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I've been obsessively searching for anything I can about this and I either want to make sure this is what everyone else hears, or if I should take it to the dealer.
I bought this 2025 2.0 XLT a week ago. I know everyone says the terrible engine sound is normal and they've all come to accept it, but it's driving me bonkers. I get the old tractor / singer sound of the engine, but it really sounds like there's something else on top of all that.
It's like an intermittent buzzing on top of the normal engine sound. It goes away briefly when I let off the gas and when it's idling, but fairly (though not entirely) constant when revving it a bit.
I hear it best when I'm in the seat, but not so much when I'm listening under the hood. I've held down every piece of plastic on the dash to see if that helps, but it does not. I'm not convinced it's in the dash. Maybe it could be clips in the hood for the washer fluid rattling? Maybe it is just the HPFP and I have to resign myself to mild embarrassment explaining what that awful noise is to everyone?
I've attached an audio recording if some of you could give a listen. You can really hear it being a bit more intermittent around the 45 second mark. Thanks!
I bought this 2025 2.0 XLT a week ago. I know everyone says the terrible engine sound is normal and they've all come to accept it, but it's driving me bonkers. I get the old tractor / singer sound of the engine, but it really sounds like there's something else on top of all that.
It's like an intermittent buzzing on top of the normal engine sound. It goes away briefly when I let off the gas and when it's idling, but fairly (though not entirely) constant when revving it a bit.
I hear it best when I'm in the seat, but not so much when I'm listening under the hood. I've held down every piece of plastic on the dash to see if that helps, but it does not. I'm not convinced it's in the dash. Maybe it could be clips in the hood for the washer fluid rattling? Maybe it is just the HPFP and I have to resign myself to mild embarrassment explaining what that awful noise is to everyone?
I've attached an audio recording if some of you could give a listen. You can really hear it being a bit more intermittent around the 45 second mark. Thanks!
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