Creaking doors? Mystery solved

[20ls01]

does anyone have OP's reference point to where the noise was coming from? i am just curious and would be helpful if my car developed this noise.

 

[ReadTheBook]

Is that the door top felt flap? Then yes, that is were I applied the Krytox. Inside the flap.

No. Its the felt the window rests against when it's up. I never even thought about looking at it because the window was always up. The one on top of the door is different, and is where I used to have irrigation tubing inserted to stop the creaking.

Currently I have SuperLube silicon lube in it and it hasn't done a damn thing which I find hard to believe given how slick it is, so I'm wondering if thats really truly the whole culprit.

 

[nype]

No. Its the felt the window rests against when it's up. I never even thought about looking at it because the window was always up. The one on top of the door is different, and is where I used to have irrigation tubing inserted to stop the creaking.



Currently I have SuperLube silicon lube in it and it hasn't done a damn thing which I find hard to believe given how slick it is, so I'm wondering if thats really truly the whole culprit.

You’ve lubed both the inside of the door top felt flap, and the felt that window rests against?

 

[ReadTheBook]

You’ve lubed both the inside of the door top felt flap, and the felt that window rests against?

I have applied zero lubricant or product of any kind to any felt.

I have only lubed the rubber part under the felt flap on the top door seal. I haven't applied anything to the area I posted about above. I was just wondering if others had or if we know for certain the top door seal is the only problem area.

I really wish the irrigation tubing mod continued to work for me, but failed after about 12 months.

 

[demi9od]

I have applied zero lubricant or product of any kind to any felt.

I have only lubed the rubber part under the felt flap on the top door seal. I haven't applied anything to the area I posted about above. I was just wondering if others had or if we know for certain the top door seal is the only problem area.

I really wish the irrigation tubing mod continued to work for me, but failed after about 12 months.

Lube the irrigation tubing and stick it back in there [emoji16]

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One Question!

What do the Dealer use to fix this?. It must be a Service notice about this from VW?.

Bacause of it is so common?!..

 

[ReadTheBook]

One Question!

What do the Dealer use to fix this?. It must be a Service notice about this from VW?.

Bacause of it is so common?!..

I haven’t seen any TSBs in AllData about it, my friend Has access to that system and I was poking around in it just the other day. Does not mean at all that it is up to date

 

[nype]

Still noise free after multiple commute days in fairly warm weather.

I haven’t chased down that very slight driver door noise. Need some free time to trial and error. NO rush really leaving the window cracked 1mm.

I’d still like to find that Honda part number in case I need more Krytox at some point.

 

[nype]

Still noise free after multiple commute days in fairly warm weather.

I haven’t chased down that very slight driver door noise. Need some free time to trial and error. NO rush really leaving the window cracked 1mm.

I’d still like to find that Honda part number in case I need more Krytox at some point.

Hate to say this but after 2 weeks, and not a lot of driving, the creaking is returning. I may try applying more krytox and onto the felt as well.

Maybe lube AND irrigation tubing is the way to go?

 

[demi9od]

Hate to say this but after 2 weeks, and not a lot of driving, the creaking is returning. I may try applying more krytox and onto the felt as well.

Maybe lube AND irrigation tubing is the way to go?

I thought you did not Krytox the felt, just the groove behind it?

 

[CDM MK7]

Mine creaks like an old sailboat. The ONLY time it has stopped entirely is when the inner door jams are dirty. Like most of you, when I wash my car I also completely clean the inner door jams which makes things fairly dry. When there's dirt/dust/etc in there the car is silent, but that felt against clean paint = creakville. Tried the gumi pledge to little effect, but I think I might try to hit the inner door jams with a thick coat of carnuba to make the surface of the paint slick ... no idea how it's going to turn out, but who knows.

Regardless, it's super annoying.

 

[nype]

I thought you did not Krytox the felt, just the groove behind it?

Correct. I meant that I hadn’t done the felt. That I may try more in the flap AND also apply to the felt.

This 0.5 oz tube doesn’t feel like it has a lot left and I’m sure felt will sort of soak it up.

 

[ElectricEye]

Mine creaks like an old sailboat. The ONLY time it has stopped entirely is when the inner door jams are dirty. Like most of you, when I wash my car I also completely clean the inner door jams which makes things fairly dry. When there's dirt/dust/etc in there the car is silent, but that felt against clean paint = creakville. Tried the gumi pledge to little effect, but I think I might try to hit the inner door jams with a thick coat of carnuba to make the surface of the paint slick ... no idea how it's going to turn out, but who knows.

Regardless, it's super annoying.

Dry lube your felt - Sailkote.
Wet lube your rubber.

 

[nype]

Mine creaks like an old sailboat. The ONLY time it has stopped entirely is when the inner door jams are dirty. Like most of you, when I wash my car I also completely clean the inner door jams which makes things fairly dry. When there's dirt/dust/etc in there the car is silent, but that felt against clean paint = creakville. Tried the gumi pledge to little effect, but I think I might try to hit the inner door jams with a thick coat of carnuba to make the surface of the paint slick ... no idea how it's going to turn out, but who knows.

Regardless, it's super annoying.

I may be noticing it more than normal because the car was detailed once our weather improved here, about 6 weeks ago. Hasn’t seen rain since and is mostly garage parked. Door jams are still nice and clean. I don’t drive that much (no commuting).

 

[nype]

Dry lube your felt - Sailkote.
Wet lube your rubber.

Noted this earlier. Is this Sailkote a dry Teflon lube? Will look into this.