MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Russ_leeds on September 07, 2010, 11:09:05 pm
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as per title above really.
Got a couple that are doin my head in :signLOL:
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as per title above really.
Got a couple that are doin my head in :signLOL:
I cannot see why not?
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Yep. Covered and the VW dealership I went to even had a "Noise suppressant" specialist. :laugh:
Seriously, they did, he even came out in the car wearing protective rubber gloves, so that he could prod bits of the dashboard without putting fingermarks on it.
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Absolutely. I took mine in last week to have a couple of "head being done in" squeaks and rattles checked out. Car's going in on Friday for a new driver's seat base and a seatbelt assembly on Friday - all under Warranty. :happy2:
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I'm a pro at fixing these sorts of things! lol noises certainly do get on my nerves, and when i work for Rolls Royce motor cars... i have to sort every last noise!
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Would vw look into rattles on my car even if its just out of its warranty?
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Would vw look into rattles on my car even if its just out of its warranty?
That depends on a few things like....
Did you buy the car from the dealer recently
How far is "just" out of warranty
Have you raised the issue with the dealer before it was out of warranty
They may still charge you, but you hopefully should get a concession of some sort.
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The centre airvent is absolutely is driving me up the wall. I've had it to pieces half a dozen times, bought new bits, got more 3m double sided tape than enough on all of it. 2 weeks later, it comes back again :fighting: :fighting: :fighting:
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If anyone has any experience of sorting out a rattle behind the glovebox I would be forever in your debt. I've had the fatherless son out a couple of times now and can't find anything obviously amiss. Its not the climate 'tick' or the centre airvent. This is a heavyish sound that happens when driving over rough ground (all of the roads round here) and almost sounds like someting bouncing up and down and hitting something else.
For long enough I thought it was CD boxes bouncing about in the glovebox until I discovered there weren't any in there :stupid:
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Ub7rm, i have exactly the same noise. I thought things were rattling in the glove box, but i have noticed it still does it when im not moving. Let me know if you find a solution.
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yes same here my car is a 06 3door and full of rattles it just as bad with the radio on!
thinking of changing the car after the winter just had enough of vw!!!!!!!!!!! :sick:
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My car has a few annoying rattles but the worst is coming from the ski hatch/rear arm rest. I have taken it out of the car and rattle goes so I know it is this part. Has anyone else experienced a problem with this part? Any cure?
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I am sure that someone posted a fix for a dashboard rattle (possibly around the centre air vent)…..
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Crikey, guys! It's not an Audi.. Of course there'll be a minor few rattles 'n squeaks!
Unless particularly excessive I'm really surprised to hear that a VW dealer would be bothered.
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Crikey, guys! It's not an Audi.. Of course there'll be a minor few rattles 'n squeaks!
Unless particularly excessive I'm really surprised to hear that a VW dealer would be bothered.
No but its supposed to be an improvement over the mk4 golf. Which had a much better put together interior.... its not too much to ask to be able to drive about without screws falling out behind the dashboard and what sounds like an angry woodpecker making a bid for freedom :rolleye:
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its not too much to ask to be able to drive about without screws falling out behind the dashboard and what sounds like an angry woodpecker making a bid for freedom :rolleye:
.... :laugh:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgods4suckers.net%2Fimages%2F2010%2F06%2FNoahs-ark-woodpecker.jpg&hash=37b8f488fa73174455731c3e0d30b459dfbd2d50)
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^^ Sounds like you have a screw loose or two. Check the side panels that are on each furthermost sides of the dashboard (where the door cards meet when closed)
Pop each cover off each side, and your find a loose screw on each side which just needs tightning up, to cure one of your dash rattles.
Other main rattle in centre air vent housing is a easy to fix. If you remove centre air vent (as if your removing radio) behind the diverter plate above radio, there is a flat peice of metal that, if you force a couple of broken lolly sticks above it, it WILL stop your centre dash rattles.
My dashboard is totally quiet warm or cold with no rattles whatsoever :happy2:
or follow this how to guide...... :happy2:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?2945481
or Vw's Tech bullie
http://home.comcast.net/~terrence_woodman1/TSB.pdf
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Good shout about the loose screws but thats not the problem for me. Its something bigger thats loose but damned if I can find it. It could actually be the belly pan or something thats loose and the sound is transmitted inside the car so it sounds like its behind the glovebox. Thats the next area for investigation anyway ...
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Update to this if its usefull for anyone else - I found the passenger side wheel arch liner was loose and further investigation found that one of the clips which you screw the wheel arch liner into had come out of its hole and was tapping against the bodywork :mad:
I could have sworn the sound was coming from inside, behind the glovebox but evidently not. All fixed and so glad I was able to track it down. :jumpmove:
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Sound waves, like water, tend to travel. This often makes the source very difficult to trace. I hadn't driven for 9 days and went out to a gig last night on some very minor roads - Boy, do I have a few rattles etc! But I find it doesn't bother me in the slightest - Getting on the throttle dials them out.