Re: rattle under back seat

["Steve Nash" <nashflr@erols.com>]

Chuck was on the money.  It turned out to be the exhaust hanger.  I hooked
it back up and the sound is gone.  Thanks for everyone's suggestions.

Steve Nash

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Simpson <Csimpson@zeltech.com>
To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 2:11 PM
Subject: RE: rattle under back seat


> 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
>