2013 rattle in the front

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xmountaineer
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2013 Nissan Rogue

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I simply cannot find this rattle in the front. It sounds like a heat shield. I’ve put band clamps on all the places it appears that the welds look to be broken. It only rattles at around 1500 rpm. Is it possible for the exhaust flex pipe to rattle? I can never get my wife free when I have time to crawl under there so she can feather the accelerator but I did get it to do it at idle one time for a couple seconds and it really sounded like it was coming from the flex pipe area (extreme front of engine). Any other known suspects other than the one for the TSB…..I’ve clamped that one and it wasn’t it (but the weld was broke still anyway there). I was hoping the transmission shop would have found and fixed when they were in there. No such luck. It’s been rattling for at least the last 3 years.


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VStar650CL
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2004 Nissan Altima 2.5 S

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The shield behind the converter has been known to bust loose and rattle, in addition to the shields on the flexy. The flex pipe will generally only rattle if it's busted underneath the steel weave, and you'd also have an exhaust leak if that was the case. Maybe you have a stray piece of cat loose inside the pipe? Or maybe a flex pipe shield with all the welds at one end broken, letting the whole shield vibrate against the body of the pipe?


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