Re: rattle under back seat

[chris collier <collier@iglou.com>]

Steve,

It is the rear heat shield...............they have small aluminum washers that
get "splayed" out and don't hold as well. You can push the small tabs up with a
small screwdriver and it will hold the heat shield up

chris collier
collier@iglou.com

Steve Nash wrote:

> Gruppe,
>
> My Jetta has developed a strange rattle or buzz under the rear seat area.
> It sounds like a plastic on metal type of sound.  It is both temperature and
> engine rev related.  It is only heard on cold mornings when the car is first
> started.  After it warms up it will go away.  It happens mostly on the 1st
> to 2nd shift.  Have any of you fellow Jetta owners experienced this before.
> Please help so I can get my wife off my back:)
>
> Steve Nash