Annoying noise coming from dash

[Potatman]

How thick is that piece of cardboard the crack between the two pieces in mine is so small it I have a hard time getting anything in it

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[Scott C]

I stuffed some foam pieces in mine in the same area as the cardboard in earlier post. Completely quiet and rattle free.... for a day. So nice but didn't last. Next day rattle was back. I'll wait for an update on the lube fix. Haven't had my Tremor long and really enjoy it but I don't do well with rattles. I've traded vehicles in the past for this reason.

 

[Potatman]

Have you noticed that it does it more when it's warm out than when it's cold. Mine Harley does it when it's freezing cold out but when summer gets here it's every bump

 

[Potatman]

Sorry it was supposed to say mine doesn't do it when it's freezing cold out but when summer gets here it's every bump

 

[Dean S]

My dash rattle is definitely worse in the cold weather. I think ice builds up around the windows adding another level of annoyance. Other than the rattles and 12v battery I love the truck.

 

[bgn]

Rattles are significantly worse on mine in the cold. The TSB for this issue seems to have been removed from Ford's site...likely because it doesn't fix anything and the real fix is removing the upper blue dash to put insulation between it and the windshield defroster vent.

This entire issue could have been prevented - if they hadn't cut costs on the blue dash panel and had kept the top "cap" on the vents a separate piece like is the case on the Ranger.

 

[Scott C]

UPDATE: WD40 dry lube for the win! When hot my dash was quiet but on cool or cold days it drove me crazy. I originally tried the WD40 without success and kept trying foam, O-rings etc. with nothing working. I tried the WD40 drylube again spraying it back more toward the steering column and this time it worked. I've been rattle free for about as month. Thanks Strydertortois for the help.

 

[Dean S]

UPDATE: WD40 dry lube for the win! When hot my dash was quiet but on cool or cold days it drove me crazy. I originally tried the WD40 without success and kept trying foam, O-rings etc. with nothing working. I tried the WD40 drylube again spraying it back more toward the steering column and this time it worked. I've been rattle free for about as month. Thanks Strydertortois for the help.

Where exactly are you spraying this? Noisy dash and battery issues are my only really complaints about the Maverick, both quite annoying.

 

[Scott C]

Where exactly are you spraying this? Noisy dash and battery issues are my only really complaints about the Maverick, both quite annoying.

I sprayed a good bit of it between the (blue) dash and the (black) defroster vent. Driver side. Had to spray it back towards myself. Laid the can flat and aimed tube back towards me. Make sure you have the dry lube. Good luck, it took me a couple tries.

Where exactly are you spraying this? Noisy dash and battery issues are my only really complaints about the Maverick, both quite annoying.

 

[Dean S]

Make sure you have the dry lube.

Thanks for the response, is this the stuff?

 

[Scott C]

Thanks for the response, is this the stuff?

That’s it. Has a smell to it, but goes away in a couple days

 

[TrailMaster]

UPDATE: WD40 dry lube for the win! When hot my dash was quiet but on cool or cold days it drove me crazy. I originally tried the WD40 without success and kept trying foam, O-rings etc. with nothing working. I tried the WD40 drylube again spraying it back more toward the steering column and this time it worked. I've been rattle free for about as month. Thanks Strydertortois for the help.

Dang I think that dash noise is truly driving us nuckin' futs if we're resorting to spraying mineral oil into our dashboards! Don't get me wrong, if mine gets much worse I may do a blast of it too!

 

[Dean S]

I would've gladly paid whatever it would've cost Ford to make a quiet dash. The squeaks and rattles irritate me beyond what is rational.

 

[CarbonGrayFX4]

I am still working on my defroster rattle. You can access most of the underside of the dash through the steering column with the shroud removed. I have shoved many blocks of the fluffy white cotton Ford sound absorber blocks on both sides at all kinds of angles. Still rattles but the the engine and wind noise levels are down!

 

[CarbonGrayFX4]

Most of the post I see about the rattles in the dash are XL and XLT Mavericks. I'm curious if Ford adds more "soundproofing" to the dash of the Lariats like they do the fender to prevent cabin noise. I have virtually no noise on the road unless it is a micro-grooved concrete road which are the worst thins invented to drive long distance on.

Could be. I watched a Ford Explorer dash removal video and there was basically a sheet of the white synthetic cotton sound absorber across the entire dash, under the plastic outer skin. That is where I got the idea to start stuffing blocks of the stuff under my dash.

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