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has anyone had problems with their rear doors creaking?
mine do it bad, my dad says they need adjusting badly. the noise is quite loud, i actually thought it was a creak coming from the passenger seat but having passengers in the rear of the car more recently they've all complained of this noise, it is infuriating...my dealership said "no fault found" when i told them about it! bloody useless

I've exactly the same thing on mine and it drives me mad. I just dont know, and to be honest haven't had the time to see what can be done.

Not sure whether mine creak or not. I'll have to ask the kids to shut up so I can hear any squeaks, rattles and creaks!!

polo1.8t wrote:has anyone had problems with their rear doors creaking?
mine do it bad, my dad says they need adjusting badly. the noise is quite loud, i actually thought it was a creak coming from the passenger seat but having passengers in the rear of the car more recently they've all complained of this noise, it is infuriating...my dealership said "no fault found" when i told them about it! bloody useless

Its probably that the door striker needs adjustment. These bolts are only torqued around 20NM and so with general wear and tear and the door being slammed hard or something there is a chance that it may move slightly. Its easy enough to do yourself but you need a M8 spline and you need to be patient as adjusting this can create more or less panel gaps (and raise and lower the door) so you need to be patient to make it perfect (best to mark around the striker to keep hold or previous position too incase).

Assuming its under warranty its probably best to let VW adjust this but take pics of panel gaps before they do it as they can sometimes not do it properly themselves.

Lubing the door seals may also help.

Thank you for that! Very interesting, I can assure you that no-one slams my doors! I'll give VW a try first see what they can do, under warranty for another 2 yrs so got a pretty good chance they'll sort it out, lol

I've noticed this and couldn't work out where the squeek was coming from. Not surprised it's my doors - see my post. I've got one holding onto water and the other one rusting! Have you noticed anything like this?