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Rattle

TruthWonUSA
Jul 01, 2025

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Yesterday at 1:06 pm

Picked up a 2025 Heritage this past weekend. Once we got on the interstate we heard a rattling going on. The rattle is coming from the front of the vehicle and most of the time sounds like the passenger side to center near the firewall area. I thought it was the windshield washer lines because they make a similar sounds when tapped on. I used some clothe electrical tape and did not change anything. Then I thought maybe the hood prop, so I put some cloth tape on it and it fit’s snuggly now but I still have this rattle.

i know I can take it to a dealer but I do not have hours upon hours to sit there and wait on it.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated it

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Yesterday at 1:29 pm

#1
TruthWonUSA
Picked up a 2025 Heritage this past weekend. Once we got on the interstate we heard a rattling going on. The rattle is coming from the front of the vehicle and most of the time sounds like the passenger side to center near the firewall area. I thought it was the windshield washer lines because they make a similar sounds when tapped on. I used some clothe electrical tape and did not change anything. Then I thought maybe the hood prop, so I put some cloth tape on it and it fit’s snuggly now but I still have this rattle.

i know I can take it to a dealer but I do not have hours upon hours to sit there and wait on it.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated it

Finding the source of a rattle is like looking for a needle in a haystack.. Hopefully it's a rogue bolt or a rogue plastic clip in the engine compartment that eventually works it's way out..

I assume bringing it to a dealer would be pointless as they'd probably test drive it once, say they didn't hear the rattle, and send you on you way..

Good luck, I hope you find it..
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Chief Ron

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Yesterday at 2:22 pm

#2
raqball
Finding the source of a rattle is like looking for a needle in a haystack.. Hopefully it's a rogue bolt or a rogue plastic clip in the engine compartment that eventually works it's way out..

I assume bringing it to a dealer would be pointless as they'd probably test drive it once, say they didn't hear the rattle, and send you on you way..

Good luck, I hope you find it..

Exactly - you take a day free from work, the tech gets to it late afternoon spend 10 minutes on a test drive and throws the keys back at ya an hour later and says we could not replicate. Meanwhile I loose a vacation day I could had spent with the family.
Deano Bronc, Chief Ron

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Yesterday at 2:42 pm

#3
TruthWonUSA
Picked up a 2025 Heritage this past weekend. Once we got on the interstate we heard a rattling going on. The rattle is coming from the front of the vehicle and most of the time sounds like the passenger side to center near the firewall area. I thought it was the windshield washer lines because they make a similar sounds when tapped on. I used some clothe electrical tape and did not change anything. Then I thought maybe the hood prop, so I put some cloth tape on it and it fit’s snuggly now but I still have this rattle.

i know I can take it to a dealer but I do not have hours upon hours to sit there and wait on it.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated it

Hi there. I’d like to assist with your concern. Could you please send us a DM with your VIN and mileage so I can look into this further?

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Yesterday at 5:05 pm

#4
TruthWonUSA
Picked up a 2025 Heritage this past weekend. Once we got on the interstate we heard a rattling going on. The rattle is coming from the front of the vehicle and most of the time sounds like the passenger side to center near the firewall area. I thought it was the windshield washer lines because they make a similar sounds when tapped on. I used some clothe electrical tape and did not change anything. Then I thought maybe the hood prop, so I put some cloth tape on it and it fit’s snuggly now but I still have this rattle.

i know I can take it to a dealer but I do not have hours upon hours to sit there and wait on it.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated it

I just had a problem similar to this fixed, but on a Maverick.
The A pillar bolt was not secured at the base of frame. So most of the time I went over a bump on the road there was an awful rattle from the front area under/around dashboard.
Took it in to my dealership and they fixed it. Smooth ride now.

Best of luck.
Deano Bronc, Chief Ron

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Today at 12:19 am

#5
Ford Motor Company
Hi there. I’d like to assist with your concern. Could you please send us a DM with your VIN and mileage so I can look into this further?

As discussed in the DM I will take it to the dealer eventually. Just gotta find the time to do it. Be nice if I could just drop it off and they could take me home….

Rank V

Today at 2:11 am

#6
I have a 23 Badlands. It developed a front rattle. Turned out to be the bolts were loose on the front skid plate. Guess they had to loosen them during an oil change and forgot to tighten them.
TitsLaRue, Deano Bronc

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Today at 3:08 am

#7
MIGeezer
I have a 23 Badlands. It developed a front rattle. Turned out to be the bolts were loose on the front skid plate. Guess they had to loosen them during an oil change and forgot to tighten them.

I guess I need to give that a check. I have not looked under it yet. Do sports have skids?

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