Hi hoping for some advice.

 

My car is only 3 mths old and from day there’s been a chattering noise on bumpy roads, coming from the roof lining just near the sunroof control dial. Pressing and holding the roof lining stops the noise. 

 

Has anyone experienced similar?

My 245 with a pan roof did the same and after several trips to the dealers I think its been cured. It's the pan roof flexing in the square hole that was causing the problem and all the rubbers are stone dry, there is no movement in the rubbers/seal. The problem with the pan roof is that because there's a large hole in the roof and the headlining there's bound to be a bit of flexing/creaking. When the roof is closed its a very tight fit into the square hole in the roof and there is no adjustment available as there is no room to adjust the glass section which slides and tilts.  If you open the roof fully you will see there is a rubber seal at the front and the rear and down both sides it's like a hard plastic. If you look into the frame of the sunroof there are rubbers/seals on which the pan roof sits on. They all need lubricating (on the frame ) and the front/rear and the sides of the pan roof. The dealer used a product called Krytox  Its a liquid approved  by Volkswagen and once applied it doesn't really dry and is a little sticky to the touch. It's quite expensive to buy but a little goes along way and one bottle should be good for 6 or more applications. One or two drops onto your finger should do one side of the rubbers and the sides of the sliding glass and about the same to do the rubbers on the frame which the closed roof sits on. The dealer gave me the leftover krytox so I can keep on top of it. The small bottle costs around £45.  The dealer recommended it's done ever three months or so to keep on top of it. Should be covered by the warranty The dealer actually removed the glass and gave the rubbers/seals a going over with the lubricant.  The glass (slide/tilt bit ) is fixed into place by six small screws and removed from inside the car.

 

Hope that helps.     ( does all that make sense )

 

 

 

 

Edited 15 September, 20196 yr by Auric Goldfinger

Thanks Auric and apologies for the delayed reply. Finally got around to getting this looked at by Skoda and they have fixed it under warranty. Two issues:

• Insufficient grease on the sunroof guide rails
• Insufficient adhesive on roof liner

Car is silent now. Bliss. Happy new year.

 

Edited 31 December, 20196 yr by manamp27

7 hours ago, manamp27 said:

Thanks Auric and apologies for the delayed reply. Finally got around to getting this looked at by Skoda and they have fixed it under warranty. Two issues:

• Insufficient grease on the sunroof guide rails
• Insufficient adhesive on roof liner

Car is silent now. Bliss. Happy new year.

 

 

Glad to be of help, pleased it's all sorted 

 

AG