Squeak / Creak from Back Seat Area

[DangerRanger95]

Hi All,

2021 Ford Ranger Lariat w/ around 37k miles on it.

There is a squeak / creak that I cannot pinpoint the location of and it is driving me insane. It is a higher-pitched sound that happens when the truck rattles from the road. Especially bad going over bumps. It lines up perfectly with the normal road rattle of the truck / bumps / etc. so I am guessing something is rubbing together to cause it.

I had someone drive my truck so I could listen in the back seat and still could not exactly pinpoint it. It sounded like it might be coming from the bottom of one of the rear doors. I even popped the rear seat down and the bottom hatch up to see if it was coming from there while we were driving. Didn't seem to do the trick.

I've read that sometimes the seatbelt buckles can cause noise but I checked them and they seem pretty tightened down. No amount of pushing or shifting them could recreate the sound.

If it means anything, I also have ford-provided running boards and a factory hardcover tonneau. I have also tightened the jack under the seat down very tight.

Again, it only happens when driving from normal road surface rattle and gets worse on rough roads and bumps.

Please Help!!!!!!!!

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[YaBoiNewton]

Hi All,

2021 Ford Ranger Lariat w/ around 37k miles on it.

There is a squeak / creak that I cannot pinpoint the location of and it is driving me insane. It is a higher-pitched sound that happens when the truck rattles from the road. Especially bad going over bumps. It lines up perfectly with the normal road rattle of the truck / bumps / etc. so I am guessing something is rubbing together to cause it.

I had someone drive my truck so I could listen in the back seat and still could not exactly pinpoint it. It sounded like it might be coming from the bottom of one of the rear doors. I even popped the rear seat down and the bottom hatch up to see if it was coming from there while we were driving. Didn't seem to do the trick.

I've read that sometimes the seatbelt buckles can cause noise but I checked them and they seem pretty tightened down. No amount of pushing or shifting them could recreate the sound.

If it means anything, I also have ford-provided running boards and a factory hardcover tonneau. I have also tightened the jack under the seat down very tight.

Again, it only happens when driving from normal road surface rattle and gets worse on rough roads and bumps.

Please Help!!!!!!!!

I've been dealing with a similar frustration, maybe a little worse since I don't have back seats in the truck. I thought it was something inside the cab until the other day when I was riding in the bed. Had to unlock a few gates in a row so my wife hopped in the driver's seat and I hopped in the bed and rode across a field. I heard the same damn squeak much louder since I was outside the truck. Have not confirmed the source yet, but I'm thinking its the leaf springs.

 

[DangerRanger95]

I've been dealing with a similar frustration, maybe a little worse since I don't have back seats in the truck. I thought it was something inside the cab until the other day when I was riding in the bed. Had to unlock a few gates in a row so my wife hopped in the driver's seat and I hopped in the bed and rode across a field. I heard the same damn squeak much louder since I was outside the truck. Have not confirmed the source yet, but I'm thinking its the leaf springs.

Thanks for the feedback. I've narrowed it down to something in the cab / bed gap area. I cleaned it out and now the squeak seems to have diminished but not go away. It's noticeable especially when I get over 20 MPH. I'll update if I can find a fix.

 

[TurnStyles]

Do y'all have the sliding rear window? I didn't have a squeak on my old ranger, but I noticed a squeak when I take my new one on the dirt and I thought I had isolated it to the back sliding window, which I didn't have on my first ranger.

 

[DangerRanger95]

Do y'all have the sliding rear window? I didn't have a squeak on my old ranger, but I noticed a squeak when I take my new one on the dirt and I thought I had isolated it to the back sliding window, which I didn't have on my first ranger.

I have one but I have narrowed the area of the squeak down enough that it doesn't seem to be coming from the window.

 

[YaBoiNewton]

Do y'all have the sliding rear window? I didn't have a squeak on my old ranger, but I noticed a squeak when I take my new one on the dirt and I thought I had isolated it to the back sliding window, which I didn't have on my first ranger.

No sliding window here. This is definitely metal squeak outside of the truck.

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