I TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY POWER SLIDER WITH A RATTLE. HAD TRUCK AT DEALER FOR ONE WEEK. THEY SAID THE REAR WINDOW BOLTS WERE LOSE AND THE WINDOW WAS MOVING IN THE BODY. THEY REPLACED THE SEAL WITH A NEW ONE. HAD THE TRUCK BACK FOR ONE WEEK NO NOSE. THEN PROBLEM CAME BACK WENT BACK TO DEARLER WERE WE WENT FOR A RIDE NO NOSE. COME TO FIND OUT WHEN THE WINDOW GETS WET THERES NO NOSE BUT ON A DRY DAY IT RETURNS.THE PROBLEM IS THE SEAL RUBBING AGAINTS THE BODY.DEALER HAD FAX FROM FORD ABOUT CONCERN ON 2001 TO 2004 F-150 FORDS FOR REAR WINDOW. NO FIX YET!

 

Does anybody know where exactly the motor for this slider is located?

 

the rear slider motor is located right behind the back seat

 

Behind the backseat connected using a flexible 'spinning' shaft that opens and closes it similar to a 'corkscrew'.

RP

 

the rear slider motor is located right behind the back seat

 

I wonder if something associated with this motor and drive assy is doing all the rattling. I've climed in the back while my gf drove around town, looking like a crazy pressing against the rear glass trying to isolate that rattle. I can't really modify the rattle by exercising the glass.

I want to remove that rear seat and look back there.

I took it in to the dealer for this, but all they did was replace the rear glass unit which had no effect whatever on the rattle.

I'm thinking my rattle is coming from behind the seat.

 

The motor for the rear glass could be bouncing off the back of the cab.

 

I had the same problem with my FX4 Screw I was able to fix it by taking a rag covered in leather conditioner and passing it between the window seal and the body of the truck. Its been three months and the squeak has not returned.

 

That rattle has been driving me nuts...I thought it was my ARE cover, but the explainations here make more sense... Thanks for the tips

 

Good tip Mr. Wizard.

My dealer put some type of lubricant between the body and the rubber seal and I haven't had any probelms since.

 

more gadgetry=more room for problems.

 

Ford just released a TSB addressing your concern TSB 04-2-6

 

arcticcold where do you find the tsbs? I would like to know so I can print them out since the dealer wont do anything with out seeing a tsb first and the next closest dealer is around 100 miles round trip.

 

I work at a ford dealer as a technician. They are distributed to us through our shop foreman. The tsb I referred to installs a piece of extra trim to the frame. I'm not real sure if there is a place online where you could print the tsb. I would recommend calling your dealer and ask them to look up that tsb. If the service dept wont maybe your sales person can help.