creacking doors - not the rubber seals

[Devdead]

Hi everyone, i have a creak coming from inside the door / behind the door cards when the body twists
I thought it was the rubber trim so I lubricated all of them and sprayed silicone spray on the hinges

but the issue didn't go away, and i can hear it from all doors
I made this video recording of the noise in case anyone knows what it could be

[Dogman12]

I have the same. But I noticed that it almost goes away when the car is clean. I haven't paid a lot of attention to it since it only started, and now it is pretty warm, so the windows are mostly down.

[Devdead]

I have the same. But I noticed that it almost goes away when the car is clean. I haven't paid a lot of attention to it since it only started, and now it is pretty warm, so the windows are mostly down.

I wash the car quite often - a couple of times a month and even sprayed silicone spray in the window tracks hoping it will help
Unfortunately it doesn't go away

The only thing left to do is to remove a door card and see if i can pinpoint the creak
I was hoping someone on the forum managed to find the source already

[Adam T7]

Before you start pulling it to bits, from personal experience I would try (a) clean seals with isopropyl to strip  wax residue, (b) treat rubber door seals with Gummi Pfledge and then (c) lube the furry / felt-like seals with this stuff - worked for me - mine were driving me bananas. Thanks to member Carlosfandango for the recommendation - the lube is great👍

[Devdead]

Before you start pulling it to bits, from personal experience I would try (a) clean seals with isopropyl to strip  wax residue, (b) treat rubber door seals with Gummi Pfledge and then (c) lube the furry / felt-like seals with this stuff - worked for me - mine were driving me bananas. Thanks to member Carlosfandango for the recommendation - the lube is great👍

I already lubricated them several times with Gummi Pfledge and sprayed silicone spray in all the possible places
But I did not try cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol and then re-applying
So i'll try that and hopefully it will help

[Adam T7]

🤞I feel your pain, it’s so irritating

[JoeGTI]

It’s almost certainly the door seals. More specifically, around the top of the door frame, those “furry” lined rubbers. I had it on my MK8.5 CS recently and oddly enough I don’t think I ever had it in my previous MK8.

Anyway, I recommend you get a bottle of Krytox. It’s what the dealers use for this. Can get it on Amazon I think. It’s a very small bottle but I’ve got mine for years, since my MK7 had this issue. You only need to smear a small drop of it, get it right into the rubber seal around the top of the door frame.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Genuine-Rubber-Conditioner-Special-Lubricant/dp/B0068NDBUE/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?crid=3AN2CWY7DCLHY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kvOVOgkUjsiaGsh_QP-pqBVf-UL-N9yZocBhU9I6I8hGK7X_opJLsz4hYGyVdz2pJnfKJF8-4Tbs41P9ZFJ2HTEaMguwdQ6J-EQbNLueV5mezrgc-rhmu6aIqU3Ly89v-5_e2I6anHc1J1Kk6s2go23IJih6Jxp52SutIOWkbusv7OEtH4RUhdKLdODA6g1Dbev6EPC8fH-WC5YUwfgzsA.1OGistXBH7hdAsxkRc4wUFmaze4ZOH7S8SQhFHTUmO4&dib_tag=se&keywords=krytox&qid=1758056036&sprefix=krytox%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-6

[Devdead]

It’s almost certainly the door seals. More specifically, around the top of the door frame, those “furry” lined rubbers. I had it on my MK8.5 CS recently and oddly enough I don’t think I ever had it in my previous MK8.

Anyway, I recommend you get a bottle of Krytox. It’s what the dealers use for this. Can get it on Amazon I think. It’s a very small bottle but I’ve got mine for years, since my MK7 had this issue. You only need to smear a small drop of it, get it right into the rubber seal around the top of the door frame.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Genuine-Rubber-Conditioner-Special-Lubricant/dp/B0068NDBUE/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?crid=3AN2CWY7DCLHY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kvOVOgkUjsiaGsh_QP-pqBVf-UL-N9yZocBhU9I6I8hGK7X_opJLsz4hYGyVdz2pJnfKJF8-4Tbs41P9ZFJ2HTEaMguwdQ6J-EQbNLueV5mezrgc-rhmu6aIqU3Ly89v-5_e2I6anHc1J1Kk6s2go23IJih6Jxp52SutIOWkbusv7OEtH4RUhdKLdODA6g1Dbev6EPC8fH-WC5YUwfgzsA.1OGistXBH7hdAsxkRc4wUFmaze4ZOH7S8SQhFHTUmO4&dib_tag=se&keywords=krytox&qid=1758056036&sprefix=krytox%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-6

Surprise, surprise... it turns out it was the rubber seals - i cleaned them as you suggested with alcohol and reapplied the lubricant and the creak was gone

thank you

[Adam T7]

Nice one! Noises like that in a car irritate me beyond irritation. I think in my case it was using to much wash/wax shampoo🙄😂

[Monkeymagik]

Just another tip that worked for me was to polish the paintwork where the trim at the top of the door rubs against the paintwork. Seemed to work for me. But saying that I’ve sprayed so much silicone on mine to stop all sorts of squeaks I could have fixed it another way.