In Dash Rattle

[rsdunphy]

Need help from all you Guys and Gals out there. I have had my Mach at the dealership for that dreaded in dash rattle. It sounds like a washer in a tin can when accelerating or just cruising along on the right road surface. I tried calling Ford to no avail. I am unable to get to the TSB database. Any help out there in Mach Land would be greatly appreciated. I have read all the threads about it and am not sure if it is coming from the shaker. I have raised the shaker and the sound is the same as when it was new.

[shake this]

Is it from the dash or outside the car?

If it's from the dash, do you know what side? Driver side, center, or passenger side?

I had a bad rattle/squeak from the center trim ring around the a/c , radio. Took it off, added some 3M molding tape (any bodyshop will have it) put it all back on and now all is quiet.

[topkat]

Originally Posted by shake this

Is it from the dash or outside the car?

If it's from the dash, do you know what side? Driver side, center, or passenger side?

I had a bad rattle/squeak from the center trim ring around the a/c , radio. Took it off, added some 3M molding tape (any bodyshop will have it) put it all back on and now all is quiet.

In my best Guinness guys voice ... "BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!"

I did this 2 days ago and the squeek is gone. I called my dealership (which has had the car 5 times for the squeek) and told them the fix and implied that maybe they should have thought of that. MORONS!!!!!! More like "DON'TGIVEADAMNS".

Shake This proceed to the nearest watering hole and order up a tall frosty one and send me the bill. 6 months of torment ended by a 5 dollar roll of tape and 10 minutes work.

[azureT03]

I have the dash rattle too. But mine rattles sometimes then the other times it makes a creaking sound like around the ac vents in the middles, and only does it at highway speed.
Cdover- I have noticed the same thing.

I got a shifter gasket set from cobrabob that is a thin piece of rubber that goes on the base and where the handle goes on. I really want to put it on so it would stop that noise.

[rsdunphy]

Definitely inside the car, center/left in dash. The dealer has put extra molding tape around the inside dash trim parts.

[topkat]

Have you VERIFIED that they did??? Mine said they did, I got so pissed when the rattle was still there, I decided to have a lookie poo myself and guess what ... NOT A DANG THING between the trim and the console. Just my experience, hope yours is different.

[Drenath]

Hah, my rattle ended up being the seatbelt buckle against the side interior wall

[cdover73]

What shift handle do you have? I just found out this morning that the noise I thought was coming from the center dash turned out to be the Pro 5.0 shifter I put in. The noise was resonating through the handle due to the lack of the rubber between the shifter and the base stick. I found it when I put my hand on it and it stopped. If I hadn't done that I would have sworn the noise was from the trim in the dash. These things always amaze me!

[XCELR8]

Originally Posted by cdover73

What shift handle do you have? I just found out this morning that the noise I thought was coming from the center dash turned out to be the Pro 5.0 shifter I put in. The noise was resonating through the handle due to the lack of the rubber between the shifter and the base stick. I found it when I put my hand on it and it stopped. If I hadn't done that I would have sworn the noise was from the trim in the dash. These things always amaze me!

yup! my shifter does that to! No biggy though.

[768MPH]

Originally Posted by Drenath

Hah, my rattle ended up being the seatbelt buckle against the side interior wall

LOL, that got me too. I was tearing my car apart for weeks and it hit me one day. I was like WTF! Oh well. It's done.

Now I have a rear deck lid rattle

[SpringTown Mach]

Ford has supposedly done the fix on my trim ring and a/c vents, but the darn thing still rattles like crazy, can someone tell me how to get the trim ring off so that I can fix it myself?

Thanks

Wes

[topkat]

mine has had it since day 1. I have put in an MGW handle, and the A/C knobs and nothing changed so I don't think it was my shifter or something on the dash. It sounds like it is coming DIRECTLY from the A/C vents in the center. Maybe I'll tear those apart next.

[shake this]

topcat, always happy to help.

[rcode99]

I had Ford fix my vent rattle under the TSB. But I have another that I need to fix. How do you get the upper portion of the trim that is just above the one you take out when switching shifter kits. I have a squeak/rattle there that I know will be fized with some double faced tape.

