How To Remove Mustang Floor Console????

[FormerFordEmp]

I drove my wife's 2008 Mustang GT Convert. yesterday for the first time in a long time and noticed a bad "heavy rattle" coming from the area around the location of the radio. Of course she had never noticed or concerned herself with the noise. Although the car is a 2008, it only has 9,000 miles, but the bumper to bumper warranty has lapsed by about 45 days; therefore, I need to remove the console or the sidecovers of the console to find the rattle....... it sounds like a wiring harness plug that is not properly secured.

 

How difficult will it be to access the area? Do any of the trim pieces snap in place or are they secured by screws etc?

 

Any input /ideas would be appreciated. I imagine I could purchase a service manual and figure this out or possibly somewhere online the same information might be available.

Thanks In Advance

[randy_tho]

There is a tsb about center stack rattle related to the exhaust system mounts around the cat converters.

 

I drove my wife's 2008 Mustang GT Convert. yesterday for the first time in a long time and noticed a bad "heavy rattle" coming from the area around the location of the radio. Of course she had never noticed or concerned herself with the noise. Although the car is a 2008, it only has 9,000 miles, but the bumper to bumper warranty has lapsed by about 45 days; therefore, I need to remove the console or the sidecovers of the console to find the rattle....... it sounds like a wiring harness plug that is not properly secured.

 

How difficult will it be to access the area? Do any of the trim pieces snap in place or are they secured by screws etc?

 

Any input /ideas would be appreciated. I imagine I could purchase a service manual and figure this out or possibly somewhere online the same information might be available.

Thanks In Advance

[FormerFordEmp]

There is a tsb about center stack rattle related to the exhaust system mounts around the cat converters.

 

 

That would explain the annoying vibration sound that is exhaust related and has been present since day one. It is very evident when the car is idling or being driven very slowly. The heavy rattle coming from the vicinity of the radio is coming from the behind the console and is a separate issue.

 

I will check with the dealer today re. the tsb..

[randy_tho]

The tsb describes the rattle from the "center stack" which would sound like it comes from the radio. It is the hangers around the cats. They vibrate through the rubber insulator and bottom out to the metal bracket and that causes a buzz/rattle usually around 2000-3000 RPM. This is all by memory.

 

Edit: http://www.mustangforums.com/mustang-tsb/View-TSB/Year-2008/Model-Mustang/TSB-08-3-4/RATTLE-BUZZ-VIBRATION-TRANSMISSION-CROSS-MEMBER-EXHAUST-MOUNT-BUILT-BEFORE-12-3-2007.html

 

 

 

That would explain the annoying vibration sound that is exhaust related and has been present since day one. It is very evident when the car is idling or being driven very slowly. The heavy rattle coming from the vicinity of the radio is coming from the behind the console and is a separate issue.

 

I will check with the dealer today re. the tsb..

Edited October 15, 2010 by randy_tho

[FormerFordEmp]

A Note to closeout this thread. Thanks randy for the info re. the tsb for the exhaust rattle. In a short span of 15 minutes on a lift I was able to cure all the rattles I thought were coming from the console area.

 

The tsb suggested to remove the exhaust support brackets, but that would have left the exhaust system supported only by the connecting clamps. I elected to bend the welded supports to a more horizontal position to minimize the amount of downward pressure that was being exerted on the brackets mounted to the transmission crossmember.

The brackets on the transmission crossmember still had the ability to create a buzzing vibration that was solved by taking some scrap rubber tubing and wedging it into the bracket itself.

The last item was to take the shifter cable and using a heat resistant cable tie, pull it away from the transmission housing that it had laid against and rattled.

All rattles have no been removed and the car is a pleasure to drive again.

 

Thanks for the insights to the tsb..... which can be found in their entirity on another mustang message forum.

[randy_tho]

You are welcome. Glad you were able to get things sorted out.

 

A Note to closeout this thread. Thanks randy for the info re. the tsb for the exhaust rattle. In a short span of 15 minutes on a lift I was able to cure all the rattles I thought were coming from the console area.

 

The tsb suggested to remove the exhaust support brackets, but that would have left the exhaust system supported only by the connecting clamps. I elected to bend the welded supports to a more horizontal position to minimize the amount of downward pressure that was being exerted on the brackets mounted to the transmission crossmember.

The brackets on the transmission crossmember still had the ability to create a buzzing vibration that was solved by taking some scrap rubber tubing and wedging it into the bracket itself.

The last item was to take the shifter cable and using a heat resistant cable tie, pull it away from the transmission housing that it had laid against and rattled.

All rattles have no been removed and the car is a pleasure to drive again.

 

Thanks for the insights to the tsb..... which can be found in their entirity on another mustang message forum.