MK6 GTI - Rattle upon acceleration - Resolved via TPI: 2021062/7

[Corey_R]

Well... the part which is rattling, is the actuator rod, which is in front of the driver, between the engine and the firewall. So again, if you're hearing a rattle come from the back, chances are you're hearing something else.

There are people who consider the downpipe to be "amplifying" the rattle - but even the downpipe is to the front left (and below) of the driver...

[furiousgibbon]

ok, went up a hill today in D with the stereo off and the windows down, stayed within the 2500-3000 range for more than a few seconds and it's definitely the wastegate actuator rattle. I'd expect to hear this sort of noise from an old Excel with a valvetrain that's kept in time with zipties and blutac.

I can now understand why people are so pissed off. Unfortunately I don't think it will be fixed, the cost would be too high and the effect of not fixing it is probably next to nothing in terms of lost sales/disgruntled customers. That is shortsighted and pretty poor. Ford lost me by denying a single $500 warranty claim, and I'll probably never go back.

The rattle and the popstick sun visors are really the only negatives I can pick from this car, otherwise it's pretty awesome.

[vdubber1212]

Is the rattle really that bad that would put you off buying it if you knew about it? Is it also reported on majority of MY11 or MY11.5? I haven't test driven one yet but I'd want to get the MY11.5 if I could.

[Corey_R]

If you buy a new car today, which isn't floor stock, then it will be a MY11.5 ...

[Guy_H]

Some of my thoughts:

• My GTI has 15000km and still rattles, and it (the rattle) still bugs me.
• Some owners out there also are annoyed by the rattle, some don't have the rattle and some just turn the stereo up to mask the noise.
• The after market tuning wizards, despite their ability to increase the performance of the car, aren't able to solve a "simple" rattle.
• Don't you think it's strange that no motoring writer has commented on the rattle... Not one.
• Did you know that British motoring writer Chris Harris, formerly of Autocar magazine recently slammed Ferrari (on Jalopnik.com) for specially preparing their cars for motoring writers to ensure they are faster than the ones sold to the public.
• Surely VW wouldn't do such a thing?

If someone wants to pay us to come up with a solution - I would do it! I'm pretty sure Volkswagen wont pay us.

[Corey_R]

Well Guy_H, you've actually had a solution since not long after the Golf GTI came out. Then in February you guys came up with another new solution which is this time less than half the cost!

So now you just need a bunch of these guys to start paying for your time to develop an even lower cost solution which just fixes the problem and doesn't turn the car into a high-performance weapon! hehe

[Prodigy]

I haven't paid too much attention to this thread as it hasn't really effected me with having the R but have noticed a rattling noise at low revs when accelerating in our Tiguan, any chance it could be the same issues as with the GTI? Do they use the same parts?

[Corey_R]

Yep. Same issue Prodigy

[vdubber1212]

I test drove a MY11 GTI the other day and I was told I was the first person to test drive it. It had under 50km on the clock. I didn't notice any rattles coming from the front but there were some rattles coming from the back underneath - might be the exhaust vibrating. I think it was mentioned somewhere here. Is it common and has it been esaily fixed? It was noticeable when I slowed down and started accelerating at around 2000-2500rpm. Also, the car didn't have rego on it and I was told it just came in the day before so had to hang a temporary number plate for a test drive. I was told it's not a demo but I was wondering if test drives are allowed with a temporary number plate like that shouldn't it have to be a demo? or maybe it was in that process and I happened to test drive it?

[SuperHans]

I test drove a MY11 GTI the other day and I was told I was the first person to test drive it. It had under 50km on the clock. I didn't notice any rattles coming from the front but there were some rattles coming from the back underneath - might be the exhaust vibrating. I think it was mentioned somewhere here. Is it common and has it been esaily fixed? It was noticeable when I slowed down and started accelerating at around 2000-2500rpm. Also, the car didn't have rego on it and I was told it just came in the day before so had to hang a temporary number plate for a test drive. I was told it's not a demo but I was wondering if test drives are allowed with a temporary number plate like that shouldn't it have to be a demo? or maybe it was in that process and I happened to test drive it?

my brand new 2011 gti has this too - rattle from the back when accelarating, around 2000-3000 rpm, to me it sounds like its coming from the back middle - i thought it was the exhauts too

not really bothered by it though, I'm either driving economically or gunning it, so rarely between 2-3K rpms