Has anyone got a suggestion of how to find or diagnose this very annoying rattle which sounds like a loose flap virbrating, it's emanating from above the glove box and behind the passenger airbag. I've had the glove box off for a week and been poking around to no avail, is it a dash out job or can I remove something off the top like the mesh grill etc???

It's eating me alive ahh, cheers.

Edited 8 August, 20169 yr by billywhiz040480

Hey - I'm the same on mine.  Had the glove compartment out too and can't find anything that may be causing it to rattle.  It only rattles sometimes when the engine is ticking over, but not when moving...  It's annoying at times, but I try not to let it annoy me...

It's coming from behind the passenger air bag around the pollen filter but I've had that out and cleaned it. I've checked most things in the same vicinity but nothing is loose, very annoying and I can't ignore it.

Check the wiper mechanism in the plenum chamber.

I have the same rattle in my 2010 Octavia MY11. Did you find a solution to this?

No not yet but Adamal and I think it could have something to do with recirculation unit behind the glove box, well that's the area it's coming from anyway. I will be checking the window mech soon but it's a fuss so I keep finding other things to do lol.

Sounds like a different noise to mine, but bear this thread in mind:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/399361-creaking-glovebox/#entry4640198

Unfortunately those are squeaks and mine is a rattle, it sounds very similar to a CD not being replaced correctly in it's holder and virbrating, no its not a CD before anyone says coz I don't have any in the car lol!

I used to get annoying rattles coming from this area and like you, tried in vain to trace it. I decided eventually that it must be something outside the car transmitting through to the cabin. I was having a poke around underneath and found that there is a metal protective panel underneath the car on the passenger side that starts just behind the front wheel and runs towards the back wheel. On the off chance I gave it a good tap and the whole thing rattled from stones that had become trapped inside it. When I sat in the car and someone tapped the panel the rattle sure enough sounded like it was in the area you describe. I emptied the stones ( I simply stuck a hosepipe in the back where you can access inside the cover and swished it out, the stones run out of the drain holes with the water. I guess if you're more mechanically minded than me, which probably isn't difficult, you could remove it!) and the rattle disappeared. I need to keep it clear every now and again but problem has been solved for me. Hope this may help 

Edited 25 August, 20169 yr by djj777

Remember reading some where about the silver trim vibrating just above the glovebox.

Worth a mention hope you sort it.