Hey guys....so I've had this terrible rattle that i could not find for the life of me. I thought it was coming from the far right A-pillar. Well the other day i told my sister to drive while i sat in the passenger seat to see if i could mark the rattle in the A-pillar.....low and behold it wasn't even coming from that area. It was not to the left of me. So i i figured it had to be in the middle somewhere. Now i know its not the rattle from the TSB 6-4-1 because Im going to have that fixed when i take car in for the latest recall. TO get to the point....the rattle is coming from the above map lights and head unit above the rear view mirror. That plastic box that has the map lights in it. For some reason it rattles when you go over bumps and if you lightly tap it it makes the sound I've been looking for for months. Now the real dilemma is how to fix it. I notice that when i push on that area towards the roof it stops...MY question is has anyone figured this out before me and has been able to fix it.??


Any help would be great !

 

Sorry it wasn't coming from the right i meant !!

 

good to know. I'm gonna keep an ear out for mine now. Not sure how to fix it though. Sorry

 

My Ford dealer has tightened and lubricated various rattles in my interior. They are usually happy to find it if it's a good dealer. Erik

 

Ya, that box has been driving me nuts for months but Ford won't do anything about it cause my warranty expired. I'm going to tear it apart one of these days and fix it for good.

 

Pull the center lamp assembly down and adjust the clips a little with a pliers, that should make it fit more securely and not rattle. If you want to you can put a few pieces of foam tape in there around the clip holes in the body, that will help too. Quick and easy fix, should take maybe 15 minutes at most.

 

thank you sir

 

yea i would say take it down and put something in there to stop the rattle

 

Does anyone have instructions on how to pull the box out ?? i dont really feeling like breaking anything haha

 

Just pull, it comes off easy.

 

Not to change topics or hijack the thread. However i hit a big as bump in the road yesterday and now seems to have a rattle/vibration sound coming from the driver side any idea on what it may be. Almost sounds likes it the headlight switch but it's kind of hard to listen for it and drive at the same time.