Re: rattle under back seat

[chris collier <collier@iglou.com>]

Outside, up under the rear seat;

sorry i was not more specific earlier

chris

"Chadwick, John/COR/INV" wrote:

> Do you do this from the outside or the inside? Sometimes when I accelerate
> hard it will rattle if there are some bumps on the road.
>
> Chadwick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chris collier [mailto:collier@iglou.com]
> Sent: December 11, 2000 11:49 AM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: rattle under back seat
>
> 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