Rattle from back set, anyone experienced the same?

[Cass]

Pesk,

Check out this site/thread - might be you problem too:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeropost?cmd=tshow&id=2898392

Cass

[ub7rm]

No that's not it.

This sounds like banging two metallic ball bearing balls on a string together.

I havent looked if this in Cass's thread but its most likely the rubber balls that support the rear parcel shelf swinging about and hitting the boot lid trim.  Why they didn't use the retractable string thing like in the mk4 I don't know....

One fix would be to tape them to the bottom of the parcel shelf.

[Peskarik]

Right.
First of all, thanks for all suggestions, guys!

I visit this forum sporadically nowadays, maybe once a month at best. Great to see my post still active.

As for rattles, no solution found (though I will now follow up on all your latest suggestions). I have rattles from the front (less now when it is warm, the plastic has expanded, I guess), from passenger door, from driver's door (from time to time). TERRIBLE rattle from the back. During service at VW I asked them to handle this issue, they checked and said it was tailgate (or something back there, I don' remember) and they tried to fix it. It did not work.

I've been in a Skoda Octavia with 140000km on it and which is driven much more aggressively than my E30. I've been in a rental Polo. They were both dead silent inside.
I'm swamped with other things in my life, so I care much less about rattles now, and I listen to music in the car, so that kills the ugly sounds as well. But still, the feeling of badly screwed together interior is there...

[Quagmire]

Hi guys

Anyone tried this?

I found this:

http://myfastgti.com/volkswagen/showthread.php/clicking-noise-passenger-right-rear-near-6264p2.html?highlight=rattle

Re: Clicking Noise in passenger right rear near gas tank
sup robb, ok i had a similar click in my '08. its probably the button system to let the back seat down, its a common problem apparently. first let the back seats downand drive around and see if makes the sound, if not it is the seat clasp. to fix it let the seat down then take a hammer and carefully tap the metal ring that the seat latches to in order to bend it down so that it adds pressure on the seat clasp and keeps it from rattling. worked for me, hope this can help.

[pitch3110]

I have this very same rattle on wifeys ED30. When son is in the back its never there. Passenger seatbelt holder would rattle when belt was plugged in badly. Stealer replaced under warrenty and prob solved.

[andyc231075]

Hi mate, i have the same problem just as you have discribed it. Its driving me mad, ive looked all over to see where its coming from!

[jreed110]

I have this same rattle. I managed to discover it came from inside where the seatbelt retracts to. About a year ago I had it looked at by VW who said they tightened something up there and the rattle dissappeared. Unfortunately it came back a week later and has not gone away since. On my last service I asked them to sort it again but they clearly couldn't be arsed and said they couldn't hear it, which would not be possible. Anyone know how you can get to this area without breaking my car??