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Spent 3 hours chasing a rattle in a Ford F-150 from Akron
It was a 2018 model and the noise was driving the owner nuts. I checked the heat shields, skid plates, even the glove box. Turned out to be a single 10mm socket that had rolled into a body cavity behind the rear seat. Anyone else find weird stuff making noise?
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elizabethblack3mo ago
Found a whole pack of smokes in a door panel once.
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maxb462mo ago
Heard a story once about a rattle in a minivan that was just a kid's toy car stuck in the air vent. Those hollow body panels are like black holes for loose stuff. @park.adam has a point about the jack spot, but sometimes it's the really dumb places you'd never think to look. That 10mm socket is a classic, those things are always disappearing. Makes you wonder how much random junk is just rolling around inside our cars.
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the_lucas2mo ago
Oh man, the jack spot is a good call. But seriously, get a flashlight and check under the seats, like way up under the seat tracks. I found a whole set of keys rattling around in there once, wedged in a spring. Also, glove boxes have little gaps in the back that swallow stuff whole.
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