Weird rattling noise unable to pin point

[sunnydhama]

You don’t happen to have a garage door opener clipped to the sunvisor do you? I had a rattle and took me a little while to realize it was actually the garage door opener buttons rattling. Have the same openers in my other cars and never noticed it.

No I have a inbuilt opener, not that sadly

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[sunnydhama]

The marked product and the three pins that hold the display make a sound. It can be solved with sound absorption.

Words can be strange because I use a translator.

Seems like too much work, but I think my rattlesnake is sneaking on the far right

 

[sunnydhama]

My previous F-150 had a similar noise that used to drive me crazy. I checked everything under the sun on the right side because I swore that's where it was emanating from. One day while driving the noise got it my head and was driving me crazy. This was well after I had given up solving the issue. I reached up while driving and put my hand on the overhead sunglass cubby and the noise immediately stopped. Opening and shutting it when it would occasionally return would stop the noise.

Not saying this is your problem but it could be. The biggest takeaway from my experience was don't trust your ears. Interior rattles and buzzes are just as hard to pinpoint as exterior.

Tried that, doesn’t work 🥲

 

[brian5814]

I don’t hear it at low speeds but on the highway it’s very annoying.

 

[jboogie1289]

My previous F-150 had a similar noise that used to drive me crazy. I checked everything under the sun on the right side because I swore that's where it was emanating from. One day while driving the noise got it my head and was driving me crazy. This was well after I had given up solving the issue. I reached up while driving and put my hand on the overhead sunglass cubby and the noise immediately stopped. Opening and shutting it when it would occasionally return would stop the noise.

Not saying this is your problem but it could be. The biggest takeaway from my experience was don't trust your ears. Interior rattles and buzzes are just as hard to pinpoint as exterior.

This!!! I did find one of the small irritants here but the last one is near the Passenger side A-Pillar but in due time, I‘ll get to the “bottom” of that. As another member said, just increase the tunes a bit and you’ll kind of tune it out. Happy hunting to you all.

 

[porterhousestk]

I had a rattle coming from the glove box. I guess the hanging weight pulling on the glove box door was causing it to rattle somehow. For now, I have a folded napkin wedged in the crease and it has stopped the rattling.

 

[sunnydhama]

I have the same , it comes from the Fire extinguisher under the passenger seat

Mind to share a photo? Did you fix it?

 

[sunnydhama]

I had a rattle coming from the glove box. I guess the hanging weight pulling on the glove box door was causing it to rattle somehow. For now, I have a folded napkin wedged in the crease and it has stopped the rattling.

Unfortunately for me it’s not glove box

 

[Abe09]

I have a weird rattle coming from front passenger side.
Maybe around glove box, dash or air vents, pretty annoying, took it to dealer with no luck.
any pointers?

did you ever find a solution to this? dealing with the same rn

 

[sunnydhama]

did you ever find a solution to this? dealing with the same rn

No

 

[Junkyard Dog]

My noise has been isolated to the glove box.

I asked my 9 year old if he could tell where it is coming from, and he indicated "Down here" pointing at the glovebox. I asked, "Not up top?" while pointing to the top of the dashboard. "Definitely not." he firmly declared.

So asked him to do Dad a favor and open the glove box and look to see what I had in there, but he found nothing but a couple of papers.

We noticed, however, that the noise went away and stayed away. He closed it for me, and the noise did not return for another 3 miles or so, but then it came back. So I had him open the glove box, and the sound disappeared again.

Hey, we can just ride around like that, my son helpfully suggested . . .



So now at least I know where the sound is coming from . . .

 

[Junkyard Dog]

I have a weird rattle coming from front passenger side.
Maybe around glove box, dash or air vents, pretty annoying, took it to dealer with no luck.
any pointers?

Do the video again, but with the glove box door open and empty.

That sounds just like mine (although mine might be louder and more annoying - hard to tell on a video).

 

[LouG]

My noise has been isolated to the glove box.

I asked my 9 year old if he could tell where it is coming from, and he indicated "Down here" pointing at the glovebox. I asked, "Not up top?" while pointing to the top of the dashboard. "Definitely not." he firmly declared.

So asked him to do Dad a favor and open the glove box and look to see what I had in there, but he found nothing but a couple of papers.

We noticed, however, that the noise went away and stayed away. He closed it for me, and the noise did not return for another 3 miles or so, but then it came back. So I had him open the glove box, and the sound disappeared again.

Hey, we can just ride around like that, my son helpfully suggested . . .



So now at least I know where the sound is coming from . . .

Try a tiny piece of foam on the buffer knobby things top inside of the lid. Just to put more tension on the catch.

 

[porterhousestk]

I have noticed in my car, it's the lock wiggling around in the glove box handle. Place your finger over the lock it will stop rattling.... Just not safe to drive like that.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

I have noticed in my car, it's the lock wiggling around in the glove box handle. Place your finger over the lock it will stop rattling.... Just not safe to drive like that.

Better to be unsafe than to continue to listen to that annoying rattle.

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