00' Passat rattle from rear on drivers side

Problem. Lately can hear a metallic rattling noise coming from the rear
on the drivers side when I drive over rough spots in the road.

I removed that jack and tool kit from the trunk as I thought that could
be what was rattling, but it didn't stop.

Underneath on the creeper, I didn't see anything obvious either.

Any ideas would be appreciated greatly.

TIA

Hi,
A long shot as I don't know the routing of the exhaust system in your
'00 Passat. On my '90 Golf, (but not the '85), the exhaust pipe can hit
the axle cross member. I replace the rubber hanger for the exhaust pipe
and things are good for maybe a year, then the rubber eventually
stretches and the pipe can hit the cross member on bumps.

Another long shot, do you disk brakes on the rear? Loose brake pads
or in-effective ant-rattle springs, allowing the pads to rattle on
bumps?

-Tony


Andrew Eckhardt wrote:
> Problem. Lately can hear a metallic rattling noise coming from the rear
> on the drivers side when I drive over rough spots in the road.
>
> I removed that jack and tool kit from the trunk as I thought that could
> be what was rattling, but it didn't stop.
>
> Underneath on the creeper, I didn't see anything obvious either.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated greatly.
>
> TIA