MK6 GTI - Rattle upon acceleration - Resolved via TPI: 2021062/7

[brisgtimkv]

when i pick up my my11 mkvi sometime next week i'll be happy to listen for this noise and record it, should it appear. having driven a mkv gti for 3 years it should be pretty obvious if there are any new and interesting sounds. hopefully i'll be able to reduce some of the hypertension.

[jrgti]

Done about 4000kms and still no rattle yet. A couple of times a week, I'd take my GTI to a back street somwhere in an industrial area late at night. Put it into S mode and floor it from 0-100. Do that a few times. No rattle. Hopefully it stays way.

[elisiX]

Going to a backstreet and dumping it is not the way to hear the rattle.

It's the daily driving, low gears and relatively low RPM when you hear it.

[AJW]

You also need to load the engine by going up a hill.
I don't hear it on the flat.

[brisgtimkv]

i listened for this noise in a new my11 gti (dsg) driving it home this afternoon. i'm the kind of person who can tell if a tv is on, on the other side of the house because i can hear the high pitched interference noises crts and most flat panel tvs make. i certainly heard it, but it was entirely in keeping with all the other noises the car made. it did not stand out. i can produce and maintain the noise by keeping the engine under load around 2500 rpm or so, i didn't really note it, but the tacho pretty much never spends time at the rpm where the noise occurs. i was expecting a noise like a hyundai accent with a fart can, going by some of the descriptions i'd heard. no such animal.

many e9x m3s exhibit a heat shield rattle that is audible from outside the car. several metres away. they cost well over 100k. this is a transient and relatively unobtrusive noise. in fact the little rasp was actually a welcome break from the teutonic efficiency with which a mkvi conducts its business, at least compared to a mkv.

i'll keep listening as the exhaust etc. continue to bed in. maybe it'll become as bad as some people have described.

[hooba]

I found it became noticeable after a couple of thousand kms, but it isn't loud and doesn't annoy me. I've decided to accept it as part of the character of the car.

[jrgti]

Going to a backstreet and dumping it is not the way to hear the rattle.

It's the daily driving, low gears and relatively low RPM when you hear it.

Yeah and that too as I drive it to work everyday. A mix of city of freeway/highway driving but haven't noticed any rattles. Have also driven it up hill.
I just got back from a trip in Margaret River, had a couple of passengers and one of them drives a wrx so he'd definately notice if there was anything.

Love the sound of that burp during gear changes......

[Ideo]

Heard the rattle today on a testdrive on a car with 90kms on the clock.

Just character I guess

[DonkeyKong]

Not sure whether it interest you guys on my observation.

My car was recently repaired following a Van gave me a rear end. Ive got my car back and for the past two weeks since I have been driving it, the rattled (at 2500 rev) is no longer there. I could only assume that they have secured the exhaust pipes better than when it came out of the factory.

[rs73]

many e9x m3s exhibit a heat shield rattle that is audible from outside the car. several metres away. they cost well over 100k. this is a transient and relatively unobtrusive noise. in fact the little rasp was actually a welcome break from the teutonic efficiency with which a mkvi conducts its business, at least compared to a mkv.

drove a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, even a car that expensive is not free from rattle/creaks... let alone a VW, or M3, etc...

[G-rig]

drove a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, even a car that expensive is not free from rattle/creaks... let alone a VW, or M3, etc...

The more you pay the more you are annoyed if it's not perfect .

[Capercat]

Porsche coupes are prone to rattles because of stiff suspension, bit of a let down that the Cayenne rattles.

[Brendan_A]

You also need to load the engine by going up a hill.
I don't hear it on the flat.

Yeah, agree with you on that about hearing it more on up hill runs. I've been getting around in my brothers mk 6 gti for the last week and a half. We were going up this mountain range just out of Canberra and the rattle was very loud, but on flat ground it's not very distinct. I would find it embarrassing having this loud rattle coming from my new car.

[G-rig]

LOL at this thread. The more you are worried about the smallest noise the more it plays on your mind. With a retune you'll be listening to the turbo and other goodness. Sell it if you aren't happy with it.

[triode12]

Looks like people are selling...only after little more than a year of ownership. Looks like the car isn't as good as people have been making out to be.

The funny thing is that the MkV didn't suffer from this particular rattle and their owners tended to hang on to them for longer.

It seems that you can't cut costs w/o sacrificing on quality ultimately.