Linux3
Member
- Joined
- June 18, 2016
- Messages
- 36
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- Western NY
- City, State
- NY
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2016 Explorer Sport
My 2016 Sport w/o power tailgate.
I had a sound like a seatbelt buckle rattling in the back.
I removed all the "stuff" I had loaded and it was still there. Opened and closed the 3rd row seats, still there.
I checked all the seat belts and buckles, no joy.
I was ready to return to the dealer but how often do we hear that they can't reproduce the rattle?
Spare tire tools? They all looked snug but I beat on the spare and heard the sound. Oh joy, I can reproduce it for the dealer.
Pull the spare and the jack yada yada, everything looked tight.
Put it all back and hit the tire, rattle! sigh.
I will not hold you in suspense. I found the problem. The inner plastic panel on the tailgate had come loose on one end and would vibrate. Pound it back in and all is well and quiet.
I do think the sensor that checks to see if the tailgate is closed needs adjustment because just closing it will often not satisfy the sensor. I have to slam it and I think maybe that's why the panel popped out.
Off to the dealer anyway but now I can wait till the first oil change.
I had a sound like a seatbelt buckle rattling in the back.
I removed all the "stuff" I had loaded and it was still there. Opened and closed the 3rd row seats, still there.
I checked all the seat belts and buckles, no joy.
I was ready to return to the dealer but how often do we hear that they can't reproduce the rattle?
Spare tire tools? They all looked snug but I beat on the spare and heard the sound. Oh joy, I can reproduce it for the dealer.
Pull the spare and the jack yada yada, everything looked tight.
Put it all back and hit the tire, rattle! sigh.
I will not hold you in suspense. I found the problem. The inner plastic panel on the tailgate had come loose on one end and would vibrate. Pound it back in and all is well and quiet.
I do think the sensor that checks to see if the tailgate is closed needs adjustment because just closing it will often not satisfy the sensor. I have to slam it and I think maybe that's why the panel popped out.
Off to the dealer anyway but now I can wait till the first oil change.