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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: buddfridge on 13 September 2016, 19:32
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There is a squeak or groan coming from the drivers side rear, I thought it was the back seats but if I gently rock the car back and forward it seems to be coming from the suspension, it's only a few months old and 2500 miles any ideas? :sad:
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Has it been very dry round your way? Sometimes bushes dry out a little after a good shower and a drive it dissapears.
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I had this, I searched online finding various threads and videos about shock absorbers etc..
It turned out to be the adjustable rubber stops on the rear tailgate.
I was surprised it was such a simple fix, it sounded far worse.
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There is a squeak or groan coming from the drivers side rear, I thought it was the back seats but if I gently rock the car back and forward it seems to be coming from the suspension, it's only a few months old and 2500 miles any ideas? :sad:
This is an R but did it sound like this?
https://youtu.be/IHQAJGrm7bU
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Not as pronounced as that, at least not yet, but by using that rocking movement it does produce a squeak . As I am driving it sounds like a creak from the rear seat area...it may even be both.
It is in the garage so it's kept dryer than most..in response to the earlier post.
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There is a squeak or groan coming from the drivers side rear, I thought it was the back seats but if I gently rock the car back and forward it seems to be coming from the suspension, it's only a few months old and 2500 miles any ideas? :sad:
are you sure it's not from the inside? I had once with a new Audi A4 a loose little spring inside the passenger seat that made a noise and it drove me crazy. I had to go 3 times to the dealer to get it solved
1st visit they told me it was imagination
2nd time they said it was the license plate and fixed that one
At the end I asked that a mecanic would join me for a test ride. he took place in the back and identified the noise
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I think its from behind the rear wheel.
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I got a bit closer to finding the cause...back seats are creaking from the drivers side only but it was dark so I will have to wait until daylight...anybody had this?
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An update as it might be useful, after checking the seats and finding nothing amiss I moved to the suspension on the drivers side, laying underneath I could see that the strut had a protective plastic collar fitted over the top part and it was not sealed.
I thought that it is possible with all my washing and the wet roads that some water might have penetrated the collar and done its worst on the suspension rod....so I decided to spray some wd 40 up the gap between the collar and strut, then the spring's just to make sure, I have gone for a good run out to check for the noise and thankfully it's gone, it was persistent and annoying so I am pretty sure its cured.
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The problem with WD40 is it will just dry out and your problem will return.
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Is there anything more durable than the Wd40?
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Can you get into it with grease?
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No that would be a main dealer job, I will see how it goes and if it does come back take it in.
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My car has had 2 rounds of creaking suspension problems, most noticeable on speed bumps and when pulling into driveways at awkward angles.
Been greased up both times but the fact it comes back the grease is either not suitable or just a temporary fix. Get it down to your dealers....
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Actually I think I got it wrong, the squeak came back next time I used the car so I jumped in the back to try and sort it once and for all, it was coming from the back seat on the drivers side but I couldn't understand why. I decided on a whim to grease the rear lockinocking mechanism but wasn't to confident it would resolve the issue but to my surprise it has. I have been squeak free for the last week and I really have tried to provoke it to come back driving over rough roads and speed bumps but it has gone and good riddance.
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Actually I think I got it wrong, the squeak came back next time I used the car so I jumped in the back to try and sort it once and for all, it was coming from the back seat on the drivers side but I couldn't understand why. I decided on a whim to grease the rear lockinocking mechanism but wasn't to confident it would resolve the issue but to my surprise it has. I have been squeak free for the last week and I really have tried to provoke it to come back driving over rough roads and speed bumps but it has gone and good riddance.
told you :smiley: