Front door panel / window creaking / rattling (Updated w/ Fix)

[KDK]

Can I ask if anyone has a rattle at the back center window when turning the volume up a bit? If I open it, it goes away...
It's annoying

Literally two posts down from me is the thread. Sorry!

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[Ziggy73]

I know. I’m OCD as F about rattles. Lol

Glad I'm not the only one, my family makes me feel like I am crazy. My wife will leave stuff in the side door pockets that will slide forward and backwards every time I take off and break and I want to jump out the driver's door when I hear it, or contort myself to reach over there and grab it while I'm driving down the road.

 

[Lricaud81]

Happy I found this thread. I've been hearing this squeak rub rattle annoying af sound coming from my passenger side dash area. Saw this thread and shortly after got in my truck to go to town and it started again. Got my wife to push against the triangular cover on passenger door and what do ya know its gone. So now ordering that fabric type tape shown earlier in this post to put on there ... ready for a squeak free rife in my new truck.

 

[unixadm]

There never was a TSB on this issue. Does anyone know if they updated the design for post-21 trucks? I was the OP of this thread and the noise never returned after my fix. The truck is only 7 days from being three years old. I'm still shock it has been that long already. It seems like almost yesterday I was performing this fix....

 

[GypsyDanger]

Just want to say I Tried this today, couldn't find my felt tape but figured id take a look. MY cover came off....violently but fully intact. All i did was tighten up the 7mm about 1/2-3/4 turn and it made a HUUGGEE difference! I ordered tape in case I find more but I'm pretty happy with it as it is. Thanks a ton for the info!

 

[theonly_ern]

I tried this and it didnt fix mine.. mine seems to be coming more around my left elbow area door panel. When I hear the rattle i apply pressure to that area and it seems to go away, this is driving me crazy!

This is where my rattle is too. Not sure if this is the fix for mine but I may try it. Did you ever find a solution for yours?

 

[VTR_16]

I have this same noise on my 24 RCSB. Started once the temps warmed up outside. 2200 miles

 

[Baz]

I have this same noise on my 24 RCSB. Started once the temps warmed up outside. 2200 miles

I tried to explain this to the service manager at my dealer.
There is a rattle elbow area or where inside handle of passenger door. But you need to check for rattle/noise in the afternoon when it is warm out because it won't do it when it cool. The look I got from the service manager was special.... and I simply said ya it is weird and I am serious that is when it happens!!!

 

[VTR_16]

Mine comes and goes. It’s almost like if I turn the truck it’ll flex or something and stop the noise. Not long after it starts back. From what I can tell, mine is around the dash/a pillar area.

 

[bigblue815]

I believe I have this rattle too, does anyone have a link to some tape that worked?

 

[unixadm]

https://a.co/d/35PAUFA

 

[unixadm]

As an update, I just traded this truck in for a 24 Ranger Raptor. After this fix, the rattles never returned over the years I owned the truck.

 

[the_swd]

Any pro tips for popping the triangle panel off without damaging anything?

 

[tossty]

As I put more miles on my truck (about 525 miles now), the door rattles started to get worse. I think it's less about miles and more about warmer weather in California. While driving I applied pressure to various parts of the door panel assembly and isolated the noise to the front triangular panel. It was hard for me to test the passenger side, but it sounded similar to what I was hearing from the drivers side.

I went ahead and removed both panels (they just pull off, start at the top. The bottom clips can be a little finicky but it just requires a little tweaking of your technique. Once removed I did three things:

1. Behind the triangular panel is a 7mm screw which holds the top of the door panel to the door itself. On both sides of my truck, that screw wasn't really snug. I noticed when applying pressure to that area, I could get a rattle/squeaking noise to occur. Don't go crazy, but tighten it a bit if it's loose. After doing that, I couldn't reproduce the noise.
2. I used some thin felt tape to isolate the triangular trim piece from the door panel and door frame. This stuff is cheap and available from Amazon. I always keep some on hand for covering wires or sorting out rattles. I applied small pieces around each panel and also into the holes where the lower clips engage.
3. Tightened both 10mm mirror nuts. One was barely snug on the driver's side.

After reassembly and a test drive, no more noises were coming from either door panel. YMMV for obvious reasons, but on my truck that's where the rattling was coming from.

Thank you so much for this post I was able to fix this rattling that was driving me crazy.

 

[unixadm]

So I was the OP way back in the day and it turns out I just bought another 21 F150 Job 1 truck, but this time an XLT SuperCab. Sure enough, it had the dang door rattles that my old 21 F150 Platinum had. So I was back at it adding felt tape to the trim pieces which resolved the noise issue.

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