On my Jetta there was an annoying noise that seemed to come from the glove box area (or driver's side). The noise triggered especially at 1700-1900 engine rpm. Read on to find out the super easy fix.
1. Open the passenger door. Carefully pry off the black plastic cover using for example a butter knife or a flat headed screw driver. Near the bottom of the cover there is a hole you can stick your tool in and pull the cover off.
2. Under the cover there is a torx screw (T25) that is loose and is causing the rattle. Just tighten it up and you are done!
3. The same goes for the driver's side. There is also a screw like that.
1. Open the passenger door. Carefully pry off the black plastic cover using for example a butter knife or a flat headed screw driver. Near the bottom of the cover there is a hole you can stick your tool in and pull the cover off.
2. Under the cover there is a torx screw (T25) that is loose and is causing the rattle. Just tighten it up and you are done!
3. The same goes for the driver's side. There is also a screw like that.
amazing...thanks for posting this, that rattle was driving me nuts!
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ReplyDeleteI have a dashboard rattle on the top right side, right in front the passenger side. If I lightly press my hand on the dashboard the rattle stops. Was your problem like this? or different location?
Thanks..
Ricardo
@Ricardo Sada
ReplyDeleteThis rattle could not be stopped by hand, it was too deep inside the dashboard.
ricardo : its probably the glove compartment.
ReplyDeleteAmazing fix. Love it
ReplyDeleteAwesome. Extremely Helpful
ReplyDeleteYou make my day! I HAD (now it's a past story :D) this rattle noise since I got my VW Golf 2010 and they never find it at the VW service. They patch the vent, they remove/put back the radio and they never found anything.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Now I can concentrate on my driving, rather than trying to find out where the noise is coming from. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this suggestion. I'll see if it works. Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI wish It had worked for me, oh well. I will keep trying!
ReplyDeleteCan't believe it's that simple! sitting in my'09 Jetta TDI now reading this. Can't wait to get home...but I will still never buy a VW product again!
ReplyDeleteI wish it would have worked, thank you. I will post when it is finally found.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome. That rattling sound has been driving me nuts for about 6 months now and all it was was a simple tightening of those screws. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteIn my 2009 Jetta there is a noise like a loosen screw inside the speaker compartment at the top/center of the dashboard... do you know how to open it to check out? Thanks!
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