Squeaky Door Seals

Post by **mole** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 6:03 pm

Has anybody else experienced squeaky door seals?
Scorpio1 mentioned on Saturday that he had the problem, and on the way to his house, I had the same problem

Mole

Nelson_Wilbury · Post by **Nelson_Wilbury** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 6:09 pm

Yeah, I've had the same problem. They were adjusted under warranty but when one of them started rusting they didn't re-adjust them and now the drivers side is squeaking again

It doesn't really bother me that much anyway now.

Scorpio1 · Post by **Scorpio1** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 7:52 pm

Well I tired silicone spray and made it 50x louder in the end.

The best (and only solution I can see) is a little bit of grease applied all along the very top door rubber, (where it meets with the metal) and this should makes things better. The rubber has a sort of fluff on it.

Also, a little bit of grease of the door latches and hinges won't hurt either, and also, apply some grease on the metal seat runners, not only does this makes it smoother, but might stop possible creaks in the future.

vwpower · Post by **vwpower** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 9:02 pm

I haven`t

But a friend that has about 5 months with his polo yes.
On VAG they change all the doors seals...with warranty

des_pd_ tdi · Post by **des_pd_ tdi** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:18 pm

I only get this in hot weather usually when the front windows are fully up. If you drop them slightly there is less rigidity and the noise goes away.

Cheap solution numer 1.

Perhaps we should open up a new forum section called;

'Cheap/free Solutions'

Des

bertJ · Post by **bertJ** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:47 pm

I sprayed WD40 on a rag and rubbed it on the seals (including the fabric type seal at the top of the door. This stopped the squeaks for a bit. The squeaks were certainly worse in warm weather. Didn't realise that VW would change them under warranty. Silicon spray was useless.
Incidentally do three door Polos squeak more than five door because the door is bigger and flexes more? Our Polo has three doors.

dxg · Post by **dxg** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 4:54 pm

I'm not sure about squeaking (this is [the] one problem my car doesn't have!), but I have had to get the passenger door re-aligned because it shifted on its hinges, and the driver's door has just recently started letting a lot of wind noise through from somewhere around the b-pillar.

This is on a 3 door.

Post by **mole** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 6:32 pm

Ok cheers all.
Sprayed them with some silicon spray and it never sorted it, then I did as bertj said, I sprayed the fabric type seal at the top of the door and it seems to have sorted it

Scorpio1 · Post by **Scorpio1** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:41 am

Another great spray I found comes in a yellow tin from Halfords and is called rubber and nylon lubricant.

Seems to work well