GEN6
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- Joined
- May 24, 2020
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- City, State
- Cleveland
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2020 Explorer XLT
I chased that sound for a day or two.
My issue may not be yours but...
My engine bonnet doesn't have an insulating blanket, and as a result the windshield washer lines would rattle at speed as they were just hanging loose. I secured them to the underside of the hood with black hockey tape. No more noise at speed.
It ain't pretty, and people laugh at my new Ford Explorer when I open the hood.
Luckily the shame is all Ford's, and not mine.
I am going to try this potential fix using Gorilla tape to press the loose washer fluid tubing against the hood surface.
I popped my hood and see the plastic washer fluid tubing clipped to the hood using plastic clips. I can just flick the loose tubing with my fingers and the sound it makes could very well be the hamster wheel sound I'm hearing from "behind my instrument cluster".
The plastic clips that hold the tubing to the hood fit in their hood holes very loosely and could create a rattle of their own, along with a rattling of the plastic tubing itself vibrating off the hood itself at higher speeds.
Thanks for the tip. I'll report back after I tape the tubing to the hood and take it on my next ride down the interstate.
My rattling occurs often and can most often be heard at constant interstate/thruway speed, with radio off.
I thought this was going to be my fix but it did not work out. I do have my Gorilla tape holding the washer fluid tubes to the hood now though, as shown below in last photo. LOL