It could be broken spring in starter. I had similar problem and had brakes checked and
even right side of steering replaced. found a mechanic that said up front it was in the
starter. Noise only happened when turning rt

I had a very similar rattle on my 99 se. Turned out to be part of the starter
broke lose and would only make the noise when turning left. Put on new
starter and it went away.

look for 6D

will get back to you guys this weekend-got early flight to NYC and get back from
work Saturday afternoon. Thanks for the help and ideas so far.

the fuse to the lighter is supposed to be a 15 but there is a 20 in the 9B slot-from what I have heard that the
20 that somebody put in there should have blown before the wires fried themselves together.

when the dash was all reconnected (from the replacement of the heater core) is when I found:
no ...

All of the big fuses are ok-checked every fuse from small to the large ones in the engine compartment.
With the dash out I stripped all back electrical tape and rewrapped the harnesses. Did not find any exposed
or fused wires except the orange and the black that went to the lighter.

was able to put back in park-no cable problems
short in electrical system is next challenge

I took my dash out of my 1999 Bonneville SE (3800 not supercharged) to install a new
heater core. Noticed when putting back together the cigarette lighter wires looked like they
had gotten too hot. Disconnected them to check later for another future project as I use
the lighter plug for computer/and ...

I took the dash out of the 1999 SE to change out the heater core.
The car jumped out of park when the steering wheel was dropped down
to help remove parts. Something that is made out of pot metal with
threads inside was laying on floorboard (only about half of it) and
would be about the size of a ...