Steering Rack / Suspension Squeak

[johanr77]

Was the top mounts with mine as well. Took the technician out for a run in it and he was pretty sure after five minutes thats what it was. Got them changed and hey presto no more noise. Pretty poor so many golfs are suffering with this.

[adekil]

I've only just noticed this as its very quiet and the radio dims the noise. Will get mine booked in too 

[DepressedGTi]

Add another GTi to the long list of suspension woes. I have only had the car for 8 days and it has got to go to the dealer for the day tomorrow to have the top mounts sorted. Not a small job as the whole suspension has to be dropped down.

I cannot see me keeping this car for the 7 years I kept my previous GTi which was brilliant and reliable.

[Skinnee D]

They changed both sides on mine in an hour once they had figured out what the problem was.  A relatively easy job with access to the usual workshop ramp and jackups.  No need to interfere with track rods etc.

[monkeytennis]

Another Golf with this issue GTD, squeaking gradually got worse, like others issue is at low speed, very concerned seeing this thread as car has now covered 2.5k. Booking car in at dealer immediately. Joined this forum just to add and say thanks 

[monkeytennis]

Annoyingly the car squeaked on the way to work but come my drive to the dealer, out with the mechanic and on the way back, nothing! The mechanic jacked the car up and checked suspension but it was ok, though he did say they'd seen a lot with the same problem of blocks not being removed after delivery. Will just have to see how it goes I guess....

Has anyone else had it intermittent?

[markyb1985]

Hi Guys,

I'm new to posting in forums.. but I have been following this thread since I ordered my GTI and this has been highly helpful.  This have been a valuable source of info and I'm looking for some advice from others with this issue.  Since I placed the order, I have been trying to avoid encountering these problems and had let my salesperson know early on.  He tried to help, but when the technician did the PDI in mid December, he failed and left the 3rd block in. 

I noticed after driving a couple of times that it was mighty hard on the bumps and dips of the road in comfort mode. So I went back to the dealers, the car was at 100 miles.  They found a transport block and removed it.  They have said there is nothing wrong with the suspension, but I still hear the creaks a low speeds at full lock.

When not driving but turning the wheel from lock to lock it is creaky and quite loud..  is this normal?

I personally want them to have a proper look at the suspension parts and potentially replace the shock mounts and bearings. They have said they can take it apart and replace the parts - but it will mess up the alignment, which they can realign but it won't be the same as it came out the factory.

Seeing as many have had the parts replaced.  Has anyone had problems with the alignment after?

I'm thinking if there is damage fix it now rather than later.

Anyways many thanks in advance and cheers for the info gained by this thread.

Mark

[monkeyhanger]

Markyb1985: Not sure they even have to mess about with alignment, replacing the shock mount bearings is a quick job, and there was no mention of alignment on my warranty work invoice (lists all work done, even though I wasn't paying for it). Even so, no reason why alignment wouldn't be as good as the factory afterwards if they do a proper laser alignment and adjust - in fact it might even be a little better!

[mk7gti]

Markyb1985 make a recording of the squeak on your phone and we can let you know what to do? We are all experts on the noise so it should be simple to diagnose..

[matchboy]

Its a new car, there shouldn't be any creaking noises!  Whatever they did to my car once it went in has fixed my issue - I've not heard it since, so my advice would be to book it in and advise them of all the issues we've all had on this thread as its clearly a common fault.