00' Passat rattle from rear on drivers side

Problem. Lately can hear a metallic rattling noise coming from the rear
on the drivers side when I drive over rough spots in the road.

I removed that jack and tool kit from the trunk as I thought that could
be what was rattling, but it didn't stop.

Underneath on the creeper, I didn't see anything obvious either.

Any ideas would be appreciated greatly.

TIA

Hi,
A long shot as I don't know the routing of the exhaust system in your
'00 Passat. On my '90 Golf, (but not the '85), the exhaust pipe can hit
the axle cross member. I replace the rubber hanger for the exhaust pipe
and things are good for maybe a year, then the rubber eventually
stretches and the pipe can hit the cross member on bumps.

Another long shot, do you disk brakes on the rear? Loose brake pads
or in-effective ant-rattle springs, allowing the pads to rattle on
bumps?

-Tony


Andrew Eckhardt wrote:
> Problem. Lately can hear a metallic rattling noise coming from the rear
> on the drivers side when I drive over rough spots in the road.
>
> I removed that jack and tool kit from the trunk as I thought that could
> be what was rattling, but it didn't stop.
>
> Underneath on the creeper, I didn't see anything obvious either.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated greatly.
>
> TIA

The exhaust is an excellent choice to look at on a 6 year old car. I just
fixed a banging problem yesterday because a rubber hangar broke off. My
choice would be the upper strut mount. A long shot would be a brake line
banging because a clamp rotted off.
"tonyw" > wrote in message
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> Hi,
> A long shot as I don't know the routing of the exhaust system in your
> '00 Passat. On my '90 Golf, (but not the '85), the exhaust pipe can hit
> the axle cross member. I replace the rubber hanger for the exhaust pipe
> and things are good for maybe a year, then the rubber eventually
> stretches and the pipe can hit the cross member on bumps.
>
> Another long shot, do you disk brakes on the rear? Loose brake pads
> or in-effective ant-rattle springs, allowing the pads to rattle on
> bumps?
>
> -Tony
>
>
> Andrew Eckhardt wrote:
>> Problem. Lately can hear a metallic rattling noise coming from the rear
>> on the drivers side when I drive over rough spots in the road.
>>
>> I removed that jack and tool kit from the trunk as I thought that could
>> be what was rattling, but it didn't stop.
>>
>> Underneath on the creeper, I didn't see anything obvious either.
>>
>> Any ideas would be appreciated greatly.
>>
>> TIA
>