Strange "Ringing" coming from my passenger floorboard!

phxdrumpro · 01-14-2009, 09:43 PM

My TJ has developed a new and even more annoying sound than its other 5 squeeks, rattles, and creaks.
It sounds like a thin piece of tin or other flimsy metal vibrating or "ringing" at various times such as at a certain RPM (vib from the engine) or when I hit a bump just right.
It is coming form the passenger floorboard area or possibly lower dash.
I suspected it was the speaker but I made sure those screws were tight.
I suspected it was the jack parts next to the seat, but thats not it.
...and no, its not stuff in my glove box rattling around!

01TJMudder · 01-14-2009, 09:50 PM

check your exhaust pipe...may be coming loose. Also check y\to make sure your passenger seat bolts didn't come loose somehow.

phxdrumpro · 01-14-2009, 10:04 PM

Hmmm didnt think about the exhaust. I just had a glasspack installed and figured if there was a problem, the guy would have pointed it out to make an extra buck.
It sounds like it is inside the cab and I think anything under the floor would be muffled a little...this is a very distinct inside sound.

schu · 01-14-2009, 10:35 PM

turn the radio up thats what I do lol. I have the same thing kind of sounds its in the dash or something, like a pin swinging or something. Just another one of the many sounds of jeep.

DannyDuvall · 01-15-2009, 01:12 AM

Check all bolts/screws that have washers on them.

My freightliner had a bolt in sleeper area that backed off just enough for the washer to move and it sounded like one of those bells people put on a cat.

That will drive you crazy listening to that for 10 hours at a time.

fireTJ · 01-22-2009, 11:10 AM

i have the same sound in mine. i was hopin i could find out what it was on here. guess no luck

Red_ · 01-22-2009, 11:16 AM

Check the heat shield under the floor board, it might have come loose

alexherb · 01-22-2009, 12:03 PM

I get a squeek from the bar that braces the windshield up top. held on with two T30 Torxs. For a long time i thought it was from behind the dash.

phxdrumpro · 01-22-2009, 07:05 PM

I figured it out. It was one of the springs under the seat. At some point it starts vibrating and "ringing".
I just took it off. I hope it wasn't important. There is one opposite of it across the seat, so I hope that is enough. If not, I will wrap it in electrical tape!