Ford Squeak and Rattle Prevention Engineer Jeff Fessenden is based at the recently renovated Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan. Jeff has been with Ford for 10 years, and he is aiming for high quality and customer satisfaction with the all-new Focus. Jeff spends much of his time in the assembly plant with a 4-post tester as well as on the plant floor helping address issues. He also helps evaluate vehicles on the test track located at the plant.
Jeff is partnered with Gurjeet Bains, who is also a Squeak and Rattle Prevention Engineer, from the Ford product development launch team. Gurjeet had been with Ford for 9 years, and he is responsible for full vehicle squeak and rattle testing. He identifies issues and proposes engineering solutions to produce squeak and rattle free vehicles.
Together, these engineers take pre-production Focus models over varied road surfaces, replicated on a four-post platform – housed in a semi trailer rig – that simulates actual vehicle driving behavior in hot and cold temperature extremes, making sure that squeak and rattle error states are eliminated.
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