RE: rattle under back seat

[Chuck Simpson <Csimpson@zeltech.com>]

Steve,

I can almost guarantee (if it isn't the heat shield) that it is one of your
exhaust hangers.  Look underneath the rear end and check to see if one of
the exhaust hooks has come off of the rubber hanger.  I had this happen to
me, and it produced the exact symptoms you describe below.  If it turns out
to be the exhaust hanger, try to place the exhaust hook back into its hanger
to stop the noise.  Your exhaust may come back off, and then you have to
take the car to the dealership and have them re-align the exhaust system.
That is what they did for me!

-Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: Chadwick, John/COR/INV [mailto:jchadwic@ch2m.com]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 2:00 PM
To: 'jettaglx@igtc.com'
Subject: RE: rattle under back seat


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