Hi,

I've had this squeak ever since I had the car.

When I'm driving it sounds like there is a rubbery-type squeak coming from the nearside rear of the car. It's quite loud and I think it's coming from inside the car, like its the parcel shelf or something moving the window rubber. I've checked this though and I do not think it is this.

It is quite rapid, and is related to the road surface conditions; rough surface is constant squeak-squeak-squeak constantly, on tarmac it squeaks when changing speed/gear or bumps etc.

These symptoms lead me to believe it is something to do with the suspension system. I had an MOT advisory for soft shock absorbers; they are very soft compared to the front and body roll is excessive imo. Could this be the cause? Not the shocks directly per se, but the spring mountings could be squeaking due to taking more dynamic loading than they should?

Oh yeah and sound appears to be better with people in the back. Although the sounds occasionally won't be there for a journey or two then will be back again so I don't know for sure.

It's obviously hard for me to fault find this when driving along so some guesses will be fine even if you aren't sure. I'm just not sure what to try first. I was going to change the shocks anyway for the next MOT so I might do that.

Cheers for replies.

Just an update on this old thread, in case anyone is interested. The problem goes away if you push the rear window glass outward while driving. It was quite difficult to do this from the driver seat as you can imagine .

The noise can be replicated by pushing/jiggling the rear clusters or window. I'm almost certain the noise is associated with all the rubbers in this area, around the windows and lights; I will try cleaning and greasing them to see if there is any change.

Sounds like its a loose window

I wouldnt grease the seal, i'd get some rubber care treatments - like Auto-glymns stuff, it'll nurish it abit better

Ziggy

Ok I know this thread is ancient but I thought I would post an update in case anyone finds this through Google/search.

The problem was relating to the DUST SEALS on the boot lid. From what I could tell they don't actually stop water getting in (this is done by the seal on the car, and the window is glued in with epoxy. The dust seals are two strips of trim that fit on to the side edges of the boot lid and cover the gap between the glass and the boot lid.

These strips were rubbing on the rear light clusters as they had come unclipped slightly and as the boot bit is a tiny bit springy due to give in the main rubber seal, it was causing rubbing (and thus squeaking) during driving.

All I did was push the seals on correctly (I really forced them on so they wouldn't come loose again) and have had no problems for weeks now.

Hope this helps someone else!


ST