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Been to the dealer numerous times and they always say they can’t replicate it. Anyways, does anyone know how to take this price of trim off? See pic and vid. This rattle is driving me absolutely crazy.

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YouTube would be a good source for info on door panel removal.
 

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I haven’t found a video that shows removing that piece.
I just typed in '2021 F150 door panel removal' on YouTube and saw a video on removing the entire panel. It might be possible that the panel you have outlined will not be removable as a single unit without removing the entire panel. Good luck tracking this problem. I absolutely hate squeaks and rattles.
 
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I just typed in '2021 F150 door panel removal' on YouTube and saw a video on removing the entire panel. It might be possible that the panel you have outlined will not be removable as a single unit without removing the entire panel. Good luck tracking this problem. I absolutely hate squeaks and rattles.
Yeah there’s a lot for the entire panel but I don’t wanna break any clips or anything on this particular part.
 

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I see you joined yesterday. Welcome to the site. There are a lot of members that might have a better solution than mine, all you have to do is wait for responses.
 

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Tried to find the diagram on the ford parts website, and can't seem to find that trim/accent piece....The door panel itself seems to not have any mounting holes for that trim piece at all, so it is likely just glued on there....or this image is missing any indicators of how it is mounted.

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Been to the dealer numerous times and they always say they can’t replicate it. Anyways, does anyone know how to take this price of trim off? See pic and vid. This rattle is driving me absolutely
might try
Removing the front corner piece behind the mirror and tighten the mirror mounting nuts.

more than one person here had a loose mirror and snugging up the nuts eliminated the rattle
 

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Been to the dealer numerous times and they always say they can’t replicate it. Anyways, does anyone know how to take this price of trim off? See pic and vid. This rattle is driving me absolutely crazy.

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Hi Sage. Can you send us a DM with your VIN and dealership info? I can look into this for you.
 

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i'm almost 100% certain the door cards are complete pieces. as in it has very few pieces that actually come off.

essentially if you ordered a XL, its a whole door card assembly. Lariat? already assembled with the Lariat specific trim pieces.
I wanted to swap over trim pieces from a higher trim and noticed almost every single door card listed on your various sites has pics of these ID tags on each door card that has each specifics on that panel. color, model, trim piece, ambient lighting...so to me, it seems like its one complete item.

so after all that, i dont know if it is glued as mentioned above, or its snapped on but looking at parts diagrams it doesnt seem as if its a documented part with number and is a replaceable piece.
 

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Same problem 2024 platinum. Any solutions. Knee just naturally goes there and makes noise. This is my 4th f150 platinum. Great trucks never had an issue like this. 2015 2019 2020 and now 2024
 
 







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