[shake this]

Are you talking about the one that goes around the radio and a/c unit?

[rsdunphy]

I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT!
It was the parking break handle's button and/or the spring inside. My Ford dealer said he will replace it when I get back. (In the navy and away now)

[substanger]

Welcome To Mustang Ownership. Only Going To Get Worse!

[Mach32v]

Originally Posted by substanger

Welcome To Mustang Ownership. Only Going To Get Worse!

I'm with this dude. I love my Mach 1 but I swear sometimes Ford had their heads way up their azzes when they put some of these cars together. To make matters worse I cringe at almost any service experience I have with their azz hole techs. My friend has an 01 GT and he's had both heads replaced because of the spark plug blowout. If I wasn't such a mustang lover I would tell Ford to lick my sack! Just my feelings on the topic.

[JohnnyMustang]

got the rattle middle of dash by ac , its weird tho if i push on it while its making the noise it goes away but when i quit pushing on it it starts again, im trying the tape...nothing major just annoying i guess

[Big Ron]

TTT

just got back from the dealer for the third time.......I now have the A/C-radio trim ring, the auto shifter bezel, and the guage lens covering off and out of the car.......still have a rattle in the left center of the dash. Sounds like it's coming from the trip odometer area. I've cleaned out the glove box, cup holder and the center console. I took the shop foreman out today and guess what? No rattle. It rattles everyday but today.

I hear a rattle (clicking noise) when I start the car and put it in gear.....it will stop when I put it in neutral or reverse. When I accelerate I can hear the noise, when I take my foot off the accelerator it stops. At least when I'm by myself it does. I have an automatic so it's not the shifter knob. I can hold or press the emergency brake release button and I still have the noise.

I've read and searched every post on this board, the SVT board, and the Bullitt board. All seem to say that they have the "infamous" dash rattle, but I've never quite determined the cure nor read about one other than the two above. I had a V-6 and didn't have it. Must be a V-8 symptom.

Guess I'll just have to do what some have suggested......just turn up the radio or get louder exhaust.......I love George Thorogood's "Bad To The Bone" at about the 10 marker on the volume while cruising 85 - 90 mph.

Any serious suggestions will be appreciated.

Big Ron

[darkshadow mach]

Originally Posted by JohnnyMustang

got the rattle middle of dash by ac , its weird tho if i push on it while its making the noise it goes away but when i quit pushing on it it starts again, im trying the tape...nothing major just annoying i guess

That's what I have! Did the tape work? It always stops when I push on the center console just below the a/c vents but starts back up when I let off. I guess I can live with it. I'll just turn up the music louder!

[Big Ron]

Originally Posted by darkshadow mach

That's what I have! Did the tape work? It always stops when I push on the center console just below the a/c vents but starts back up when I let off. I guess I can live with it. I'll just turn up the music louder!

I turned off my radio the other day......AC/DC rocks.......my dash rattle has disappeared......car will be three years old on April 7th

Big Ron

[Bigal1067]

Originally Posted by JohnnyMustang

got the rattle middle of dash by ac , its weird tho if i push on it while its making the noise it goes away but when i quit pushing on it it starts again, im trying the tape...nothing major just annoying i guess

My 04 had the exact same rattle and the same thing... Just push on the center dash area it and it would go away. I used the tape and it worked like a charm.

[rsdunphy]

nice attitude.... why did you buy one ...

[substanger]

Originally Posted by rsdunphy

nice attitude.... why did you buy one ...

For your info....not that I feel I need to give you any..... I've owned Mustangs since I was 17.....I'm 38 now. I've had everything from '69-'70 Machs, to a handful of Fox bodied, a couple of SN-95's and now my '03 Mach. I was just letting him know that rattles in Mustangs are nothing new AND for him to expect many more in his ownership. These aren't $50,000 Lincolns! : Oh, by the way. The TSB is listed on a "sticky" at the beginning of the "TSB and Warranty Item" topic page.