Chasing down rattles and squeaks

If your car is an early one before around 2002 it could be the webasto pre-heater unit. That is known to make noise from that area.

Steve B
 
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If that's for me - my car is 2003 06. So I don't have webasto fitted. Sound is like seat belt is trying to retract itself. And as I've said it is like buzzing sound. Maybe something in seatbelt tensioner? But I don't know if it is easy to remove that plastic cove and take a look.
 
If that's for me - my car is 2003 06. So I don't have webasto fitted. Sound is like seat belt is trying to retract itself. And as I've said it is like buzzing sound. Maybe something in seatbelt tensioner? But I don't know if it is easy to remove that plastic cove and take a look.

There is nothing there that can buzz.

Have you got Sport seats? With Lumbar support?

It could be the motor running in the lumbar support if the switch became faulty??

Steve B
 
Nope. Black cloth seats. Are we both talking about back seat seatbelt? When I put it to the C pillar there is no sound, but when somebody is using it or it is left not in C pillar there is such sound. It is quite quiet but that annoys me.
 
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I thought you meant the front seat.
Under the rear seat is the fuel pump.
Remove the large round cover under the carpet and check to see if that is the source of your buzzing.

Steve B
 
Hello all. Last mount mu car started to making buzzing noise.
The source off buzzing noise is around front shield passenger side under the dash board i thing.
Mi car is left hand drive. The buzzing noise comes only wen the car i accelerating between 2000 and 3000 rpm.
Any help will be nice that buzzing noise drives me nuts.
 
I've searched myself looking for a thread, with a guide showing how to tackle common rattles. My car has a few.

A very annoying rattle from the top of the fascia (dashboard) has been bothering me. By chance, I noticed it stopped when the sun visor was down. So it was just a vibration from that (hard plastic to hard plastic).
Moral of the story is that noises echo. They do not always come from where you expect them to be. That's all.
 
Someone needs to set up a "Call-out emergency rattle fixing" service!

I've currently got:
1. a buzz that comes from the steering column area which sounds a bit like an angry wasps' nest, but only when you're at pulling away from traffic lights/urban crawling stop/start kind of revs. V annoying. I hear this a lot.
2. a rattle that comes from the driver's side door card at about 40mph.
3. a buzz that comes from the passenger's side B pillar trim when using the phone via the RNS-E.
4. a vibration from I think the front left of the dashboard when pushing the engine a bit at around 1700RPM.

All of which seems to make the car feel more geriatric than it really is!
I have your number 1 also ... but apart from that buzzing that is related to low revs my interior is silent
 
This little job has been one of the most satisfying to complete so far on my TDi ; it cured an annoying rattle from all around the centre consol area.

I can highly recommend the effort in renewing the sealing strip between the air vent and the outlets !
 

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I have a cold start whine buzz inside the dash area that sounds like a cockrell with bronchitis. Definitely not heater as I turn it off and on making no difference. Not auxillary pulley either...Does fade when hot though ....Heater matrix pipes maybe? Truly bizzarre...Did video but file size is 300 mb so too big to upload...Any ideas?
 
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