B Pillar clicking / ticking & door rubber / seal creaking / squeaking

[Frankenstrat]

I've noticed occasional knocking noises from my passenger-side B-pillar, too. I try not to stress over it, I get enough of that at work!

[nicandlance]

Mine doesn't happen enough to drive me crazy. It's only occasional - but it's there.

[vwsp]

I think what you're talking about is exactly the problem when I first took delivery of my car. It's a clicking noise from either or in my case BOTH B pillars. It would 'click' when the car was both moving and also when driving along.

The dealer insulated (not sure exactly what) the outside black shiny plastic panels on the B pillar part of each front door. That is, they took the black plastic off, stuck some insulating tape between the metal part of the door and the black plastic piece. The noise disappeared and has never returned.

I believe was/is a common problem and a dealer should know about it. I'm actually surprised that VW hasn't fixed this at the factory - as it's a very simple fix to a very annoying problem.

Hope this helps!

[MkVIGTI]

Thanks vwsp! I have my car booked in to get the rear washer fixed coz it drips water on hard accelerations. I'll also ask them about the clicking noise. Will keep you guys posted

[vwsp]

Oh, I meant to say earlier "It would 'click' when the car was both NOT MOVING and also when driving along." Good luck at the dealer. These problems are the worst to explain to a dealer because sometimes it doesn't happen and then they make you look stupid as if you're imagining things. And I've found if they don't hear something they won't attempt to fix it. Hopefully they'll already know about this one! Cheers

[G-rig]

Thanks vwsp! I have my car booked in to get the rear washer fixed coz it drips water on hard accelerations. I'll also ask them about the clicking noise. Will keep you guys posted

I've booked mine in for the rear wiper washer fix, but they want to look at it before ordering parts - is that normal? it means at least two trips to the dealer now and you usually have to book hire cars at Highway a month in advance.

I may just send them a photo of the water mark.

[Corey_R]

G-rig, I'd say in the case where it's a known fault for which VW have issued a fix for, you'd think they could just order the damn parts. The only reason for wanting to take a look at it is if they believe the car would have already shipped with the fix in place.

I'd probably do what you've said - send them a photo, and then if they still don't cooperate, maybe have a chat with the service manager and see what they want to do for you for having to do a second unnecessarily trip on a well known problem for which VW have issued a fix. lol

[MkVIGTI]

When I called them up about the dripping washer, they didn't ask me anything and ordered it straight away. They did tell me that the part will take about a month to arrive from Germany.

[G-rig]

Cheers guys will try that. Just a bit of root around going back a few times then driving back to the city in the peakhour traffic.

The B-pillar trims seem a bit flimsy on the MK4/MK5, but i assume they have to be for the curtain airbags to be released. Still annoying the plastic around the seatbelt area but you can usually press it and it may help the noise to go away.

My MK5 actually had an annoying rattle where the black metal wraps around the door in the B-pillar area which wasn't sitting even. Got it fixed under warranty, but sounds like a similar noise.

[MkVIGTI]

I think what you're talking about is exactly the problem when I first took delivery of my car. It's a clicking noise from either or in my case BOTH B pillars. It would 'click' when the car was both moving and also when driving along.

The dealer insulated (not sure exactly what) the outside black shiny plastic panels on the B pillar part of each front door. That is, they took the black plastic off, stuck some insulating tape between the metal part of the door and the black plastic piece. The noise disappeared and has never returned.

I believe was/is a common problem and a dealer should know about it. I'm actually surprised that VW hasn't fixed this at the factory - as it's a very simple fix to a very annoying problem.

Hope this helps!

I think my black plastic trim on the door also gives out an occasional rattle. It's definitely different from the clicking sounds but I may get that looked at during the service too. Hopefully they will put some insulation on it and fix both problems!