creaky door seals

[wag29]

Hi, I have a 2012 5 door , and one thing that's doing my head in is when I first get car out of garage and reverse off drive is the constant creaking of the rubber door seals!, after about 10 minutes it stops doing it, but for the beginning of a journey it drives you crazy, it does not matter if the weather is warm or cold it does it anyway. All 4 doors do it, I have applied some rubber silicone lubricant which cured it for about 3 days but now its doing it again. does anyone else have, this issue.

[jhunter_83]

Are you sure it is the rubber seals? Only reason I ask is I have a similar noise that is coming from the panel of the seatbelts.

I will probably look at this at the weekend to try and fix it.

[Booth11]

I have a very annoying vibration noise which seems to originate from passenger side A pillar area but I can't quite pin it down      It increases as you accelerate.  Wonder if this could be the door seal?  It's not a creaking noise though.

[Candy Man]

Hi, I have a 2012 5 door , and one thing that's doing my head in is when I first get car out of garage and reverse off drive is the constant creaking of the rubber door seals!, after about 10 minutes it stops doing it, but for the beginning of a journey it drives you crazy, it does not matter if the weather is warm or cold it does it anyway. All 4 doors do it, I have applied some rubber silicone lubricant which cured it for about 3 days but now its doing it again. does anyone else have, this issue.

Try gummi pledge on the rubber it works a treat 

[RocketRossUK]

This thread is so funny, i have the same issue, it a cross between a squeak and rubbing / vibrating noise.

I have got my girlfriend to try tell me where its coming from. First i thought it was the leather arm rest, which does make a squeaking sound when pressing it.

After trying a few things, i think it the piece of plastic that runs down the side below the glove box. If you open your door, where you can see the half moon shape piece of plastic where the fuse box is in European cars, below that is a long piece which goes the floor. I pressed that in hard all the way down, it went away......

But it has since come back, so im thinking some hot glue and something similar is in order, as it drive me mad....I hate rattles in the cabin.

[wag29]

Hi all,
         It is definitely the rubber door seals, you can hear it coming from each door , worse when you first drive off and gets a bit easier as journey goes on but it never goes away completely, when reversing off my drive and steering is on lock you can actually hear each side of the car creak as you come off the drive at an angle as if the body is contorting 

[Candy Man]

Have to agree with wag, mines creaks and groans when reversing out our drive, every vag ive had has done this, german build quality eh? 

[wag29]

I was wondering if this happens on 3 door models aswell, or is it just something that happens to 5 door versions due to the strength of the shell as I think the 3 door model does not (twist) as much

[Candy Man]

My audi a3 3 door had same characteristics of creaks and groans m8.

[Neil gti]

I got some of this from the dealer works a treat