Hi
My 280 ST has a droning noise at around 45 and 70 mph, seems to go away at other speeds. It's clearer on smooth roads, with the general road noise pretty much drowning it out on noisier roads so it's not too loud but incredibly annoying at 70 on the motorways.
Having read many golf and Leon forums I thought it was just the tyres but have rotated tyres, added soundproofing and had a full alignment (only the fronts very slightly out) with no improvement. So I changed down to 18" wheels and near new Michelin PS4s but also without any impact on the annoying noise. I'm therefore left thinking its a bad bearing which does seem to occur on these cars and so after 60k on stiff suspension and 19's it seems plausible. However I've had the car jacked up and can't sense any movement in any of the wheels and can only hear the brakes rubbing and nothing else.
If anything I suspect the rear left as it is possibly slightly quieter when the RHS is loaded, and the tyre garage reckoned my rear left wheel was very slightly buckled and if anything that tyre looked the worse.
So a few questions for you:
My 280 ST has a droning noise at around 45 and 70 mph, seems to go away at other speeds. It's clearer on smooth roads, with the general road noise pretty much drowning it out on noisier roads so it's not too loud but incredibly annoying at 70 on the motorways.
Having read many golf and Leon forums I thought it was just the tyres but have rotated tyres, added soundproofing and had a full alignment (only the fronts very slightly out) with no improvement. So I changed down to 18" wheels and near new Michelin PS4s but also without any impact on the annoying noise. I'm therefore left thinking its a bad bearing which does seem to occur on these cars and so after 60k on stiff suspension and 19's it seems plausible. However I've had the car jacked up and can't sense any movement in any of the wheels and can only hear the brakes rubbing and nothing else.
If anything I suspect the rear left as it is possibly slightly quieter when the RHS is loaded, and the tyre garage reckoned my rear left wheel was very slightly buckled and if anything that tyre looked the worse.
So a few questions for you:
- Could it just be a Cupra noise (limited rear wheel clearance in arches, limited sound proofing, lots of plastic aero parts and cheap tin underneath [ though all seem solid enough])?
- Does it sound like it could be a bearing?
- Would you gamble on just changing one at a time? or do them in pairs? (rear first?)
- Would you use original (OE) [£125/£130] or other (genuine) [£80/£65] parts?
- Would you attempt to fit rears yourself [quoted 2 hours £110 to fit]?
