Passat Alltrack Dash Rattle

[Rufush]

This rattle seems to be endemic. I can reduce the rattle but pushing the metal trim back in until I hear an audible click. The trim seems work loose.
2013 Alltrack

[Eaglehawk]

I had the same. Alltrack MY13 (130kW). Dealer service fixed it "most" of the time now.

[Guest001]

I finally fixed mine by taking off the dash surround and putting some foam tape in behind it near each of the clips pushed it back together firmly and it seems to have stopped . I used a plastic body tool ( Ebay ) $12 a set to lever it off GENTLY

[martinp]

I have also had the strip around the instrument cluster rattle. It levered it off gently (easy to do slowly one bit at a time), but need to put some cloth/felt over the clips as one is still rattling.
I did have a very noisy dash rattle somewhere near the middle of the dash. I stuffed three car sponges in there it try to dampen/ or hold whatever was rattling. All to no avail, it was driving me nuts and considered selling the darn thing.
Then one very windy day I had both front doors open, a strong cross wind gusted up and blew an old parking ticket up from the nether regions which I removed.
That annoying crackling rattle has now disappeared.
I hope that helps someone one day.
Now happy again and don't need the radio cranked to eleven....

[Paul_R]

All that effort! Glad it's fixed. Be careful the VW advertising boys don't steal your idea. Remember the old oiling the wife's earring ad?