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Front End Vibration (Metal on Metal)

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Old Sep 20, 2021 | 08:48 PM
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Hello, I have a 2017 Ram 1500. Over the last few months I’ve noticed a vibration noise getting progressively worse at low speeds. It’s happening when cruising and not going over bumps. If I cruise between 13-15mph I will hear it. If I’m slowly breaking I’ll hear it from 25mph to 11mph. It doesn’t happen when switching gears. Here are the things I’ve checked: heat shields, exhaust, engine, motor mounts, exhaust manifold, suspension (upper and lower control arm, strut mount, sway bars and links and ball joints).

Here is a video to help you hear the noise. It occurs at 4-6 seconds in and continues Please ignore the squeaky breaks.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JtHGtB68B40



 

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Old Jul 26, 2023 | 11:48 AM
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What did this turn out to be? I have the same noise.

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Hello, I have a 2017 Ram 1500. Over the last few months I’ve noticed a vibration noise getting progressively worse at low speeds. It’s happening when cruising and not going over bumps. If I cruise between 13-15mph I will hear it. If I’m slowly breaking I’ll hear it from 25mph to 11mph. It doesn’t happen when switching gears. Here are the things I’ve checked: heat shields, exhaust, engine, motor mounts, exhaust manifold, suspension (upper and lower control arm, strut mount, sway bars and links and ball joints).

Here is a video to help you hear the noise. It occurs at 4-6 seconds in and continues Please ignore the squeaky breaks.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JtHGtB68B40
 
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Old Jul 26, 2023 | 01:39 PM
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The noise I heard in the video posted by the original poster sounds like a heat shield of some sort rattling. My guess would be either a catalytic converter heat shield or maybe a heat shield mounted to an exhaust manifold or possibly mounted to the body near the exhaust.

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