Rattling in the boot of the stick shift
JK Enthusiast
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From: Western New York
It's been mentioned before in another thread that the transfer case shifter cable vibrates where it runs under the front console. If you lift up the center console enough you can see where it runs beneath and has very little clearance. If you cut a small hose you can slide it around the cable so it's between the cable and the metal frame. Seems to have worked for many people.
JK Super Freak
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From: United States
It's been mentioned before in another thread that the transfer case shifter cable vibrates where it runs under the front console. If you lift up the center console enough you can see where it runs beneath and has very little clearance. If you cut a small hose you can slide it around the cable so it's between the cable and the metal frame. Seems to have worked for many people.
My Jeep started it first and then our Rubi started doing it too. Super annoying. The 3.6 has a really nice sound to it under load, and it's impossible to enjoy it with the shifter/console sounding like it's going to rattle itself to pieces.
JK Enthusiast
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From: Brisbane, Australia
Just copied from my previous post on another thread but it might help sorted my noise out...I had a noise only whilst in fifth gear, and going over bumpy roads.... I lifted the first boot on the gear lever inside the jeep exposing a secondary rubber boot which had two fork like locater pins on the front and two locking clips on the back... Due to this secondary boot having come loose caused my noisy 5th gear rattle, I had to do this fix twice as it unclipped the first time round
JK Newbie
Joined: Nov 2013
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From: Foothill Ranch, CA
I have the same transfer case lever rattle issue on my '14 JK Rubicon. I was really bugging me; it sounded like it was coming from the center console. I started tapping on things to see if I could hear it and when I tap on the transfer case lever it makes the identical noise. While driving when I hear it and grab ahold of the lever it will often stop. I know it's a Jeep and not a Cadillac but it is pretty irritating. Next oil change at the dealer I'll have them look at it. I may check on the cable sooner if I get a chance.
JK Newbie
Joined: Dec 2016
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From: San antonio
Help
Did you ever find a solution to this problem, I'm having the exact same issue.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Oct 2011
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From: Seale, AL
In my 2007, its the evap canister, sounds like a tin can with rocks in it, noise will travel up the drivetrain tunnel, making it sound like its something shifter related. I found it by having someone in the cab while I banged around underneath. There is something the evap canister that rattles, when I removed it, noise went away, gonna get a new one and replace it. Wish I could just remove the canister from the equation and bypass it, don't have to worry about smog testing in Alabama.