Rattling

[Suprawill1]

Hey All,
I just developed a rattle from the flimsy plastic driver's seat border at the bottom where the seat adjustment controls are.
Any experience with that and/or any fixes?
Thanks!

 

[EDWYER]

Not a rattle for me but the outer cover piece is loose and I'll need to get that fixed.

 

[NeverSatisfied]

Take it off and apply some CCF to the back side of the panel. Get some cloth tape and apply a layer where any pins are. Pay particular attention to where the rattle is emanating. It will no longer rattle once it's treated.

 

[hbalek]

Take it off and apply some CCF to the back side of the panel. Get some cloth tape and apply a layer where any pins are. Pay particular attention to where the rattle is emanating. It will no longer rattle once it's treated.

Mine was replaced about a year ago after it broke. It's broken again and out of warranty. It seems Ford didn't redesign the part so no point in paying my $100 deductible only to have it break again. So I used black gaffer tape to keep it together.

 

[Suprawill1]

Take it off and apply some CCF to the back side of the panel. Get some cloth tape and apply a layer where any pins are. Pay particular attention to where the rattle is emanating. It will no longer rattle once it's treated.

Ok, thanks! I'll attend to that.
Pretty weak point in that price vehicle!

 

[dalethewhale]

I had a rattle on rear passenger's side that only occurs on the highway I have been trying to hunt down.

I found the rear passenger bolt threaded on by 3 turns. The plastic trim on the chair pulls up the bolt to prevent it from going in all the way and as a result the plastic cover for the spring is lose and so is the trim for the chair. I used a drill to shave it down, utilize an impact driver with torx bit to monkey it on. Now its tight and secured, need to road test sometime this week.

 

[dalethewhale]

Did not fix the rattle issue.

 

[dalethewhale]

Continuing to hunt it down now that my baby car seat is no longer in the suv and I want to figure it out. the right black bolts were also lose and I tightened them and I taped the covers, will do a road test later. I also discovered something flappy in the spring bottom thats lose but couldn’t get to it today, will take a photo next time

 

[Cdubya]

I had a rattle on rear passenger's side that only occurs on the highway I have been trying to hunt down.
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Highway rattling/flapping/tapping are usually the undershield on the bottom of the car. Have you ruled that out? Plastic retainers fail and should ber replaced with M6 nuts/fender washers (stainless steel).

 

[dalethewhale]

Its definitely interior, wife push around the seat and certain spots stopped it. my car only has 6k miles on it. I just hate wasting 2-3 hours dropping off and picking from service.

 

[GomerPyleST]

My 2025 had a small rattle which was the bar that you pull to move the back driver side seat forward and back so it might be that. I moved the seat to a different position and pushed down on the bar for a bit and so far have not heard it again. Funny thing is my old car had same thing.

 

[dalethewhale]

My 2025 had a small rattle which was the bar that you pull to move the back driver side seat forward and back so it might be that. I moved the seat to a different position and pushed down on the bar for a bit and so far have not heard it again. Funny thing is my old car had same thing.

Tried that already, also tried it in different positions. Rattle continues after tightening. It's definitely coming from the center, interior, rear passenger side where the metal rail meets the plastic. I have kids, there's even a possibility they dropped stuff in between. The rattle only occurs above 60mph, not any city driving/hills/etc. And it is a plastic tapping against metal

 

[dalethewhale]

Unscrewed the plastic trim on center rail rear passenger where I tighten previously and rear screw in the back that not pictured. I popped off the front plastic cover halfway and lined it with some double sided sticky but did not peel one side until I am sure it is the fix. I prefer double sided sticky because it has a foam center and stops movement for rattles and works better in heat. there was a screw in the center of the plastic trim rail cover that connected the rear to the front, I couldn't take off because the clip wasnt unclipping and I didn’t want to break it.

What I found was clear indication the metal rail and plastic trim were tapping and rubbing due to marks on the metal rail. I circled the contact points.

In the front I lined the metal to plastic contact points with double sided and where the trim met the metal. On the rail it’s a 6 inch piece. In the rear, its two half inch pieces I wedged in there, one on each side but the photo only shows one side because I wedged it in later.

Fingers crossed that this fixes it.