Bloody noisy rear suspension.......

[fredgroves]

As I have asked someone else on here... have you driven another Mk7 from the dealer to establish whether what you think is unusual suspension noise is actually unusual...

[Golf-Ball]

Is it definitely the rear suspension? I'm on my second GTI and they've both suffered from noisy rear ends. On the first one it was the suspension, boot lid and arm rest combined, on this one I'm pretty sure it's boot trim related.

Love the car but really disappointed with the build quality.

[mstothard1234]

Hey, update on my car. Local dealer has replaced my rear shocks under warranty and it seems to have cured the issue. I have been here before though as this is my 3rd set now. Very useful youtube vid showing what i believe could be the issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bvS3g2vXFI
I would love to say it is cured but i have a feeling the shocks have an inherent design flaw hence why on two previous occassions they have turned noisy after 2-3k miles
Frustratingly neither my dealer or vw customer services will admit it is a widespread issue; why is it a secret?
Keep you posted!!!!

[Juicetin]

Are you running DCC or standard shocks?

[mcmaddy]

Are you running DCC or standard shocks?

Makes no difference

[fredgroves]

THIRD set of shock absorbers?

I would have thought that unless something else was wrong and breaking them, the likelihood of two sets being faulty was fairly minimal.

If it was something like that, we'd all be hearing it, which is why I asked if you have tried another car to listen to see if the noise was the same on other Mk7's - albeit annoying.

[mcmaddy]

This is more common than you'd think on the mk7 but vw are unwilling to accept any blame for anything.

[monkeyhanger]

This is more common than you'd think on the mk7 but vw are unwilling to accept any blame for anything.

My rear shocks creak when going slowly over speed bumps, someone else's problem as of tomorrow.

[mcmaddy]

I was in debenhams car park in Sunderland on Monday and a 64 plate gtd went over the indented ramp gutter things they have in ours up here and it sounded very clunky from the front end. Not what you expect from a new car. I think the mqb platform suffers with low speed bumps, sleeping policeman type things.

[mstothard1234]

Are you running DCC or standard shocks?

standard shocks not DCC