Mate

We bought our Macan S in September 2014 and picked it up in Stuttart. This is wife's car and thus far it has exceeded expectations. She loves it, but there is one thing realy bothering me, not so much her. This is a rattle under the dash, it was there from the day of pick up.

I can describe it as if you imagine someting like a thick cable or a hose of some sort that is not propery secured and it hits something stationary when you go over bumps. It dosnt happen over every bump but when it is just right.. If i go to a grocery store a mile away it may happen a couple of times. It irritates me a lot, but i am a car enthusiast, she doesnt seem to care thats why we havent taken it to the dealer.

I am reluctant to take it as well, because dealer "may not be able to reproduce it" and i am afraid they will have to take half of the dash apart to even figure out where the noise is coming from.. But i definitely want to fix it under warranty, as i dont want to explain this to perspective buyers in a few years time.

Did any of you guys have something similar and what would you do?

Thanks

Terry Adams

Not acceptable in a vehicle of this class and price.

I would take it back to dealer. They are more capable than we think at fixing these issues. Maybe fixed it before for someone else.

I had a rattle in my TT when almost new. Dealer tech diagnosed it in a 2 minute test drive. It was the bolts that held the rear quarter side window in place. Fix took them less than 1 hour.

cviles

My Turbo also had a rattle that I brought into the dealer to fix when it was new. First thought was that it was buried somewhere deep in the dash and would require pulling the car apart to find, so I just lived with it for a while. A while later I noticed the rattle was directly related to the speed of the air across the car -- more wind, more rattle. Then it took all of 20 minutes to find a missing bolt on a heat shield and boom! no more rattles.

Have your dealer look for a hole on a heat shield or wind deflector without a bolt in it.

Mate

Thanks guys. I will take it in and let you know what they find.