rattles

[joffangti]

I've just had the top vent on the dashboard replaced and now my doors are rattling

[mrv]

i had rattles in all 4 doors, eventually i located the noise to be the reflectors at the bottom of each door. I pulled them out and no more rattles.

The centre console on the dashboard made loads of strange rattles and buzzing noises, so i bought a can of GT85, took the car apart using the pictures the doc has posted for fitting a bluetooth nokia kit and sprayed it all over. No noises so far!

[teebee]

Aaaaarrrgh !

I have the dashboard vent rattle 

Speaker buzz in the fns door 

And the fns seatbelt buckle bangs against its housing 

In summary...........

[mrv]

Bl00dy typical... i posted earlier about having no rattles and on my next drive the cr@ppy piece of perforated tin that is mascarading as an air vent on the top of the dash is vibrating and clicking again. Back out again with that can of GT85. If anyone has had anything additional added by a dealer to fix this could you post some pics? Or any other ideas for permanent fixes for rattles around and inbetween the top vent and the cd player. I'd take it back to the dealer but they're feckin useless.

[The Doc]

"I'd take it back to the dealer but they're feckin useless" - I have to agree 

How true - I'm getting more than a little tired of poor build quality issues on 20 - 30k golfs!

VW sent out a questionaire asking about problems etc and I wrote that the build quality on my R32 way at best, poor in my opinion and that build quality is now low. I then listed all of the faults with my motor on delivery - see previous postings!

I also stated that if my new R32 in September is built like the one I have now then I won't be buying anymore Golfs in future and will be rejecting that car on quality issues!

Lets see what they write back!

[mrv]

She's booked into the dealers tomorrow. They seem confident that they can fix the rattles and will re fix the reflectors that i had to take out of the doors. Will keep you posted.

[The Doc]

I have a rattle in my drivers door (high up) and O/S/R by the parcel shelf 

Maybe my new one won't have the same rattles! 

[mrv]

I dropped the car in to the dealers today and saw an R32 in silver. It looked superb. and sounded even better.
Meanwhile, if they cannot find what it is that rattles i've found some excellent acoustic foam that can be used in panels and dashboards for sound deadening. We use it in the joinery industry for manufacturing acoustic wall panels and is class 0 fire rated, so it won't burn in a fire. If anyone's interested i can give you the info. I think it is the same or similar to the acoustic foam that is used on the underside of bonnets to deaden sound from the engine.

[The Doc]

Nice 1...

...where can i get it? 

[Matt555]

My misses is now so sick of the rattling door cards that she's wanting to get back in an Audi!!!!!!

Why the hell have we paid extra for the soundpack plus, when you can't have the volume at a decent level!!  We've given the dealer a little bit of time to sort it..........