Do you have rattles in the car?

[Grover]

Well I have had my 118 TSi now for about 5-6 months and I have to say I am really disappointed. The car is conceptually a great package with its 7sp DSG and 1.4L twin charges engine. I should feel good driving it. The reality is that it annoys the hell out of me and I find that I actually get grumpy every time I get in the thing.

It is a shame that there is so much (ridiculously so) door and window noise. Unless you are driving on glass you can hear every single creek and grown as the door and window seals move against their mating surface. It is actually unbelievable and I have never, ever had this problem with any car I have ever owned (and there have been a fair few).

What's worst is the idea of losing about $10K if I go through the excercise of getting rid of it and replacing with something else.

Does anyone else have this problem or can anyone recommend a product (like a silicon spray) or something I can use to quiten this noise down a bit? I do notice that when the windows are down, the noise is halved but you can't always drive around with all the windows down. It is just terrible.

[obiwan]

My car creaks if you jump into when parked on a hill. It also creaks when a "large" friend of mine hops in, bit embarassing for them (see how I didn't declare their sex so as not to point the finger to any of my fat friends that might read this).

Don't get any rattles when driving though, well nothing that surfaces above the background road and airconditioning noise.

[Mk6 Golf]

I own the 2.0 Litre 103TDI with 6 Speed DSG (I LOVE THE DSG!!!). I've had my car a few weeks although the car was driving by the dealers manager for the past 6 months so has approx. 15,000 km on the clock. So far so good, NO rattles at all. This car is VERY quiet and very smooth to drive.

If I do notice any rattles as the weeks / months / years unfold, then I'll post a comment here (if I remember).

[Sute]

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It is a shame that there is so much (ridiculously so) door and window noise. Unless you are driving on glass you can hear every single creek and grown as the door and window seals move against their mating surface. It is actually unbelievable and I have never, ever had this problem with any car I have ever owned (and there have been a fair few).

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Does anyone else have this problem or can anyone recommend a product (like a silicon spray) or something I can use to quiten this noise down a bit? I do notice that when the windows are down, the noise is halved but you can't always drive around with all the windows down. It is just terrible.[/QUOTE]

I'm with you on this issue. Although, I did owned the markV before the curent GTI Vi and to tell you the truth that rubbing noise coming from the doors\windows seals it wasn't there. This model seems to flex more than markV. The noise is most heard when coming off \on a driveway
Also, not sure if you noticed this, push the rear top window frame inwards and you'll see that the door is not closed all the way (weird) - I'm actually mentioning this at my next visit to the dealer (Five Dock).

[PassatB6]

Actually my car is relatively rattle free, havent noticed anything too annoying (Except the CHIRRP from the engine, this is starting to get annoying!!).

BTW noticed on a German site that the 'squeal' is caused by the water pump which is being replaced over there at least. Owned 3 VWs from new, never had a rattle. One has 350,000km and still doesn't rattle.

[Maverick]

I'm with you on this issue. Although, I did owned the markV before the curent GTI Vi and to tell you the truth that rubbing noise coming from the doors\windows seals it wasn't there. This model seems to flex more than markV. The noise is most heard when coming off \on a driveway
Also, not sure if you noticed this, push the rear top window frame inwards and you'll see that the door is not closed all the way (weird) - I'm actually mentioning this at my next visit to the dealer (Five Dock).

The Mark VI has a lot more laser welding than the Mark V so there is less flexing of the body.

Either the doors require adjustment which is a dealer issue or you could try waxing (or stripping wax) in the area where the rubbers make contact on the paint. There are numerous products that you can use on the rubber but take it easy as you could make it worse and I would avoid anything with silicone in it.

[Umai Naa!!]

Agreed. The Krytox paste dealers use is the go.

[vwsp]

All my doors have squeaked/squelched like you say ... however I know why ... and I know how to fix - if not permanently, temporarily at least.

It's the Meguiars wax (ULTIMATE QUIK WAX) that I use. It started straight after I first waxed the car.

Not that I waxed IN the door surrounds but given how our VW doors nestle in tightly around the door surrounds and therefore paintwork, the 'felted' rubbers must pick up/collect the wax from the paintwork and then squeak.

It's actually normal for there to be some flex in the body - just you would never know until there's wax on the rubbers!

This drove me crazy for a while too, but then I remembered this happened to my last Golf (V) - and from then on when I waxed I kept the wax away from the rubbers.

When I wash the car I get a separate chux wipe with some car wash and carefully wash the 'felted' rubbers AND inside the door surrounds. The noises disappear for a few weeks. Every time I've done this the noises have got less and less.

Hope this helps!

[G-rig]

Bloody rattles. The way to fix them is to get a BMW or Audi

[vwsp]

Bloody rattles. The way to fix them is to get a BMW or Audi

If only it was that easy. I've also owned 3 new Audis and they are not immune to rattles. I have not owned a BMW but have heard they can also have rattles.

In the case of these rubber door squeaks I think it's more to do with the meguiars wax - the car was polished when new by the dealer but it didn't squeak - as soon as I waxed it - it did. Work that out.

The Meguiars Wax (Ultimate Quick Wax) might have something in it that others don't, that cause the squeaking.