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Hi folks! I just purchased my Bronco Sort Badlands less than a week ago. Within the first 24 hours, I noticed a rattling noise in the vehicle.
I searched the vehicle and found this little yellow plastic piece in the spare tire area (see pictures). This was not the source of the rattling but glad I found it anyway.
I’ve pinpointed the rattling to be in the roof, on the passenger side, at the top of the pillar where the front and back door meet. It sounds like a metal on metal, possibly a screw rolling around. The audio in the video I’ve uploaded is what I am hearing (forgive the video as we took it at night). It occurs whenever I take a right turn or the car shifts to the right, i.e. changing lanes. You can also hear it when you shake the car, but it stopped when shaking from the outside and only happens if I’m bouncing around on the inside of the vehicle.
I took the vehicle back to dealer, but they said they could not replicate the problem. I shook the vehicle and I could not replicate it, so I checked out and started to drive home. I did not even make it a mile before I started to hear it again. I am taking the vehicle back tomorrow for them to check again and will test drive with them to make sure they hear what I am talking about.
I would love to hear thoughts on the issue.
I searched the vehicle and found this little yellow plastic piece in the spare tire area (see pictures). This was not the source of the rattling but glad I found it anyway.
I’ve pinpointed the rattling to be in the roof, on the passenger side, at the top of the pillar where the front and back door meet. It sounds like a metal on metal, possibly a screw rolling around. The audio in the video I’ve uploaded is what I am hearing (forgive the video as we took it at night). It occurs whenever I take a right turn or the car shifts to the right, i.e. changing lanes. You can also hear it when you shake the car, but it stopped when shaking from the outside and only happens if I’m bouncing around on the inside of the vehicle.
I took the vehicle back to dealer, but they said they could not replicate the problem. I shook the vehicle and I could not replicate it, so I checked out and started to drive home. I did not even make it a mile before I started to hear it again. I am taking the vehicle back tomorrow for them to check again and will test drive with them to make sure they hear what I am talking about.
I would love to hear thoughts on the issue.
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