New rattles

[TagnuT]

The roads in my part of the world are pretty poor to say the least. Over the last month or two a couple of new rattles have appeared. They are driving me nuts!!!  :jumping:

One of them is coming from under the floor on the drivers side. After looking on the internet it looks like it could be fuel lines rattling.

http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18277

The other one sounds like the hatchback/glass rattling. I know its not the back seats as I have driven with them down and up. The rattle was still there.

I might try and wedge the hatchback when its shut to see if its needs adjusting. One thing I did notice, was that the adjustable rubbers on either side of the hatchback are of completely different lengths.

Any ideas?

[DaveN]

The hatch back rattle could be an issue that is due to a part of the rear light on the hatch. The inner part of the lense comes loose and rattles about.
The fix is to take it off and use a bit a glue to resecure the reflector.

Dave N

[TagnuT]

Thanks for that DaveN, do you mean the reflector on the Fog and reversing light?

TagnuT

[DaveN]

Yep the reflector in either can come loose.

[Snoopy]

Also the boot latch catch is also know to start to come loose.

[flyingzard]

OOOOH a subject that i know a bit about. I have had 2 really annoying rattles in my car.

First one was a bracket in the mid section of the exhaust system that was not alligned correctly. Net result an annoying rattle
Second one whcih was much harder to find turned out to be a defective boot catch.

What i found really difficult was to pin point the rough area the rattle was coming from. After a while it drives you potty 

[DMcG]

I hate rattles in these cars I have had the dash apart 3 times!

MyOcty VRS may have been made of cheapo plastic but at least it didnt rattle for 70k!