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VW Golf. Squeaking coming from somewhere....

joeyvicks
joeyvicks Posts: 237 Forumite
Got a squeaking noise coming from what sounds like probbaly the rear suspension. Cant locate exactly but its a noise i can hear with the windows wound up and is pretty much constant. One of the rear suspension bits is black and one looks as though it has been sprayed silver?

I bought it on friday from VW Mansfield but live about 80 miles from there. Will i be able to take it to any VW for them to sort or will it have to be that one?
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  • pimento
    pimento Posts: 6,243 Forumite
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    It's not the hinge on your wife's earring is it?

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  • joeyvicks
    joeyvicks Posts: 237 Forumite
    no mate it isn't
  • Velcro_Hotdog
    Velcro_Hotdog Posts: 1,018 Forumite
    My bet is that its the bushes, im not to clued up on VWs sorry but a friend has this very problem at the moment. Top mount bushes are easy enough to replace, the lower bushes I couldn't say sorry. Have a word with the garage you got the car from.
  • hethmar
    hethmar Posts: 10,678 Forumite
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    Take it its second hand, not brand new? In that case, sadly you will have to get the selling garage to sort it.
  • joeyvicks
    joeyvicks Posts: 237 Forumite
    yeah second hand mate i'm afraid.
  • hethmar
    hethmar Posts: 10,678 Forumite
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    Give them a ring, see if you can do a deal, getting it fixed locally with them paying for it?
  • joeyvicks
    joeyvicks Posts: 237 Forumite
    doesnt matter ive got it booked in with them. I needed to make a visit to somewhere near there anyway this week so its worked out ok. Just concerned that something is wrong with it already. Plants the seed of doubt that i had about buying a second hand car!!
  • TiTheRev
    TiTheRev Posts: 3,215 Forumite
    Don't worry. Just 'suggest' that it should have been picked up on the PDI, and I'm sure they'll fix it FOC.

    Chances are it'll be a rear spring or rear anti roll bar link, but either way should've been fixed before you drove off with it.
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  • TiTheRev
    TiTheRev Posts: 3,215 Forumite
    My bet is that its the bushes, im not to clued up on VWs sorry but a friend has this very problem at the moment. Top mount bushes are easy enough to replace, the lower bushes I couldn't say sorry. Have a word with the garage you got the car from.
    Don't advise on something you're not sure on :wink:

    'Bushes' is a bit vague, as potentially there are 18 bushes that can be replaced. None, as yet, are needing replacement on the hundreds of Mk5's we see through the workshop, so it's a fairly safe bet to not be any of those...
    :A Luke 6:38 :A
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  • TiTheRev
    TiTheRev Posts: 3,215 Forumite
    hethmar wrote: »
    Give them a ring, see if you can do a deal, getting it fixed locally with them paying for it?
    Won't happen. VW warranty allows only an Authorised repairer to fix it (dealer!), the money comes from VW's pocket, not the dealer, so they'll do it that way :wink:
    :A Luke 6:38 :A
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