# Odd Noise

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/odd-noise/48234>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorer, ford\
**Created:** [May 2, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/odd-noise/48234 "2010-05-02T00:01:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ellenpaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@ellenpaz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ellenpaz)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/odd-noise/48234/1 "2010-05-02T00:01:57Z")

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I hear an odd vibrating noise in my front end from time to time. Mechanics can’t find anything mechanically wrong.

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/odd-noise/48234/2 "2010-05-02T01:05:02Z")

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The Explorer’s Exhaust System Is One Of Many Places To Check For A Vibration Noise.

Sometimes gently kicking a tailpipe from side to side to set the exhaust system jiggling can replicate a noise there. For safety reasons make sur the car has cooled thoroughly first. Heat shields around the exhaust components or materials inside a catalytic convereter can sometimes become loose and vibrate.

Does it make the noise parked ?  
Does it make the noise moving ?  
In “Park” ?  
In “Drive” ?  
While going slow ?  
While going fast ?  
While turning ?  
While going straight ?  
When first started ?  
When fully warmed up ?  
All of the above ?  
None of the above ?  
Other ?

CSA

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**Author:** ![ellenpaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@ellenpaz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ellenpaz)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/odd-noise/48234/3 "2010-05-02T22:40:52Z")

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Its a Standard Shift. It only makes the noise when moving, usually over 30 MPH (or 50K). Usually when going straight. It’s intermittent and brief. I was thinking perhaps it had something to do with a heat shield. It sounds like metal vibrating.