My 14 plate gti is creaky! When you go over bumps or take corners sharply it makes a horrible creaky sound.
I found one thread on a US forum about this but thought I’d ask here. That thread made out VW's have a common issue with this, but I couldn't find any other reviews or forums to back this up (i'm probably not looking or searching for the right things maybe?)
I had my local VW specialist take a look and they said they would need to replace the bushes and wishbones or something or other. They said they are fine to run and its just the rubber pieces that have stiffened to cause the noise and it was common. To replace it was about £300 ish per corner (from memory but I could be wrong). They greased them up for me for free this time, which helped and did reduce the creaking significantly. Its been a few weeks now and it is starting to coming back slowly, which is what the garage said would probably happen.
Just wondering is this really a common issue with VW’s? surely if its just a few pieces of rubber VW would have found a better quality alternative to stop the creeks? If I do spend the money and replace them all will the problem just re occur in a year or two anyways?
Any advice on this would be appreciated-thanks!
