peteman35 Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 (edited) I am slowly going Insane from this stupid boot squeak.. All the plastic is off of the strut brace. The gas struts are off. If I push down on the top drivers side of the boot it makes the sound. Could it be dry hinges? Any help would be good at this point :'( SOLUTION! Check the plastic under neath the boot is all clipped in properly Check the Strut cover is not rubbing against the strut brace Check the suspension struts are tight. Check the spare is done up tight and seated properly. Oil inside of boot poppers Oil ball joints of gas struts Check gas struts are the correct way around Grease boot latch Check boot weight is secured (under boot plastic) Biggest one that cured mine is to check all boot plastics are clipped in place properly. Edited September 28, 2013 by peteman35 Quote
WhackyWill Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 Might be the suspension and not the boot.. Quote
peteman35 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Posted July 21, 2013 if i push on the spoiler it squeaks if i open the boot and push down on the car it does nothing :rant: Quote
WhackyWill Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 Not the suspension then. WD40 all moving parts of the boot, hinges locks etc.. Quote
jjt Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 I had this, drove me insane... Took every single piece of trim out of the boot several times, WD40d the rubber seals, took the locking mechanism apart, spare wheel, rear lights etc out... no luck. Then when I was fitting the reversing camera I found a little plastic popper for the trim was hidden away somewhere I wouldnt have seen it when I originally took the boot apart- It was this that was making the squeaking! Felt like such a tool Quote
peteman35 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Posted July 21, 2013 So ive just sprayed Wd40 and silicone grease everywhere... It seems to have stopped 1 Quote
jjt Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 So ive just sprayed Wd40 and silicone grease everywhere... It seems to have stopped Quote
peteman35 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Posted July 21, 2013 Taking it for a drive to see if it starts up again.. if you hear a loud bang thats my head 1 Quote
WhackyWill Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 So ive just sprayed Wd40 and silicone grease everywhere... It seems to have stopped Sorted... :yahoo: Quote
peteman35 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Posted July 21, 2013 Back from the drive........... ITS STOPPED :yahoo: :yahoo: So i narrowed it down to. The lock (filled with grease), The hinges (sprayed, poked, smothered in grease, boot poppers (filled with 3&1 oil), every seal and rubber sprayed in silicone grease. Me; 1. Boot; 0 1 Quote
peteman35 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Posted August 30, 2013 I lost... Something is squeaking again. It's worse when there is a passenger, any ideas? Quote
OsakaBen Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 I have this!!! Ahhhh!!!! It's drivin me crazy I've taken my car to pieces and nothing Quote
peteman35 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Posted August 30, 2013 Yeah it's that sort of noise that really drives me mad! Quote
peteman35 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Posted August 30, 2013 Ok so the boot is stripper out completely found a snapped stud holding the Bose amp on greased the mother out of it. If it doesn't squeak I will slowly start putting stuff back in until it squeaks then I will burn what ever it is Quote
peteman35 Posted August 31, 2013 Author Posted August 31, 2013 Still squeaking... Taking more out today Quote
S1an1de Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 on the boot lid, either side are 2 rubber coated spring stoppers ... give these half a turn to pop them out... spray some silicone in the lil hole at the top...replace and enjoy the silence.. 1 Quote
peteman35 Posted September 1, 2013 Author Posted September 1, 2013 If only you said that yesterday. Was washing the car went over the boot and heard the squeak I thought I couldn't make any more. Took the poppers off no squeak, so took them off took the rubber protecters off and covered them in spray grease. No squeak Quote
Gudzy Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 I can report I had the same issue with a lot of squeaking from the rear and spraying silicone into the boot stoppers seems to have cured it, almost sounded quiet on the motorway for once. Quote
peteman35 Posted September 6, 2013 Author Posted September 6, 2013 Started up again took the poppers off quickly. Still squeaked.... Removed boot struts still squeaks. Gunna take the suspension struts out tomorrow and have a look at the top mounts. Quote
peteman35 Posted September 7, 2013 Author Posted September 7, 2013 SO..... another update to this. found a thread on google saying they had removed their boot weight which i have done. they got so annoyed with the squeak at one point they opened the boot punched the crap out of the plastic under the boot and heard a very distinctive sound of fixing poppers clipping in place, after that no more squeak! so i gave it a go this morning to no avail.... Just now i was putting the boot struts back on... on my own.. i jammed my hand in with the bracket and got a little bit upset I thumped the bottom of the boot to hear a nice click sound Going to try it out later to see if its fixed. Quote
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