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- 2014 Ford Raptor
We have had our 2016 Explorer sport for about a month now. We live in Michigan which means our freeways can be bumpy. We have noticed a very loud "gong" noise when hitting bumps that extend completely across the lane of the highway. The noise is similar to hitting a hollow metal pipe. It is definitely coming from the rear part of the car and it is very loud, reverberating through the whole interior. We took it into the dealer and drove in the car with both the salesman and the mechanic. Both acknowledged hearing the noise clearly. They kept the car to check it out and we got a return call stating they drove another sport and heard the same noise. They informed us it was just a normal noise for the car. Not trusting them, I plan on test driving another 2016 Sport as soon as I can at another dealership in order to confirm this. I will be shocked if this noise is actually present in the car I test drive as I cannot believe a noise this loud would not have been discovered in the testing of the design. Till I do this, I was wondering if anyone has encountered a similar noise in their 2016 Sport?