Hi there. This is my first time using this forum, but it's pretty informative. I too can hear the sound, which does sound like it's between the dash and the passenger side wheel well. I've thought it was the CD player, things rattling in my glove box, but thought it probably had to be the struts. I bought my 2000 GA SE about a month ago, from a great place in Canada called Car Canada. They totally recondition the car and do a 144 point inspection. Anything wrong, they replace. The tires-brand new-still have the tire hairs. Brakes-brand new, and so on and so on. I wonder about little noises-are they because they are being broken in or are they just broken.
I also have a very annoying sound when I come close to a stop. The front end makes a sqweeking noise, but it sounds like when your suspension is shot. It's like the pedal is a big rod that is rusted or needs to be lubed. It's hard to explain. Any way, I love GA's no matter what anyone says, because every car is going to have problems, and I'd rather these little problems than the " Engine drops out when reaching 60 MPH" problem that I've heard about on the Ford Focus that I thought I wanted.