Hi guys, technician with a new car here. I just got a new GTI and am hearing a strange rattle coming from the passenger side its either in the dash or under the car, really annoying. VW has no clue what it is for some reason, the service advisor tried to tell me it was a noisy injector, so hes never touching my car again. It sounds kinda like a metal-on-metal rattle or a loose blend-door in the AC box. Any ideas?

 

Ive heard there is a TSB out for this issue, regarding fuel lines rubbing the fix being adding dampeners around the center. Can any1 confirm/deny this?

 

Final word on this is theres a TSB for all new GTI's regarding fuel lines vibrating and rubbing against the passenger side. The fix to this is to have the dealership install a dampener (free of course) but there is a LOOOONG backorder on these to the US. So if you have a new GTI close the doors sit at idle and put your ear to the passenger side floorboard, if you hear a vibration get your dampener ordered as they said mine will take in upwards of a month or more to arrive.

 

This June, Ibought a new GTI andalso heard a strange rattle coming from the front left side, sometimes from the passenger side, but I am not sure the noise come out fromthe dash or under the car, especially in the morning. VW has no clue what it is for some reason because the noise disappeared when I drove to there,. I doubt there are some problem with the brake fluid.