Something loose behind the Amundsen perhaps? Symptoms are there all the time but it only rattles/clicks when engaging the clutch and moving off plus sometimes when changing to second and engaging clutch. The rattle/clicking appears to both me and my passenger to come from somewhere behind the Sat Nav unit and is definitely upper middle of the dashboard area.

 

As the car is only 2 months old, I am aware that I can take it to a dealer, but if anybody has had this problem in the past and knows the likely cause, it would be more convenient for me to have a look myself. I don't want to start dismantling the dashboard though if it might be more complicated. Once on the road and driving at normal speeds there are no other rattles/clicks from the area.

 

If anybody has had this problem with their car, I think that they will recognise my description of the noise as it happens every time I drive off from a standstill.

Not on either of mine. 

 

Take it in.

Could it be on the engine side of the firewall but sound like it’s inside?.

I do believe there have been loose pipes on the bulkhead in the past.

Is there a brake transfer bar for RHD brake installation?.

Think I will take it in to a dealer

I had same problem turned out to be loose heater pipes.

 

13 hours ago, dodger21 said:

I had same problem turned out to be loose heater pipes.

 

 

Thanks for that.

 

Was that under the dashboard or in the engine compartment?

Under the dash

 

I think I have found the problem:

 

I had this ratchety clicking noise which at first seemed to be coming from behind the radio. Only there when pulling away and changing gear. After some investigation I think I have found the source.

 

The air filter inlet is just behind the grill and is attached to the engine via a flexible plastic tube. If you get hold of the box and flex it slightly it gives of a ratchety noise. I eventually traced this to the plastic joint where it attaches to the grill - not the flexible tube. Some WD40 on the plastic joint and the noise has gone :-)

 

Not sure if the plastic air intake is the same on a petrol and a diesel car, but I have only had this noise on this petrol model.