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Rattle Sound - patient11 - 02-08-2006
hey people. anyone know what would be causing a rattling sound that i can hear in the cabin (the loudness of it, and apparent proximity of the sound has me thinking its coming from inside the car, rather than mech. components outside the car), coming from the passenger side, only when i turn left, and it seems to be only when the car or ambient temp is cold? bizarre, yes. annoying, yes. i thought at first it might've been a spring or something like that in the passenger seat bracket. but considering it only happens when i turn left, and only sometimes, its got me puzzled. thanks for any help.
Rattle Sound - meford4u - 02-08-2006
heat shield?
Rattle Sound - nass - 02-08-2006
your engine is becoming loose. I bet you've been doing some hard accelerating. I would stop that.
ps. I concur with meford... sounds like a heat shield. It's mounted to the underside of the car so the viberations would trickle into the cabin and become amplified in the cabin. Take a quick peek underneath and see.
Rattle Sound - Flofocus - 02-08-2006
What kind of rattling sound? Hard to describe...I know, but a heat shiel has a pretty distintive sound..like, youd know if it was a heat shield....
Rattle Sound - ANTHONYD - 02-08-2006
Manual or Standard???
Could be the pesky "gear roll over noise"
Rattle Sound - NOS2Go4Me - 02-08-2006
Certain parts of ANY car will vibrate more when it's stupid cold out.
I get double the vibration off anything first thing in the morning. As the car warms up, they go away.
It's just the Focus getting older :)
Rattle Sound - mo_focus - 02-08-2006
Possibilities are endless considering its a ford focus :)
1- standard shifter noise
2- maybe a drive shaft or CV joints
3- Engine mounts
it could be really anything.
Rattle Sound - paolo - 02-08-2006
hmm, judging by the descripton, sounds like your everyday normal sounding ford focus to me..
Rattle Sound - jcarle - 02-08-2006
My Focus has a squeaky blower fan when I start it up on a cold morning. <_<
Rattle Sound - NOS2Go4Me - 02-09-2006
jcarle,Feb 7 2006, 08:17 PM Wrote:My Focus has a squeaky blower fan when I start it up on a cold morning. <_<
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I get that too... some guys have had theirs replaced under warranty. I'm out of warranty, hence I live with it as it doesn't affect the output any (yet).
Rattle Sound - patient11 - 02-09-2006
mtx. i do accelerate hard, but not max out rpm's or anything like that. i get that squeeky noise too when i start her up after she sits for a while. that just started happening after warranty too. as for the type of rattling, i dunno. its a "higher pitch" type rattle, one that would resemble a small washer in the door panel or something. when i lean in closer to when i hear it, to find out where its coming from, it sorta sounds like its from passenger foot well area. maybe.
thanks peeps. i'll give the heat shield a peek.
Rattle Sound - meford4u - 02-09-2006
"its from passenger foot well area"
sticking with my original guess.........heat shield
Rattle Sound - Flofocus - 02-09-2006
meford4u,Feb 8 2006, 03:17 PM Wrote:"its from passenger foot well area"
sticking with my original guess.........heat shield
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what heat sheild? there is none in that area.
Rattle Sound - SVT ZX3 - 02-09-2006
NOS2Go4Me,Feb 8 2006, 08:21 AM Wrote:jcarle,Feb 7 2006, 08:17 PM Wrote:My Focus has a squeaky blower fan when I start it up on a cold morning. <_<
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I get that too... some guys have had theirs replaced under warranty. I'm out of warranty, hence I live with it as it doesn't affect the output any (yet).
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X3, only on the 1st setting though, not to hi-jack the thread, but anyone else had theirs replaced underwarranty, it doesn't bother me that much, but if its one thing I can get replaced for free now, rather than pay later.....how tough is the fan to replace?
Rattle Sound - Phantom - 02-09-2006
Mine sorta makes a squeaky noise on the blower when it firsts starts but only when the car is cold, and I mean sub -15. My car is a 2005.
Rattle Sound - NOS2Go4Me - 02-10-2006
Design fault then? Bad blower motor bearing grease... it s***s itself in cold weather till it warms up a tad?
Rattle Sound - patient11 - 02-10-2006
seems to be the case, as mine doesn't make the sound starting it up after the car was running for a while. leave her for a couple hours or sumpthin, and i can expect to hear the squeekin sound. p.s. haven't got a chance to look at heat shield or anything undercarriage related as of yet.