Rear suspension noise - are you affected?

[dadu]

Yeap, it's noissy but I can leave with it, especially after 7 years in a 207.

 

[Nelson_224]

SE 1.6 TDI (105) - No

 

[Markc]

1.4 TSi SE 122 PS Manual...... No

 

[tom_uk]

Tom Burke (tom_uk)
1.4 122 5-door manual
Not so far....

 

[Stripey]

2.0 tdi GT automatic - no suspension issues here, even after driving over speed bumps and massive pot holes every day for the last 9 months.

 

[tom_uk]

I've read in another forum that the problem only affects cars with the multi-link rear suspension. Does anyone know if that's the case? And following on from that, is it known which cars have got which suspension?

 

[DW58]

AFAIK, the only cars without multi-link are the S models, plus SE 1.6 TDI and Bluemotion.

It's interesting that the problem doesn't necessarily manifest itself even in early-production Mk7 cars, get very recent examples (e.g. Rf860's GTD) are showing it already.

 

[Dazza78]

I'm not really sure what type of noise I should be listening for? If I've not noticed anything then guess I'm a no?

 

[DW58]

I've been almost paranoid listening out for noise, but thankfully it's very quiet. Even after putting on the winter tyres - I was expecting these to be noisier - the car is still amazingly quiet, much more so than my Mk6. I don't know how much of the lack of noise is down to the Mk7 design and how much is the lovely Conti tyres, I know the Bridgestone Turanzas on my Mk6 were responsible for considerable noise.

 

[tom_uk]

AFAIK, the only cars without multi-link are the S models, plus SE 1.6 TDI and Bluemotion.

Hmm - S or SE are just trim levels, aren't they? For example, the 1.4 TSI 122 is available in both S and SE trims, and I can't imagine that they'd have different suspensions. Similarly the 1.6 and 2.0 TDI cars are available in more than one trim level.

 

[Rf860]

I'm not really sure what type of noise I should be listening for? If I've not noticed anything then guess I'm a no?

Hollow sounding pattering from the rear (side to side). It's very faint but it shouldn't be there.

 

[Rf860]

Hmm - S or SE are just trim levels, aren't they? For example, the 1.4 TSI 122 is available in both S and SE trims, and I can't imagine that they'd have different suspensions. Similarly the 1.6 and 2.0 TDI cars are available in more than one trim level.

The basic spec models have torsion beam rear suspension.

 

[DW58]

Hmm - S or SE are just trim levels, aren't they? For example, the 1.4 TSI 122 is available in both S and SE trims, and I can't imagine that they'd have different suspensions. Similarly the 1.6 and 2.0 TDI cars are available in more than one trim level.

Maybe it's the 1.2 TSi, lower powered 1.4TSi and 1.6 TDI then - I'm certainly open to correction.

I know for certain that my 1.4TSi 122PS SE has the Multi-link suspension.

 

[Dazza78]

Ok I hear noise but not sure if its the potenzas

 

[Rf860]

Ok I hear noise but not sure if its the potenzas

I have those tyres as well, but I doubt it would be that.

My old seat Ibiza had the same problem and I took it back under warranty and the dealer replaced the rear shock mounts and this cured the problem.

My theory is that it's to do with the rear dampers, more specifically, the damper dust covers moving up and down when the rear suspension is doing a lot of work.