metallic rattle

**Toonmania** · 01-08-2010,04:19 PM

I've just got back from my hols and whilst away i got a funny metallic rattle on the OSF seems to only make a noise when you go over sharp bumps nothing over gradual bumps sounds abit like the disk back plate rattling buti have checked that and can't see anything wrong also checked all the suspension joints whilst there but they are all tight and most a fairly new.
it doesn't affect the drive of the car it's just dam annoying

**kite** · 01-08-2010,04:41 PM

could be anti-roll bar bushes.

**glen poole** · 01-08-2010,04:49 PM

i've had to put up with this noise for a year or two now, if you do a search on the forum you'll find that there is a few people on here with the same problem, with mine it's from both sides & it sounds like a bag of spanners when i go over bumps, not all the time though, i find that if i gently press the brake pedal the noise dissapears. i did change the pads all round which were purchased from the dealer & fitted correctly & the rattle went away for a while. i have read on here that one or two changed the calliper springs which solved the issue only a fiver each from the dealers so i'm told, i haven't got around to doing this yet though

**Toonmania** · 01-08-2010,05:18 PM

thanks guys will take another look at those 2 suggestions, glen i see you are only in creepy good to know there are some local people on here, i'm from portslade nr brighton so not far from you

**glen poole** · 01-08-2010,05:24 PM

haha, i was down your way yesterday working, weather weren't too good in the morning

**Toonmania** · 01-08-2010,05:47 PM

Originally Posted by glen poole

haha, i was down your way yesterday working, weather weren't too good in the morning

No not very good i just got back from holiday yesterday morning (what a lovely day to come back on

) hoohum

**glen poole** · 01-08-2010,05:50 PM

does the noise you are hearing sound like a ching ching ?

**PeteK** · 01-08-2010,07:51 PM

This is most likely to be the brake pads rattling in the calipers - my car does it over very heavy bumps but you can only hear it when the windows are down. As mentioned above, if it doesn't do it when you are braking this will be the problem.

**Toonmania** · 01-08-2010,08:34 PM

Originally Posted by glen poole

does the noise you are hearing sound like a ching ching ?

no the only thing that seems to make that noise is the change i'm left with in my pocket after VW have robbed me of all my notes

Originally Posted by PeteK

This is most likely to be the brake pads rattling in the calipers - my car does it over very heavy bumps but you can only hear it when the windows are down. As mentioned above, if it doesn't do it when you are braking this will be the problem.

i shall have a look tomorrow, i'm going to be going over the car front to back and just do everything that needs doing