snowman4us
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Little Background.
As soon as I got the car off the lot I noticed a little rattle from the door, but it was not much of an issue as it would only do it for a few seconds and go away for the rest of a drive. Well this weekend I took the car for a 200mile round trip drive and the rattle was so bad for almost an hour straight that at one point I had to pull over as it was bothering me to the point of anger. :frusty:
The rattle in my case would go away when I put pressure on the door close to the handle, and as soon as I would remove pressure the noise would come right back.
I proceed to remove the door card using this video as a guide.
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And here is what I found.
These 2 alligator pressure clips were very wide in terms of opening vs sheet metal thickness and move around like crazy. And even though they tighten up when you tighten the hardware, the can still vibrate.
*I also found hardware that secures to them not be very tight on my car, which allows them to move around even more. Thanks FORD:clap2:
To remove them simply take off the foam pads that you see next to the clips and pull the clips off.
Quick solution was to grab some pliers and tighten the gap till both ends were touching by compressing the closed end of the clip. This way when the clips go back in they are now pre-loaded.
Left is after tightening, the right was before for comparison.
I also put a little electrical tape to prevent metal to metal contact on both sides door skin. To access it on the back side you can have 1) small fingers 2) remove the plastic and deal with the black goo of death.
End result
Next was the plastic clips that are towards the dash side of the car. These had so much play that they move around and vibrate like crazy when you lift up the door card and shake it. The hole that the clips snap into are oversized and the clips slide into an oversized slot, so once the door card snaps into the door they are free to rattle as there is nothing to keep the clips from moving around.
My fix at this time is to put several layers of electrical tape above and below the slots that the clips go into, putting pre-load on the clips. (Ill probably order some felt adhesive strips and fix this issue when I get some more time)
These were the only areas of concern that I could find at this current time as everything else was solid and did not make any noise no matter how hard I tried tapping and shaking everything.
Hope this helps some people out.
Follow-up: After driving the car with different temps the rattle issue in the door is solved. Car is now silent inside, just as it should have been from the factory
As soon as I got the car off the lot I noticed a little rattle from the door, but it was not much of an issue as it would only do it for a few seconds and go away for the rest of a drive. Well this weekend I took the car for a 200mile round trip drive and the rattle was so bad for almost an hour straight that at one point I had to pull over as it was bothering me to the point of anger. :frusty:
The rattle in my case would go away when I put pressure on the door close to the handle, and as soon as I would remove pressure the noise would come right back.
I proceed to remove the door card using this video as a guide.
[ame]
And here is what I found.
These 2 alligator pressure clips were very wide in terms of opening vs sheet metal thickness and move around like crazy. And even though they tighten up when you tighten the hardware, the can still vibrate.
*I also found hardware that secures to them not be very tight on my car, which allows them to move around even more. Thanks FORD:clap2:
To remove them simply take off the foam pads that you see next to the clips and pull the clips off.
Quick solution was to grab some pliers and tighten the gap till both ends were touching by compressing the closed end of the clip. This way when the clips go back in they are now pre-loaded.
Left is after tightening, the right was before for comparison.
I also put a little electrical tape to prevent metal to metal contact on both sides door skin. To access it on the back side you can have 1) small fingers 2) remove the plastic and deal with the black goo of death.
End result
Next was the plastic clips that are towards the dash side of the car. These had so much play that they move around and vibrate like crazy when you lift up the door card and shake it. The hole that the clips snap into are oversized and the clips slide into an oversized slot, so once the door card snaps into the door they are free to rattle as there is nothing to keep the clips from moving around.
My fix at this time is to put several layers of electrical tape above and below the slots that the clips go into, putting pre-load on the clips. (Ill probably order some felt adhesive strips and fix this issue when I get some more time)
These were the only areas of concern that I could find at this current time as everything else was solid and did not make any noise no matter how hard I tried tapping and shaking everything.
Hope this helps some people out.
Follow-up: After driving the car with different temps the rattle issue in the door is solved. Car is now silent inside, just as it should have been from the factory
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