Steering noise, normal?

[jimbobwillis]

Hi All,
Had my t32 for 3 weeks now.
I have a noise that is bothering me.
When I turn the steering wheel left or right when moving a low level rumble noise appears. It's not a scraping noise. I would imagine that there should be silence?
Anyone else have a noise when turning ?
Probably nothing, but it's annoying me slightly.
Thanks

 

[Alan Walsh]

I have the same thing, done 25k now and still there no louder or quieter than from new. Just get used to it after a while.

 

[jimbobwillis]

I have the same thing, done 25k now and still there no louder or quieter than from new. Just get used to it after a while.[/QUOTE

It's driving me mad. Oh well apart from this the Kombi is great.
Might take it into vw to see what they say.
Will keep you posted.

 

[Andy Cody]

That's interesting. I have a Kombi too and the steering has started making a funny squeak / squeal. I noticed it when I had to go from left lock to right lock in a car park the other day. The van has only done 4k.

 

[Keeff]

I get tyre noise when turning at a junction or into another road . It comes from the outside tyre.

 

[mopardave]

That's interesting. I have a Kombi too and the steering has started making a funny squeak / squeal. I noticed it when I had to go from left lock to right lock in a car park the other day. The van has only done 4k.

I had that on my t5.......drove me nuts......took ages to track it down! It was a dry uj at bottom of steering column!!!! Used to be worse when I'd had the vents blowing on to my feet for a while. Peeled mat back and hit it hard with silicone spray......bingo!

 

[mopardave]

Has it sorted it mate?

 

[Buggirl]

No noise from mine??

 

[mopardave]

No noise from mine??

No.....nor mine. My T5 was a problem though but I sorted it after going down numerous blind alley's.....and it was so bloody simple!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[T1mcf]

I'm getting a creaking noise from mine only happens when stationary and turning the wheel to the right ??

 

[Caravellet6]

I'm getting a creaking noise from mine only happens when stationary and turning the wheel to the right ??

Mines doing the same, it's going back to the dealer next month, also creak from left rear when cornering and a sticking drivers window!

 

[T1mcf]

What size wheels do you have on yours @Caravellet6 ? I was wondering if my 20s had caused it?

 

[Caravellet6]

Standard Cascavel wheels so 17" I think

 

[jimbobwillis]

I had that on my t5.......drove me nuts......took ages to track it down! It was a dry uj at bottom of steering column!!!! Used to be worse when I'd had the vents blowing on to my feet for a while. Peeled mat back and hit it hard with silicone spray......bingo!

Thanks for that, I will give it a go.

 

[Andy Cody]

Has it sorted it mate?

Sorry Mopardave, I'm not ignoring you! I haven't had chance to give your solution a try yet (It's approaching freezing and I've yet to finish reinstalling the central heating in the house so apparently that takes priority ) I'll report back once I've given it a go. Interesting to hear others are having similar issues though.
I wonder what VW's response would be if I took it in? The van is less than a year only but I'm in the middle of running the wiring so its not exactly looking like it did when I drove it out of the showroom.

 

[mopardave]

You know what Andy.....if it doesn't cause you to go to too much trouble, I'd take it back to make the point. We pay a lot of money.......is it too much to expect that these vans are fit for purpose? I only sorted my own because my T5 was 8 years old and not covered by any warranty.

 

[Loz]

Since reading this I have noticed that mine make an interesting rumble when going round a roundabout, I am thinking it might be coming from the edge of the tyres.

 

[Andy Cody]

So I tried Mopardave'a suggestion on Friday and it's been nice and quiet since! Had a long drive with the heaters on today and it hasn't reared its head yet. I will definitely mention it to VW though as I need to take it in anyway (I'm convinced there's a termostat / fan issue - it takes ages to warm up and soon drops back off the 90 mark when in city traffic) also my breaks are squealing like mad now so a dealer visit is definitely on the cards.
Thanks for all the help!

 

[mopardave]

So I tried Mopardave'a suggestion on Friday and it's been nice and quiet since! Had a long drive with the heaters on today and it hasn't reared its head yet. I will definitely mention it to VW though as I need to take it in anyway (I'm convinced there's a termostat / fan issue - it takes ages to warm up and soon drops back off the 90 mark when in city traffic) also my breaks are squealing like mad now so a dealer visit is definitely on the cards.
Thanks for all the help!

Andy.....another point to bear in mind. I found that mine got worse if I used the floor setting on the vents.......as if the warm air was drying out the UJ?

 

[mopardave]

I read of people going to some quite extreme lengths to "solve" this problem on one of the other forums........and I do mean extreme......instead of starting with the basics! Of course, in some cases, it was a different problem but I'm a firm believer in "slowly, slowly, catchy monkey".