Noisy Door Seals

bertJ · Post by **bertJ** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 5:24 pm

In a previous post I mentioned that I was having trouble with a VW dealer not accepting that there is a problem with noisy door seals on our 3 door Polo. They insisted that the doors needed further adjustment in a body shop. Needless to say this didn't fix the problem. I understand that some forum members have had their door seals replaced under warranty. I'd be very grateful if someone could give me details so that I can 'attack' the dealer and possibly get on to VW Customer Services.
Thanks in advance.

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:07 pm

Josh's Top Tip:

For noisy door rubbers, use warm "Dubbin" (the stuff hikers use to keep their walking boots supple). Rub the stuff around your door rubbers.

Post by **mole** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 6:26 pm

bertJ, not had mine replaced under warranty as they've only recently started to do it. Not sure who has had them done......

Gonna give Josh's top tip a try and see what happens

Nelson_Wilbury · Post by **Nelson_Wilbury** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 7:15 pm

I had one replaced but only because it was rusting.

I've had them adjusted before under warranty though and they've been fine ever since

bertJ · Post by **bertJ** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 11:29 am

If anyone is interested, after much argument, the door seals on our Polo have now been replaced by the dealer and the latch plates adjusted. The cost was Â£140! (covered by warranty). All the noises have gone but the bad news is that the car is back at the dealer so they can try yet again to cure a severe oil leak. Incidentally, has anyone else had oil leak problems with the 1.4 tdi engine?

Nelson_Wilbury · Post by **Nelson_Wilbury** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 2:12 pm

Never heard of oil leak problems on the 1.4 TDi, but they are current carrying out a workshop campaign on the new 1.2 3cyl engines due to camshaft oil seal leak (mine had this problem twice in two months)

bertJ · Post by **bertJ** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 3:56 pm

Nelson
Thank you for that. The dealer originally replaced the fuel/vacuum pump on the 1.4 tdi in an attempt to cure the oil leak. They are now going to replace the camshaft cover and/or the camshaft oil seal. Interesting to note that the 3 cylinder petrol engine has this problem; I wonder if the top end design of the diesel is similar to the petrol. They are, of course, both 3 cylinder engines.

Nelson_Wilbury · Post by **Nelson_Wilbury** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 5:43 pm

Wierd

Theres no way the engines would be similar, perhaps its gonna be one of those 'common' VW problems like the noisy tappets on the 80's - early 90's models