I have done several google site searches and forum searches and cannot find any information about this problem.
Starting in the summer of 2011 my 09 Focus (currently at 113K miles) started squeaking from the passenger side b-pillar. I have noticed that it only happens during the summer and also during warmer fall and spring days. I rarely hear it during the winter. During the past warm weather spell I started hearing it. The noise drives me insane and I cannot put up with it for another year.
The squeak happens when I'm going slower (below 45mph), on big bumps and also on smaller irregularities in the pavement. I have reached over while driving and pressed on it behind the seatbelt where the two pieces of plastic join. That only temporarily stops the sound; it always comes back within minutes.
I have taken apart the B-Pillar plastics and cannot find the source of the squeak. I also cannot replicate the sound unless I'm driving.
Has anyone else experienced this annoyance? The car has been out of warranty for sometime now so I don't take it to the dealer for anything like this.
Thanks!
Starting in the summer of 2011 my 09 Focus (currently at 113K miles) started squeaking from the passenger side b-pillar. I have noticed that it only happens during the summer and also during warmer fall and spring days. I rarely hear it during the winter. During the past warm weather spell I started hearing it. The noise drives me insane and I cannot put up with it for another year.
The squeak happens when I'm going slower (below 45mph), on big bumps and also on smaller irregularities in the pavement. I have reached over while driving and pressed on it behind the seatbelt where the two pieces of plastic join. That only temporarily stops the sound; it always comes back within minutes.
I have taken apart the B-Pillar plastics and cannot find the source of the squeak. I also cannot replicate the sound unless I'm driving.
Has anyone else experienced this annoyance? The car has been out of warranty for sometime now so I don't take it to the dealer for anything like this.
Thanks!