V8Vs Interior squeak / eek noise. Any ideas?

[theaxe]

So far life with the V8 has been excellent. However there's one slightly annoying noise in the interior, I thought I'd try to describe it here in case it's a common problem before I pass it back to the dealer to look at.

It doesn't seem to happen when the car is cold, only once it's warmed/loosened up.
It's on the driver's side, seemingly behind my right ear.
It's hard to describe but sounds like something flexing.
Pressing the panels around that area doesn't cause/prevent it, although it's hard to do while driving.
It happens on uneven road surfaces but not consistently. It can sometimes not be caused by a poor country road but then appear on motorway undulations.

Current thoughts are:
Some bit of trim flexing
Something in the boot lid hinge mechanism
Door/boot rubbers rubbing against the doors (tried silicon spray but that hasn't helped)

Any ideas? The car has only done 3k miles if that makes a difference.

[hashluck]

theaxe said:

So far life with the V8 has been excellent. However there's one slightly annoying noise in the interior, I thought I'd try to describe it here in case it's a common problem before I pass it back to the dealer to look at.

It doesn't seem to happen when the car is cold, only once it's warmed/loosened up.
It's on the driver's side, seemingly behind my right ear.
It's hard to describe but sounds like something flexing.
Pressing the panels around that area doesn't cause/prevent it, although it's hard to do while driving.
It happens on uneven road surfaces but not consistently. It can sometimes not be caused by a poor country road but then appear on motorway undulations.

Current thoughts are:
Some bit of trim flexing
Something in the boot lid hinge mechanism
Door/boot rubbers rubbing against the doors (tried silicon spray but that hasn't helped)

Any ideas? The car has only done 3k miles if that makes a difference.

Check your tailgate alignment, is it touching the top of the rear bumper?

[theaxe]

hashluck said:

Check your tailgate alignment, is it touching the top of the rear bumper?

There are signs of wear on the top of the bumper. That was on the snagging list, could that be it?

[hashluck]

theaxe said:

hashluck said:

Check your tailgate alignment, is it touching the top of the rear bumper?

There are signs of wear on the top of the bumper. That was on the snagging list, could that be it?

Yes it was the only rattle I have had on the car in my case.

[V8V Pete]

hashluck said:

theaxe said:

hashluck said:

Check your tailgate alignment, is it touching the top of the rear bumper?

There are signs of wear on the top of the bumper. That was on the snagging list, could that be it?

Yes it was the only rattle I have had on the car in my case.

But I don't think the noise is actually made by the tailgate touching the bumper. I think it is the adjustment bolt in the hinge itself (pictured below) that makes the noise hence why it sounds like the noise is coming from behind your right ear - because it is! Turn it half a turn either way and see what happens. Probably worth spraying it with silicone too. Hope that sorts it for you.

[V12VMan]

I found another source of noise was caused by the interior boot cover, it has two locking pins either side and two pop out pins at the front as you look into the boot. One of the pins was missing on mine and that caused what sounded like a squeak/rattle from the boot lid!

[theaxe]

This is really helpful, thanks guys. I'll experiment later today.

[GenialZ]

I had a similar squeak on my car from new. It didn't happen all the time nor was it particularly triggered by bad roads. It sounded like two plastic parts rubbing together and was behind my head. We took the parcel shelf out and that didn't cure it. It seemed to emanate from the window seal to the hatch (can an Aston be a hatchback?) but it's really hard to spot the source of these noises whilst bowling along.

I dropped it in to Stratstones and they fixed it. I'd sent them a video previously. They reckoned it was the gas strut although I can't be sure that was the final solution as I'm sure they tightened up a few things. A few hundred miles on and all is quiet. I will now be able to travel to Edinburgh next week with all the right noises.

[theaxe]

V8V Pete said:

But I don't think the noise is actually made by the tailgate touching the bumper. I think it is the adjustment bolt in the hinge itself (pictured below) that makes the noise hence why it sounds like the noise is coming from behind your right ear - because it is! Turn it half a turn either way and see what happens. Probably worth spraying it with silicone too. Hope that sorts it for you.

Just to say thank you so much for this post! I've just got back from a 1,500 mile round-trip to Scotland and the noise would have driven me crazy. Half a turn on that nut totally cured it! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[V8V Pete]

theaxe said:

V8V Pete said:

But I don't think the noise is actually made by the tailgate touching the bumper. I think it is the adjustment bolt in the hinge itself (pictured below) that makes the noise hence why it sounds like the noise is coming from behind your right ear - because it is! Turn it half a turn either way and see what happens. Probably worth spraying it with silicone too. Hope that sorts it for you.

Just to say thank you so much for this post! I've just got back from a 1,500 mile round-trip to Scotland and the noise would have driven me crazy. Half a turn on that nut totally cured it! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

My pleasure. Glad it sorted it. Like you, I just can't ignore noises like this.

[Osbourne123]

I'm struggling with squeaking rattling behind my ear and also on the other side. I've tweaked the nut as pictured above to no avail. I'm 400 miles in on a new V8VS. The squeaks are v annoying. It's going to go into the dealer I think!

The rear grille in the carbon diffuser fell out when I shut the boot last week. The dealer 'glued' it back in!