Rattles driving me mad!!

[davels]

Helloo!

Had my car for about five week now, very happy with it on the whole but have made a few little changes. (see sig). problem i have is that somthing is rattling at the back every time i go over a bump. though it might be parcel shelf but cant see any way of securing it without it not lifting up when the boot is open, also i noticed the spare whell stuff (jack etc..) looks fairly loose, have any of you guys come up across similler (spelling??) problems if so please help as gettin pretty off by it now

PS. allmost forgot MK4 beeza FR TDi

 

[EdButler]

Yeah mate, everyone gets rattles. The best thing to do is gradually take everything out till it stops. Once youve decuded whats causing the problem, get some sticky foam, blu tac, velcro or something to dampen the rattle. If not - take it out all together!

 

[davels]

think i've sorted most of em out now, bought a roll of velcro and put the soft side in a strip down either side of the parcel shelf. made a hell off a differance also checked all the the jack and bits and they seemed a bit loose so i just put a load of insulation tape in the comparments to make them a snug fit. Ther are few more around the car that i chasing gradually but every time i find one and sort it another one appears maybe i just being to picky

 

[BJM]

I took mine back to the dealer and they used a load of felt strip's - stick on one side, felt on the other - and put them in various places including the glove box door. They even left me about a meter of the stuff in the car and i ran it along the ledge that the parcel shelf fits in - didn't stop the rattles in the boot lid though!

 

[andythom]

I took mine back to the dealer and they used a load of felt strip's - stick on one side, felt on the other - and put them in various places including the glove box door. They even left me about a meter of the stuff in the car and i ran it along the ledge that the parcel shelf fits in - didn't stop the rattles in the boot lid though!

Hi mate what dealer did you get yours from?

I might see if they can provide some felt for me as i have 1 or 2 wee squeak/rattles.....

cheers

andy

 

[mhill]

I have considered my self very lucky with this one and have not really had any problems with this one.

 

[andythom]

I don't think mine is bad at all....dosent really annoy me or anything, just seems that on panel is either slightly loose or too tight......at the rear where the passenger seatbelt goes behing the panels...

 

[BJM]

Hi mate what dealer did you get yours from?

I might see if they can provide some felt for me as i have 1 or 2 wee squeak/rattles.....

cheers

andy

Got mine from the Arnold Clark SEAT/VW/Skoda dealer in Rowan Street in Paisley. Used to be great service but it's getting poor these days, my cars to get a new catalytic converter and after waiting 4 weeks I phoned them to be told it hadn't arrived yet. I phoned again 2 weeks later and was told the part wasn't available and wouln't be until next year. It's going in on Tuesday (10 weeks after the fault was found) to see if an alternative part can be fitted.

Think i'll look into taking it to Livingstons in Uddingston for it's 20K service next month. I heard good things about them.

My only annoying remaining rattle is in the boot lid - had a look in but can't see what exactly is causing it - I may let Sir Arnold have another go!

Cheers.

 

[andythom]

Same place i got mine

I think i have something loose in the boot lid, sounds like a piece of plastic only make a noise when openning and shutting

 

[Icecavern]

Does the spare wheel bolt stick out of the boot like in Mk2 ibizas or does the locking bolt screw into a bolt hole in the car?

 

[BJM]

Screws into a bolt hole.

 

[redcupratdi]

mine solid as a rock, no rattles surprising considering the suspension set-up is v hard

 

[BlackFR]

If you have comming from the boot area going over bumps then you might like to try this! Wrap a few turns of black electrical tape round the pin that the boot latch latches on to. This fixed mine 100%.

It looks to me like the pins have been machined incorrectly and are between 0.5 and 1.0mm smaller than the hole created by the latch. This causes the boot door to move and the pin to bang the latch as you go over bumps!

 

[Icecavern]

Screws into a bolt hole.

Nice one perfect

 

[davels]

If you have comming from the boot area going over bumps then you might like to try this! Wrap a few turns of black electrical tape round the pin that the boot latch latches on to. This fixed mine 100%.

It looks to me like the pins have been machined incorrectly and are between 0.5 and 1.0mm smaller than the hole created by the latch. This causes the boot door to move and the pin to bang the latch as you go over bumps!

Cheers blacky that might be my main prob at the back, can remember now having the same trouble on an old ST24 mondeo