Thin Sound When Shutting Front Doors

[grizzly]

People will complain about anything won't they.....

Sponsored

 

[Dinglehead]

I have a '21 Lariat. Same issue.

Put some Dynamat in there and now it sounds like a Mercedes when I close the door.

 

[jredecop]

My brother just got his Tremor Lariat this evening. Shutting the front passenger door sounds extremely “tinny“. I compared with my Tremor and mine are not as bad. My driver side doors have a very solid thud. My passenger doors have a bit of that ”tinny” sound. I can live with mine but his is extremely noticeable and the salesman agreed. He will have them check it out next week. I‘ll post any updates.

Thanks!

 

[wetidlerjr]

My Ranger door closing has a more solid sound when under my carport (which has partial walls) than when it is out in the open in the driveway. Either way, this is not a problem that matters much to me.

 

[Fitzmotor]

My 21 sounds the same, I will eventually get used to it or add sound deadner.

 

[TremorOwner]

I'll be making a video about how to add the Dynamat (although I tend to use Hushmat or Stinger Roadkill). I have a 2021 Tremor and it's as hollow as my mom's Hyundai Santa Fe. Sad, really. It makes potential buyers walk away when they hear a tin can door close... Ford should know this.

 

[Trigganometry]

I own a 2020 SCAB so the doors are 5” longer in length. You would think mine would be worse right? Not the case at all. They’re solid sounding and no “tinny” sound. Road noise is still higher than I would prefer so will be sound deadening doors and most of the interior so it’s more in line with what I prefer.

 

[HenryMac]

I own a 2020 SCAB so the doors are 5” longer in length. You would think mine would be worse right? Not the case at all. They’re solid sounding and no “tinny” sound.

Our 2019 is the same. "Like a Rock".....

 

[JeffWoodall]

I noticed this, I just purchased a 2021 last month, but honestly, it's not an issue. The aluminum panels on my 2016 F150 were paper thin and would flex with any pressure. At least these doors are steel. I believe this is called making a mountain out of a mole hill. But, like I said, at first, I did say out loud..."what the hell".

 

[Brendap40]

I just picked up a 2020 Lariat Quad Cab, and the front two doors sound like I'm hitting an empty oil drum when shutting them. It's a terrible sound and I'm really surprised at how crappy and cheap it makes the pickup seem. I paid $42k for this thing, and it sounds like a freaking Yugo.

I know I can add sound deadening such as https://tinyurl.com/yhelscny, but it seems f'n ridiculous that I would have to pay to do this and spend the time to rip the door apart. Feels like this is something that Ford missed on assembly as the rear doors don't sound like this.

Any thoughts on what I should do? Take it back to the dealer? Or will they just tell me to kick rocks?

Jay

PS - I know that the sound of the doors is typically tuned and has no benefit other than making you feel like you have something of quality.

Mine do the same thing

 

[ChiptheRescueRanger]

I own a Tremor and my front doors are the lightest and the rear doors hardly close and feel so much heavier. My girlfriend never get the rear properly closed and bash the front like the truck is going to fall apart ?

 

[Trigganometry]

I noticed this past weekend when cleaning all my glass that when I close a door and the other is opened or window is cracked open the door closing has a real light tinny sound. Now close that same door with the cab buttoned up and it thuds with a solid sound. Mind you I’m in a SCAB so my front doors are 5” longer than crew cabs.

What it is! But… I’ll be sound proofing mine when the speaker upgrades happen. 2 birds baby!

 

[ND13]

I’m on my 2nd 5th generation Ranger. My 2019 Lariat doors were very solid sounding when shut. My new 2021 XLT has one door that sounds “hollow” when closed on occasion, the passenger front door. I sell Fords and will have a tech check it out at some point. I have a feeling that during assembly, the inner plastic sheeting that goes between the interior door panel and the window housing may have fallen down or was omitted accidentally.

 

[Alpinist]

My 19' sounds solid. I had a Tacoma as a rental car last week, and man that thing sounds like an old Fiat when you close the door....

 

[ScrappyLaptop]

I noticed this past weekend when cleaning all my glass that when I close a door and the other is opened or window is cracked open the door closing has a real light tinny sound. Now close that same door with the cab buttoned up and it thuds with a solid sound. Mind you I’m in a SCAB so my front doors are 5” longer than crew cabs.

What it is! But… I’ll be sound proofing mine when the speaker upgrades happen. 2 birds baby!

That's along the lines of my initial reaction to this thread. When I was younger I really got into the physics of speaker building. In an enclosed speaker, the air trapped inside acts to stiffen the suspension of the speaker cone when it gets compressed. This can be tuned by changing volume, adding insulation or batting, and using ports. A truck cab is much like a speaker enclosure, with door being the speaker cone in that last inch of closing. Compare the sound between one door open and two; that's like an enclosed speaker and a free-air one. Which, if you follow that path, might mean something else is different about the "problem" trucks, like weather seals, missing firewall plugs or even the inner ventilation duct doors being in an unexpected position when the truck is parked.

Sponsored