Noise from rear when wet/cold

badleeroy · Dec 23, 2007

Does anyone else get a sort of crunching/creaking noise from the rear suspension when its wet ? i get this when going over speed bumps mainly.
The noise goes away when the weather dries up but with the cold damp weather continuing its starting to P me off, is it worth taking the car back to the dealers as its only one year old? or does anyone know a quick fix, oh my car is a Ibiza Cupra TDi. Thanks

kriso · Dec 23, 2007

I have had this over the last couple of days when going over speed bumps....weird!

Poverty · Dec 23, 2007

so its not just me then either.

danmay · Dec 23, 2007

summat to do with the weather aint it? chap on here put up a thread this week sometime about his springs snapping and that was summat to do with the wonderful weather i think?

may be worth a trip back to the dealers though mate, warranty is warranty!

kriso · Dec 23, 2007

My warranty runs out today!!!

danmay · Dec 23, 2007

wounded!

let someone with a warranty go back and see if its a quick fix job...might be summat saft like greasing bits up!

bully · Dec 23, 2007

i'am getting that and only in bad conditions aswell ! and it's fine in dry weather ! strange !!!

kriso · Dec 23, 2007

Well at least we're all having the same issue, so probably nothing to worry about really

IainW · Dec 24, 2007

I hear a creak from the rear when I go over speed humps as well. The same happened with my previous MK4.

Ibiza 130 tdi · Dec 24, 2007

I know what you mean. I only had it when going over speedhumps also. I had that a while back. Hasn't done it since though so keeping my fingers crossed!

Nick_J · Dec 24, 2007

Hi ppl,

From reading posts about a year ago, i beleive its the nylon / whatever plastic they use for the rear bushes drying out with the salt on the roads.
The picture I get in my head is that the bushes just have the moisture pulled from them due to the salt and then they creak.

I find if when washing the car (weekly for me usually) use the hose to just squirt the water in and around the rear arch to replenish the the moisture. Usually cures it for a few days until the salt draws the water out again.

Only happens when roads are being salted, the last cpl of weeks for me!

Regards

Nick

a11y · Dec 24, 2007

^^^Makes sense to me

Weirdly, I noticed the exact same issue yesterday and it's bloody annoying. Does that mean I need to go out and wash the car now?

kriso · Dec 24, 2007

I'm just going to leave mine until it goes away. Bit worried about the salt damaging the bushes and stuff but no point in rinsing it if it's just going to come back again.

Nick_J · Dec 24, 2007

a11y, yeh that was my excuse to wash it this morning, I'll report back later or over the next couple of days to say if washing the car has replenished moisture in the bushes and the creaking has gone away for a few days!

Nick

badleeroy · Dec 26, 2007

mines stopped now so the salt theory sounds about right to me. Sounds like a common issue so i feel better now but god its annoying thanks for the replies

BigFish · Dec 27, 2007

i had a problem with sqeaking when i went over bumps in my old punto... sounded terminal, thort it was damaged to suspension, turned out to be a poorly lubricated handbrake cable rubbing underneath the car.... Its worth checkin out things like that before you panic...

RichieRich · Dec 29, 2007

no probs for me yet... i have done enough driving in these conditions to! nearly 4k in 2months.. lol

shadw_uk · Jan 2, 2008

I get this also from the rear suspension, started about 2 weeks ago when the weather went really cold, and has now stopped doing it on one side. The other, still sounding weird and its really annnoying. At first I thought I'd left something in the boot, or it was the rear seatbelt clip thing rubbing on the window. Glad to read other people have it also and I'll try giving the wheel arches etc a good wash.

Nick_J · Jan 2, 2008

Yeh ive washed my car a couple of times during the cold spat and now the bushes arent making any noise again... Altho think its supposed to be very cold tonight so mitereturn for the next couple of days!

Ol' Timer · Jan 2, 2008

I've had the same problem for the past three winters and I'm certain it's the salt on the roads causing the bushes to 'dry out'. As has been said a good squirt round the suspension with a hose should help or a couple of days of rain should sort it out.

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