glovebox rattle, anyone tried this solution?

[justins]

My new Polo seems to have the infamous glovebox rattle. I found somewhere else on the forum this solution posted by 'jrw'. I'd like to know if anyone else has tried it and if it was successful. Thanks.

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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 4:02 pm

jrw
Bronze Member

Just sorted the rattle on mine out myself.

If you have a rattle (sort of like a ball bearing rattling type sound) from around the glovebox/passenger airbag area, this is what you have to do.

Remove the glovebox - Undo the 3 screws at the top by the catch and the catch. Remove the shelf and the black plastic cover and undo the screws under the shelf and the glovenbox will pull out.

Here you should see a yellow connector for the passenger airbag I think. on mine this was loose and you could hear it rattle when you tap it (although not the same rattle sound as usual, but i think this is because the glovebox amplifys it). With this connector just put a bit of wadding inbetween the top of the connector and the black holder and tape it from the back to the front with insulation tape and fix to the airbag metal casing.

Screw back together and it should be rattle free like mine

I also taped the big black connector on the left as well as this was a bit loose just to be sure.

I should have took some pics for you all but i'm not gonna take it all apart again!

Should take you around 30-60 mins to complete and you'll need a t20 torx key.