Roof console rattle

[MaccaTSI]

Hi All,

To all the Mk6 owners, how well do you find the roof console (where interior lights and sunglasses holder are) is fitted??

Mine seems to rattle a bit and in searching for the rattle I've found there is a bit of movement there when I push on it. Is this the case for everyone?

[cktsi]

Hi Macca,

I don't have any rattle when my sunglasses are not in there. If I put my sunnies into the case in a particular way, then I get lots of rattles & chirps.

Originally I thought it was the passenger door making the rattles/chirps, but it's funny how the sound bounces around the cabin. I eventually played around with my sunnies & bingo the noise was gone. So the source was the sunglass holder.

If you have a pair of sunnies in there, try removing them to see if the problem goes away. I don't know what the "magic position" is where they make a noise, but just muck around till the problem goes.

Good luck

[JasonP]

Mine's the same as cktsi.
No rattles unless my sunglasses are in there.

[MaccaTSI]

Thanks guys, unfortunately I don't have any sunglasses in there.
I thought it was the holder at first not being closed properly so I checked it out and thats when I noticed it seems to be the console itself that's causing the rattle

[Grover]

Yep... mine has developed a terrible rattle which is nothing to do with the sun-glasses. I suspect that when the dealer installed the microphone for the blutooth kit, there has not been much care taken (as per usual).

I want to remove the console cover and tidy up what is in there. Does anyone have a WIKI or "How To" for the roof mounted console?

[Grover]

Fixed... took me about 5 minutes... exactly what I thought is was. Dealer workshop mechanics are the root of all evil.

[Jmr84]

Now now Grover not all dealership technicians are the devil. Some of us actually take pride in our work. glad you fixed your issue. I must say we haven't had this issue arise in our dealership so it's good to hear of other faults to learn from. Cheers.

[Tobes_WIR35]

Ok so my fix didn't completely get rid of the rattle but at least I know the source of the problem and I'll attempt a more permanent solution this weekend. The problem seems to be the Bluetooth microphone bring a little loose fitting into the clip-in housing.

[bamble]

My car is factory spec with no dealer fitted options... So I don't believe this 'problem' has anything to do with dealers anyway

[Tobes_WIR35]

I don't want to turn this into a discussion about dealer mechanics other than saying both VW Kedron and VW Newstead have been very satisfactory. Other new vehicles I have owned such as Nissans, Holdens, Ford, Mitsubishi, not so much (sometimes infuriating and lazy).
The part I don't like is that when you drop off and collect your car, you speak to a non-technical service advisor. Ideally I would like to speak to the mechanic who works on my car. That way we are both on the same page, and things don't get lost in translation.