time.
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