85 Something in my dash rattles?
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This article is from the VW Technical FAQ, by with numerous contributions by Jan Vandenbrande others.
85 Something in my dash rattles?
A: That's probably the most common and most annoying place for it to happen.
VWs have actually improved over the years and so we can learn from their
attempts to reduce rattles. Most of the rattles are caused by loose wires
and components touching the vent tubes or other solid material. VW often
uses electric tape to hold things together, but over time the tape loosens
and falls off. What you need to do is get a bunch of tie wraps, bundle
everything back, get some "nerf foam" or sheets of black felt and position
it between the wires, vents and other stuff. Using felt or foam between
interior vinyl covered body panels also helps eliminate a lot of squeaks
there.
(Note that Corrados now have strips of black felt glued to the back of
virtually all plastic panels).
Another type of dash squeak is caused by plastic components rubbing against
each other. Usually a dose of ClearGuard will help eliminate that but if
you have the space try glueing some felt between the two.
A tip from (Tim Hogard): Tighten the the two nuts that hold the dash in
that are on the engine side of the firewall.
On Ventos (TAY Chek Hee): Secure the cross member beam behind the glove
box with a fastener.
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