A Murder of Crows
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Hello
I bought my 2015 EcoBoost in February last year (2020). Second owner, 40000ish miles at purchase, 48555 now.
Sometime in the last 6 months or so, I started noticing a strange sound that kinda reminded me of lower-midrange audio feedback, like if you had a microphone pointing at a speaker stack.
At first, I literally thought that it WAS feedback, or some issue with my phone, as it always seemed to happen while listening to it through the Bluetooth system.
Recently however, the sound started happening again and I actually reached out to turn the volume down instinctively only to realize the stereo wasn't even on or the volume was turned all the way down.
I described the sound to a service tech at the dealership and they asked me if it was coming from in front or underneath the cabin. I listened for it again and the next time I heard it, It sounded like it came from underneath.
Im thinking axel or maybe drive train, possibly transmission. But it does fill the cabin and Ive actually apologized to passengers for the feedback sound.
I heard it again last week while in 5th and hit the paddle to go to 6th, and the noise stopped for a second or so, then came back.
The next day it came back and again stopped when changing gears.
I've heard the noise in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th, always when the car has been on for at least 10 minutes. Supposedly there are bulletins from Ford saying something that makes the dealership mechanics think this is normal, possibly the fake engine noise or maybe the turbo activating, but that explanation does not "fit" to me logically.
Sounds SIMILAR (not exactly) like the first few seconds of this video, but it tapers in, lasts for 2-5 seconds, tapers out, and can sometimes repeat:
Anyone have ideas of what on earth is going on? Ford can't truly believe that a sound like this that is affected by changing gears is actually normal, right?
I bought my 2015 EcoBoost in February last year (2020). Second owner, 40000ish miles at purchase, 48555 now.
Sometime in the last 6 months or so, I started noticing a strange sound that kinda reminded me of lower-midrange audio feedback, like if you had a microphone pointing at a speaker stack.
At first, I literally thought that it WAS feedback, or some issue with my phone, as it always seemed to happen while listening to it through the Bluetooth system.
Recently however, the sound started happening again and I actually reached out to turn the volume down instinctively only to realize the stereo wasn't even on or the volume was turned all the way down.
I described the sound to a service tech at the dealership and they asked me if it was coming from in front or underneath the cabin. I listened for it again and the next time I heard it, It sounded like it came from underneath.
Im thinking axel or maybe drive train, possibly transmission. But it does fill the cabin and Ive actually apologized to passengers for the feedback sound.
I heard it again last week while in 5th and hit the paddle to go to 6th, and the noise stopped for a second or so, then came back.
The next day it came back and again stopped when changing gears.
I've heard the noise in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th, always when the car has been on for at least 10 minutes. Supposedly there are bulletins from Ford saying something that makes the dealership mechanics think this is normal, possibly the fake engine noise or maybe the turbo activating, but that explanation does not "fit" to me logically.
Sounds SIMILAR (not exactly) like the first few seconds of this video, but it tapers in, lasts for 2-5 seconds, tapers out, and can sometimes repeat:
Anyone have ideas of what on earth is going on? Ford can't truly believe that a sound like this that is affected by changing gears is actually normal, right?
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