I was wondering if anyone experienced this rattle, i have been diagnosing it and finnally found the culprit. Seems there is something rattling from my passenger seat.
I think this should be an easy fix but has anyone had this issue before I bring it in?
with the passenger seat reclined in a fairly upright position, hit the seatback or slap it, and it makes a rattle right? No idea why it does this, both a 12 and my 13 did this. It doesnt rattle when I drive if I recline the seat a little
yea it must be considering reclining solves the rattle...reclining shifts weight and pulls the bracket up on the bolts. Hope thats the culprit, if so someone at Ford needs to tighten that wrench or something!
Why do you have to replace the clutch? Do you have DCT or Manual
I have manual and the clutch is great, I see people here complaining about a bad clutch on the manuals but ive never had and issue on this or any other Manual car ive driven.
DCT. So far 3 dealers have said "That's a weird noise." And then took it back and played the "That's normal" game with me. It now vibrates noticeably when shifting into 4th or 2nd, but I have pretty much given up until summer rolls around and it gets really bad again.
I have the same rattle. Sometimes drives me crazy but most of the time its unnoticeable. Usually if i hear it rattling I stop at the next chance i get, recline the seat a bit and sit in the seat to add pressure and its usually good after that. It seems like it only rattles in 1 position because when my girlfriend gets in the car and changes around the position it seems to rattle more once shes out of the car.
Oh wicked, our construction yard is on commerce valley and hwy 7. I live at 7 and warden, ill keep an eye out for your car, not many focuses around the area.
Done a few small mods, the front of my car i blacked out the 2 bars that go across the grill. Tinted windows. Exhaust tip. Black SEL rims (winters are on now. Any mods on yours?
sometimes the seat belt on the passenger side rattles against the side wall in my car but its hard to tell with all of the other buzzes. Ive also noticed one of the sliding pieces for the vents buzzes, along with one of the plastic covers on my instrument cluster.
Only modded MK3 I've seen was someone changed the little orange (side marker?) bulbs in the headlights to white and changed the low-beam bulbs. That's about it...
Just a "me too" post. I have this same passenger seat rattle. First I thought it was the headrest, then I thought it was thr HVAC vent under the seat, but no, it is the seat back itself. I was at the dealer just today for this and they were unable to reproduce or diagnose it. :banghead:
Just a "me too" post. I have this same passenger seat rattle. First I thought it was the headrest, then I thought it was thr HVAC vent under the seat, but no, it is the seat back itself.
I found the best way to replicate the rattle is to sit in the drivers seat, and extend your arm (like youre going to put an arm around a lady) but go behind the seat, and hit the back of the seat hard but in a jerky way.
Several people have had the passenger seat track replaced, right? Can I grease mine? Or do I need to take it apart and bend something, add something soft to the top of the track, etc.? Should I replace it myself?
I'm at 47k miles and I don't think my ESP would cover this since it's considered a "rattle". It's been doing it forever, but I was putting off fixing it until my clutch was replaced (which never happened).
But depending on the seat position, it's not like - oh, I hit a bump *rattle*. It's clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick as I drive down the highway. I moved the passenger seat position while driving today; I was going crazy.
guys I no longer have the rattle...the seatbelt head (metal part) was getting wedged sideways between the seat and the inside of the B-pillar. try it out
I pointed this out earlier in the thread lol. That was exactly the problem for me. Every now and then when I have a passenger in the car, the seat belt buckle would get wedged sideways after they got out.
Has anyone checked the latch between the center console and the seat? Being that its on a flexible mount and prone to vibrate slightly. I noticed this in my car but couldnt figure it out until i leaned over the passenger seat and saw it vibrating against the center console. It has a piece of adhesive felt on it to prevent the rattle however the very top edge was contacting the console causing the rattle. I just took the latch and forced it away from the console. Problem solved!!!!![hihi]
I've heard of a few people getting the seat track replaced. I'm not really looking forward to having to do that. I don't think it's the seat belt because I can replicate a click by just lifting the base of the seat when it's cold out. But I'll troubleshoot it one of these days...
I get a rattle from my passenger seat as well, I found it to be coming from the bar that adjusts the position of the passenger seat back-forward. It is loose and rattles up and down inside a white plastic clip. Still working out a solution.
It happens much more frequently when it is cold and took me a while to figure where it was coming from.
I thought center console, then roof liner & passenger seat, but pressing / prodding / knocking those made no difference.
It is coming from the bottom of the passenger side A-pillar rattling against the dash. When it happens I push the pillar trim and it stop! I think I just need a piece of foam between the trim and the dash.
I have a similar problem in a 2013 Ford Focus Titanium Sedan. I still haven't quite figured out where it's coming from. It sounds like it's coming from the seat directly either in or under, but I can't quite tell. Has anyone had any luck with the dealership?
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Hello everyone, I purchased a 2014 focus se sedan only a couple months ago, shortly after, it started to become a rattle box.
I had multiple rattles coming from various locations in the car, and I have meticulously been eliminating them one at a time. Thought I'd share my experience.
The most annoying and consistent rattle was occurring while driving above 60mph, especially with any head wind. I figured it was related to any relative wind forces. The sound may initially seem to come from somewhere on the passenger side, but I eventually noticed it was loudest when I put my ear to the center armrest.
My search led me to discover that the exhaust heat shield underneath the car (at the approximate location under the armrest area) would rattle against the frame when only slightly tapped. I fixed this rattle by applying some high-temp rtv (silicone) to the heat shield and frame contact points (mine hit the frame more on the passenger side). I also bent some portions of the heat shield until it produced zero rattling when tapped.
Other passenger side rattles may come from the b-pillar plastic trim and the loose vent underneath the passenger seat. My driver side vent was nice and snug, but the passenger side was completely loose. I put some foam tape around the vent which helped, but there seems to be no way to get it to feel "installed," like it is on the driver side. My passenger b-pillar squeaked at times. This was also an easy fix. I popped it out just enough to apply some silicone to the areas where the plastic around the metal retaining clips butts up against the pillar.
I also have some creaks that come from the dash areas, where the gauge cluster and stereo meet the dash. I haven't fixed them yet, but I know that 3M makes a black, sort of putty like tape that works well for dampening these types of creaks. I couldn't find it online, but I've seen it sold at auto-body shops. It's a bit pricey.
It seems many have noticed that their car came with the door panels not quite completely installed. It wasn't the case with mine, but going through all the door panels and pressing on them to ensure all the clips are in their recepticles is a good starting point.
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