Rear squeak

[tonistonis]

Hi everyone,

I've had my VW California Beach T7 for a few months now and I'm trying to track down an interior squeak/creak coming from the rear of the vehicle that is driving me slightly crazy

The noise definitely seems to come from the interior trim or plastic panels rather than from the suspension or any mechanical component.

Some details about the noise:

• On the motorway or on very smooth roads the van is completely silent.
• The noise only appears at low speeds, especially around town, over small bumps, road imperfections, driveway entrances, changes in road camber or whenever the body twists slightly.
• It sounds like a plastic "creak" or "cric-cric" noise rather than a rattle.
• The noise has become noticeably worse with the recent hot weather and higher temperatures.
• It seems to come from the rear area of the vehicle, but I find it very difficult to pinpoint the exact location.
• My current suspicion is that it may be related to the tailgate interior trim or possibly the right rear side window trim, but I am far from certain.
• If I press on the black plastic trim around the right rear window while stationary, I can reproduce a very similar creaking noise by hand.

Things I have already tried:

• Lubricating the tailgate stops and latch with silicone spray.
• Lubricating the sliding surfaces around the rear window.
• Applying anti-squeak felt tape to the rear bed, which successfully fixed another larger noise I had previously.

The remaining noise is much quieter but very frequent and only appears when the body is moving or twisting slightly at low speed. The feeling is that is appearing more often though and I am running out of ideas. I told the dealer I had such a problem but they do not want to take any responsability of it, I guess for them it's also really hard to find out.

Has anyone with a California Beach T7 or Multivan T7 experienced something similar? Were you able to identify the source or fix it?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Archie]

Hi everyone,

I've had my VW California Beach T7 for a few months now and I'm trying to track down an interior squeak/creak coming from the rear of the vehicle that is driving me slightly crazy

The noise definitely seems to come from the interior trim or plastic panels rather than from the suspension or any mechanical component.

Some details about the noise:

• On the motorway or on very smooth roads the van is completely silent.
• The noise only appears at low speeds, especially around town, over small bumps, road imperfections, driveway entrances, changes in road camber or whenever the body twists slightly.
• It sounds like a plastic "creak" or "cric-cric" noise rather than a rattle.
• The noise has become noticeably worse with the recent hot weather and higher temperatures.
• It seems to come from the rear area of the vehicle, but I find it very difficult to pinpoint the exact location.
• My current suspicion is that it may be related to the tailgate interior trim or possibly the right rear side window trim, but I am far from certain.
• If I press on the black plastic trim around the right rear window while stationary, I can reproduce a very similar creaking noise by hand.

Things I have already tried:

• Lubricating the tailgate stops and latch with silicone spray.
• Lubricating the sliding surfaces around the rear window.
• Applying anti-squeak felt tape to the rear bed, which successfully fixed another larger noise I had previously.

The remaining noise is much quieter but very frequent and only appears when the body is moving or twisting slightly at low speed. The feeling is that is appearing more often though and I am running out of ideas. I told the dealer I had such a problem but they do not want to take any responsability of it, I guess for them it's also really hard to find out.

Has anyone with a California Beach T7 or Multivan T7 experienced something similar? Were you able to identify the source or fix it?

Thanks in advance!

Our T6 beach had / has a similar problem. I tracked it down eventually to the pull out seats in the tailgate rubbing against the polystyrene that holds them in place. When we go camping we put the awning side panels and roof cap in the spaces in the seats and the weight of those stops the squeak. Try taking your seats out or stuffing something in them for a trial run to eliminate that possibility?