Sun roof rattle, yes again
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Yeah, I know. It’s ridiculous. For a $70k+ vehicle you’d think the quality would be a little better.
I was able to fix the passenger side roof handle rattle. Now I’m dealing with the sunroof and driver side window rattle.
Hopefully the grease that I ordered will fix it. I was able to get it off eBay for $60
amanwithaplan
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Hi all. I had an issue with my 2021 Expedition Max Platinum (w/ pano-sunroof), where I'd hear a rattle/hit (not sure how to describe it), every single time I'd hit the slightest bump, including a small crack on the road. I took it to the dealership and they verified my concern and had it for the three days until I finally got it back. Here's the service report:
SyndicateZ
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Thats awesome that the tech actually looked into and tried to find the issue (and fixed it) rather than the normal Ford tech diagnosis as "normal rattle"
Update in the Vista roof soap opera. After the car spent a while in the main branch of the dealer, and lasted noiseless for about 12 hours (clock hours not use hours), they agreed to order the parts, it has been abput 130 days since they announced that (they said it´d take them anytime between 25 and 45 days). The week of november 25th was their latest tentative date, so I am still waiting. I applied the weather striping foam right behind the factory foam and it really quiets down the noises. I have seen that the factory weather strip is not vertical enough and that is fails to fulfill one of it´s functions, to keep the sunroof from wobbling wit every road imperfection, so, this is a common problem with our Expeditions, not due to failing parts, or misasembling, but just to a poor design that should´ve been corrected since 2019.
In another turn of events, nos I am on 26,000 miles, and a new devil has shown it´s ugly face, or voice. About three or four weeks ago, a little squeek coming from the tailgate/rear trim/toolbox/whoknowswhere, started, it sounded like rubbing two pieces of wet rubber together, in every little bump, I took the car for 25K mile service and the noise "did not reproduce". Now the possesion is full blown, head twisting, green vomiting, tongue speaking and all, and riding this $85,000 vehicle with 26K miles is a real nightmare. I have thaught about selling it, but will loose major money, hell, I have felt so frustrated about it and about the almost inexistent knowledge on their product that the dealer shows, that, sold my 2012 Raptor that was due, and cancelled all the plans to get an F150, and will instead go to a Silverado ZR2 to try my luck.
I´ll try to upload an .mp3 of the new devilish sound so if anyone has any ideas, please share, because as usual, the dealership has no clue.
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here is the link to the 15 second recording
In another turn of events, nos I am on 26,000 miles, and a new devil has shown it´s ugly face, or voice. About three or four weeks ago, a little squeek coming from the tailgate/rear trim/toolbox/whoknowswhere, started, it sounded like rubbing two pieces of wet rubber together, in every little bump, I took the car for 25K mile service and the noise "did not reproduce". Now the possesion is full blown, head twisting, green vomiting, tongue speaking and all, and riding this $85,000 vehicle with 26K miles is a real nightmare. I have thaught about selling it, but will loose major money, hell, I have felt so frustrated about it and about the almost inexistent knowledge on their product that the dealer shows, that, sold my 2012 Raptor that was due, and cancelled all the plans to get an F150, and will instead go to a Silverado ZR2 to try my luck.
I´ll try to upload an .mp3 of the new devilish sound so if anyone has any ideas, please share, because as usual, the dealership has no clue.
Dropbox
here is the link to the 15 second recording
Fizzy
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So rhythmic... sounds like my old dorm bed
Have you had someone else drive whilst you climb around the back trying figure out where the two little mice are humping?
Yes, my wife drove while I was in the back pushing on the side trim, roof panel, tailgate trim, to stabilize it and see if the humping stopped, and also putting my ear to spy mode to find out where it is actually generating from and nope, can't find it. I can only say that it vomes from center to right, so I removed the tool box and the trim of the tailgate and all right side all the way to the 2nd row, and drove and the humping was louder, tried to move things around (there is a large AC unit there in the right side) but couldn't make anything sound. Drove with the tailgate open in a bumpy back road and the noise produced, so I deduced it is not coming from the door. In the end, I have no idea what is causing this.So rhythmic... sounds like my old dorm bed
Have you had someone else drive whilst you climb around the back trying figure out where the two little mice are humping?
ManUpOrShutUp
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Update in the Vista roof soap opera. After the car spent a while in the main branch of the dealer, and lasted noiseless for about 12 hours (clock hours not use hours), they agreed to order the parts, it has been abput 130 days since they announced that (they said it´d take them anytime between 25 and 45 days). The week of november 25th was their latest tentative date, so I am still waiting. I applied the weather striping foam right behind the factory foam and it really quiets down the noises. I have seen that the factory weather strip is not vertical enough and that is fails to fulfill one of it´s functions, to keep the sunroof from wobbling wit every road imperfection, so, this is a common problem with our Expeditions, not due to failing parts, or misasembling, but just to a poor design that should´ve been corrected since 2019.
In another turn of events, nos I am on 26,000 miles, and a new devil has shown it´s ugly face, or voice. About three or four weeks ago, a little squeek coming from the tailgate/rear trim/toolbox/whoknowswhere, started, it sounded like rubbing two pieces of wet rubber together, in every little bump, I took the car for 25K mile service and the noise "did not reproduce". Now the possesion is full blown, head twisting, green vomiting, tongue speaking and all, and riding this $85,000 vehicle with 26K miles is a real nightmare. I have thaught about selling it, but will loose major money, hell, I have felt so frustrated about it and about the almost inexistent knowledge on their product that the dealer shows, that, sold my 2012 Raptor that was due, and cancelled all the plans to get an F150, and will instead go to a Silverado ZR2 to try my luck.
I´ll try to upload an .mp3 of the new devilish sound so if anyone has any ideas, please share, because as usual, the dealership has no clue.
Dropbox
here is the link to the 15 second recording
Regardless of cost, it's still a Ford. Every Ford I have ever owned has had all sorts of squeaks, creaks, rattles, etc. Even if you stop one, another will crop up. Tune it out, trade it in or drive yourself mad chasing gremlins.
