Tiguan fast rattle / vibration when towing

denvillesman
denvillesman Forum Participant Posts: 6
edited July 2019 in Towcars & Towing #1

I tow with a 2012 Tiguan with a Brink retractable towbar. Owned for 8 months. Only when towing do I get an annoying fast rattle, like a noisy vibration, at the rear of the car. I just cannot track it down, having tried everything I can think of. I tow a trailer as well, and then there is no rattle. So I reckon the fairly substantial noseweight is the cause. The weird thing is I lived with exactly the same rattle for 5 years in my earlier 2008 Tiguan and identical towbar! Has anyone else had the same problem and more usefully, has it been solved?

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  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited July 2019 #2

    Could it be when a lot of weight is on the rear it is the exhaust pipe is touching something? what is the nose weight of the caravan?

  • Takethedogalong
    Takethedogalong Forum Participant Posts: 17,044 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2019 #3

    I think you could be spot on there JV. We replaced exhaust on our Wrangler and it use to catch on gas tank occasionally if we had a load on. Cured it by putting something that wouldn’t melt (cork) between pipe and LPG tank. Cured it permanently next time we replaced exhaust!😂

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