This car is a rattle box.
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From: Colorado
My car has 3K miles, so I haven't been to the dealership yet.
The rattles are more pronounced when the car is cold and all subside except the one in the driver's right front corner area. I added paper between the aluminum trim and dash parts, and the rattling/ticking sound went away, but only for a short time. The noises returned with the paper in place. It seems like a fitment issue to me. My husband thinks the noises that I hear are coming from a speaker??
The rattles are more pronounced when the car is cold and all subside except the one in the driver's right front corner area. I added paper between the aluminum trim and dash parts, and the rattling/ticking sound went away, but only for a short time. The noises returned with the paper in place. It seems like a fitment issue to me. My husband thinks the noises that I hear are coming from a speaker??
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FYI my 2 month old '15 F-sport with 3k miles is starting to start making rattling noises.
the car is pretty quiet on smooth roads but if you go through the bumpy and poor roads of the 101/405 you definitely hear rattles from what seems to be the front passenger door area..the same problem spot of my '13 F-Sport.
my friend also got a '15 f-sport last week and driving back from the dealer definitely heard rattles in poor road conditions.
maybe it has to do with the stiffer suspension of the f-sport when you drive over those bad roads?i know some of you say here you cars are rattle free..but that's like 5/5 f-sports i've been in that all have the same rattles.
the car is pretty quiet on smooth roads but if you go through the bumpy and poor roads of the 101/405 you definitely hear rattles from what seems to be the front passenger door area..the same problem spot of my '13 F-Sport.
my friend also got a '15 f-sport last week and driving back from the dealer definitely heard rattles in poor road conditions.
maybe it has to do with the stiffer suspension of the f-sport when you drive over those bad roads?i know some of you say here you cars are rattle free..but that's like 5/5 f-sports i've been in that all have the same rattles.
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The rattle is no longer when cold at first. It seems to do it whenever on whatever surface.
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and yeah I can't stand the dirt road but the land was given to me so I don't mind sacrificing a little 
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Yeah. And my car actually doesn't look too dirty. It doesn't look good/clean by any means but during the summer when it's dusty my cars usually look a lot worse. That and the last rain washed off a lot of the mud.
I had exact same problem on my 3GS before.