What is this thing on the bottom of my vehicle

[Lumos]

Hi,

What is the rubbery brownish thing attached to the exhaust pipe near what appears to be the catalytic converter? It sticks down relatively low.

It's a 2018 Expedition Limited.

Thank you.

 

[Scottorama]

ITS A BOMB!!!!!!! RUN!!!!!!


But actually since it is hooked up to the exhaust my guess is that it is probably a vibration damper, which helps keep the cabin quieter.....

 

[aggiegrad05]

I think it means your car is a boy. Tee hee.

 

[Blackscreen67]

It's a dampener if I'm not mistaken.

 

[NyackRob79]

Looks like a rubber mount/hanger, wrapped in something. Anything directly connected to the exhaust system is going to have rubber/vibration dampening qualities.

 

[inmanlanier]

NVH - one of the many things they learned over the years. I would guess this is more for the V word, since there's alot of thermal expansion and other things going on with exhaust. It likely dampens out some of the potential resonant frequencies that may be problematic.

 

[scottdm]

I was investigating the damper on mine and it almost seems like it's full of sand or beads when you shake it back and forth. Anybody else have a similar observation?

 

[Bobnoxious]

That image is a microphone in the headliner. You may have loaded the wrong image

 

[Bobnoxious]

That image is a microphone in the headliner. You may have loaded the wrong image

 

[Zig10]

Vibration/resonance dampener, as noted above. Anyone that owned a GM full-sized current generation that had the "cabin pressure" issue is familiar with those. Glad that Ford learned that lesson BEFORE they put the vehicle on the road.

 

[Deadman]

I've seen these dampeners way back on my 1994 Roadmaster Station Wagons! They've been around for years... They do their purpose, and cut some vibrations..