Annoying Rattle.......

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Ive noticed with some 05-09 Mustangs the interior starts to rattle after a certain amount of time. It did it with my V6 and now my GT...But sadly I cannot figure out where it is coming from.

If anyone owns Pypes Pype bomb Exhaust or any other type of Resonator/straight pipe with or without Xpipe and you have rattle please tell me....Im goin crazy. I cant tell if it any of the plastic interior, the spare tire compartment or the exhaust hangers!!!!!! because everyhitng looks fine..but doesnt sound fine.

 

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My passenger seat rattles a little when i'm driving by myself. I looked under it and the bolt on the front left is loose but I can't tighten it because it feels stripped. Otherwise, mine is pretty quiet so far.

 

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Is the rattle coming from inside or outside of the passenger cabin?

 

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Noobz347 said:

Is the rattle coming from inside or outside of the passenger cabin?

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Its coming somewhere from the trunk. Ive checked the spare tire and my hanger bolts/hangers themselves...its a really random tickicng sound and a rattle.

 

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I have the boom tubes and pypes off road h pipe. I get a squeak that is absolutely MADDENING! Sometimes not really noticeable, others deafening. Nothing has to change for it to start. Sometimes I think it is in the trunk or where they hang, other times I think it rattles up front in or under the dash area. Can't find it.

 

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I had a trunk rattle that drove me nuts. Turned out to be the factory clip with the nut on it that was on the bracket for the Shaker 1000 sub. Look in the trunk to the right, up under the fender. Might have to move the liner to see it.

Mine's got the Shaker 500.

 

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kwiltse08gtcs said:

Its coming somewhere from the trunk. Ive checked the spare tire and my hanger bolts/hangers themselves...its a really random tickicng sound and a rattle.

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Take a look at your over axles (exhaust tubes) and see if they are contacting the body or axle anywhere. Have someone put some weight on the rear springs while you look.

Inspect control arm bushings and spring isolators.

Check for play in the outer shock tubes.

Try and isolate when the noise happens when it happens. Is it while on the throttle, during cruise, or during cornering etc.

 

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Noobz347 said:

Take a look at your over axles (exhaust tubes) and see if they are contacting the body or axle anywhere. Have someone put some weight on the rear springs while you look.

Inspect control arm bushings and spring isolators.

Check for play in the outer shock tubes.

Try and isolate when the noise happens when it happens. Is it while on the throttle, during cruise, or during cornering etc.

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It happens whenever even just at idle and im not moving. very random too.

 

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kwiltse08gtcs said:

It happens whenever even just at idle and im not moving. very random too.

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Do you still have catalytic converters? If so, are they OEM?

 

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Noobz347 said:

Do you still have catalytic converters? If so, are they OEM?

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ya theyre OEM. I have Magnaflow Universal Xpipe also. with the Pypes pype bombs. I got some good vibration before the xpipe. after not much. had the tick for a while but didnt notice it til a month after I got the pypes.

 

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Check the heat shields on the catalytic converters. Tap on them with a rubber mallet or something that won't damage them. If one of the heat shields on the top is the culprit then you may have to hit it pretty hard to get it to rattle so using a metal hammer may not be the best idea.

If you don't have a rubber mallet then you can use a short length of wood between the shield and hammer.