Mandatoryclutchpedal
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- NY
- Car(s)
- Cbr1000rr, GTI S
Using the search function came back with results but I thought I'd share details with pics on my 2021 GTI on what MAY cause the issue in others cars.
New to GTIs and this forum so I apologize if it's been rehashed repeatedly.
The symptoms are as follows
On deceleration or when stationary, when revs fall between 2000rpm and 1800rpm a buzzing sound (some may call it a rattle but I find buzzing to be more descriptive) will occur from the passenger side in the A pillar area. When it occurs it almost sounds like the source is the pillar speaker.
The source of the buzzing (in my case) is a line bracket under the car in front of the rear wheel on the right side. The sound is due to the line connector shaking around around the sound\vibration just happens come through up through the A pillar area.
Found it by having someone rev the car and I just listened for the buzz from outside. Was super easy to find and reproduce.
Here is the offending part (I initially used a piece of velcro to secure it and confirm the source. Just look for your low hanging cable on a VW issued coat hanger and look up.
If you are out of warranty and want to get rid of the buzzing, simply secure that line using either foam or whatever shim method makes sense. I've only had the car for a week and don't have diagrams so I've yet to see how it's all routed but the design could have been a bit better or maybe my car just happened to get line that was out of spec. Beats me.
Here is what I have in place until I can get to the dealer for warranty.
2 pieces of foam and velcro. No more buzzing.
Looking at the bracket, it looks like the line is too long or cable shifted for that piece to fit snug in the bracket.
Looks like GLI owners have had it as well
https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/2019-gli-35th-strange-noise-from-passenger-side.9319637/page-2
Hope this helps and if there was a better thread on this that I missed, let me know.
edit- crap...wrong sub
New to GTIs and this forum so I apologize if it's been rehashed repeatedly.
The symptoms are as follows
On deceleration or when stationary, when revs fall between 2000rpm and 1800rpm a buzzing sound (some may call it a rattle but I find buzzing to be more descriptive) will occur from the passenger side in the A pillar area. When it occurs it almost sounds like the source is the pillar speaker.
The source of the buzzing (in my case) is a line bracket under the car in front of the rear wheel on the right side. The sound is due to the line connector shaking around around the sound\vibration just happens come through up through the A pillar area.
Found it by having someone rev the car and I just listened for the buzz from outside. Was super easy to find and reproduce.
Here is the offending part (I initially used a piece of velcro to secure it and confirm the source. Just look for your low hanging cable on a VW issued coat hanger and look up.
If you are out of warranty and want to get rid of the buzzing, simply secure that line using either foam or whatever shim method makes sense. I've only had the car for a week and don't have diagrams so I've yet to see how it's all routed but the design could have been a bit better or maybe my car just happened to get line that was out of spec. Beats me.
Here is what I have in place until I can get to the dealer for warranty.
2 pieces of foam and velcro. No more buzzing.
Looking at the bracket, it looks like the line is too long or cable shifted for that piece to fit snug in the bracket.
Looks like GLI owners have had it as well
https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/2019-gli-35th-strange-noise-from-passenger-side.9319637/page-2
Hope this helps and if there was a better thread on this that I missed, let me know.
edit- crap...wrong sub