997 Rear Squeak Resolved

[Blue Streak 2]

Hi just thought I'd share how I fixed the almost continuous squeaking on my 997 Turbo for the record. The car had a quiet but continuous squeaking from the rear, very annoying. I initially thought it might be the rear seats or the Bose bar but driving with these removed eliminated these as potentials. I took the rear bumper off and was in the process of removing the exhaust tips to give them a clean up and noticed as I pushed down on the exhaust an obvious squeak from near where I had removed the rear drivers side light cluster. I thought it might be the engine mount but further playing around tracked it down to the welds on the panel just behind where the 2 screws that hold the light cluster screw up. There are 2 small spot welds and whilst they appeared sound there was obviously some movement between the panels. A careful tap with a hammer around the spot welds removed the noise and I've squirted some silicon lube in as well for good measure. Has worked! Hopefully might help someone else out there.

[Blue Streak 2]

Sorry just noticed photo is upside down, if you turn it round you should be able to identify the edge of the engine lid.

[Fl0pp3r]

Blue Streak with a rare squeak - well done that man!

[Blue Streak 2]

Just a quick update, squeak has returned after a longer run though less than before. I called Porsche and it appears this is a known issue which affected 997 Turbos in 2007 as a spot welding machine on the drivers side rear ran out of tolerance for a period. An official Porsche fix is even being listed under 'Noise 531749 under Symptom based repairs '' though it's not a recall item in the UK. The fix is basically to drill out one of the spot welds with a 5mm drill and replace with a pop rivet. Not too high tech then, however I will give this a go and see if it solves it.