Do you have rattles in the car?

[yyn]

Cool thanks Orient Express... I'll give it a go to see if it helps.

[MkVIGTI]

I seemed to have some slight rattles on 2 of my door trims. They are apparent when I play some base heavy music through the speakers. I suspect that they are from the dealer taking them off to put on my tint, and not securing them back on properly. Would it be reasonable for me to go back and expect them to fix it?

[ConR]

I would. Although I've given up on the whole rattle situation. I've used felt tape on every single thing that I could...fixed up one area at a time, and drove it...rear seat latches, glovebox, under the passenger seat...rattles still there, but only over rougher roads (Pittwater Road around Dee Why for all fellow Sydney Siders). I can't get rid of it.

Oddly, the rattles don't happen when someone is sitting in the passenger seat...at least they are not as bad...so seems as though it's something around the seat area, maybe even belt buckle area, as I've read this is a troublesome area, but I have tried buckling it across the seat...still rattles.

Apart from removing the passenger seat and dismantling the door (which I won't do), I'm giving up. VW and rattles are a fact of life.

[neil]

I was always under the impression one of the reasons the Mk6 was introduced early
was to rectify the rattle problem.

A few days back while having my Mk5 serviced two customers in front both their for
rattle fixes.

Im now having secound thoughts of trading mine in as its now coming to 3 years old
with not one rattle and have never had a warranty issue.

But I do want the new GTD.

[prise]

I would rate my 118 TSI as inferior to both Mazdas I've owned previously in terms of rattles and buzzing from the interior trim. There just isn't the same care taken in how they've designed and assembled the interior to eliminate noise sources. There are too many plastic components in light contact with each other that can produce noise over rough road surfaces. The attention to detail in other areas is impressive so it's annoying that they appear to have skimped in this area.

[ffforever]

I seemed to have some slight rattles on 2 of my door trims. They are apparent when I play some base heavy music through the speakers. I suspect that they are from the dealer taking them off to put on my tint, and not securing them back on properly. Would it be reasonable for me to go back and expect them to fix it?

I have a rattle coming from the driver's door and thought it was from when dealers did the blue tooth or tint. I have traced the rattle to the little red plastic "light" like thing in the lower part of the driver's door. It only occurs when I drive on rough roads at speed, taken back to the dealer who did "something" but of course didn't fix it, taking it back again soon. I wonder if you have the same problem.

[Brendan_A]

My car has rattled the day I drove it off the show room floor! Not very impressed! Head unit Surround squeaked, has been fixed. Trim insert on passenger side dash rattled, sort of been fixed and now they are saying the passenger air vent is the rattle which is on order. Car developed a noise coming from passenger side B pillar which occurs on speed bumps, going around corners, slightly rough roads. Getting look at next week. And last of all both front doors rattle when the stereo is turned up which make the system sound like crap! Not letting dealer touch my door since i have the Dyn speakers so I have it booked in at my local VW specialist and paying him to fix the rattles and put Dynamat in the doors. Should sound heaps better then! Other than the rattles the car is great!

[ConR]

My car has rattled the day I drove it off the show room floor! Not very impressed! Head unit Surround squeaked, has been fixed. Trim insert on passenger side dash rattled, sort of been fixed and now they are saying the passenger air vent is the rattle which is on order. Car developed a noise coming from passenger side B pillar which occurs on speed bumps, going around corners, slightly rough roads. Getting look at next week. And last of all both front doors rattle when the stereo is turned up which make the system sound like crap! Not letting dealer touch my door since i have the Dyn speakers so I have it booked in at my local VW specialist and paying him to fix the rattles and put Dynamat in the doors. Should sound heaps better then! Other than the rattles the car is great!

wow, I think we have identical cars in the squeak department!! you wanna trade?

[Brendan_A]

wow, I think we have identical cars in the squeak department!! you wanna trade?

I'm up for a trade since yours is a GTI! I'll even drive it down for you. So you have similar rattles? Has dealer managed to fix them? At least we can crank the Dyn's up, but I still have rattles then Can't win.

[ConR]

has fixed one, but I've only brought it in once...since then, I now have a:

1. Loose passenger air vent
2. Loose wiring harness under the passenger seat
3. Loose something somewhere
4. Quite possibly a few loose screws in my head now as well
5. B pillar trim on rear passenger door (already had the driver's side door fixed)
6. I now also have a drippy rear washer jet

I also have a very annoying bat roosting in a tree right outside my bedroom window, screeching all night long. Can VW help me with that?