When the mirrors fold and unfold, they make this horrible grinding, squeaking noise!

I have tried the trusty WD40, didn't work. I have tried spraying silicone lube in the hinge, didn't work.

Its driving me a bit crackers!

Has anyone else had the same issue?

It seems a bit silly to have to drive 30 miles to the nearest dealer just to have them squirt their magic lube into them if I can save the trip.

If all else fails then I reckon I'm going to have to.

Yeah mine has this issue too. Worse when its been raining

Same issue on Superb Mk4 too. For me, wiping the black plastic that rub together when fold/unfold, seems to stop the issue for a while so presumably rain/road salt residue?

Mine do this too. Getting better as the weather warms up though.

My passenger side mirror did it but I fixed it by spraying silicon lube all around the hinge and then folded the mirror in and out several times until the noise went away.

You need to get the silicone inside and all around the part that folds in.

The noise hasn’t come back in 3 months.

Edited 14 March, 20251 yr by Plobber

Wow!

Its been to the dealer. I pointed out the issue and told them it probably just needs lubricating, as I had previously cured it temporarily doing this .

Nope, apparently the cure is to replace both mirrors!

Me no understand. Surely a couple of hours labour and a smear of silicone grease would have sorted it?

Is this a sign of the times when we no longer have anyone in a workshop that can use tools and common sense, but relies on a computer to tell them what's wrong and just does what it tells them. As someone with an engineering background of many years that makes me so sad.

Tools and common sense? Apparently not.

It went in on Friday for the new mirrors to be fitted.

Discovered on Saturday that they’d forgotten to reconnect the internal door pull and fit the mirror glass correctly.

Back down there yesterday! All good now though.

mine has just started doing this....very annoying. How long did they take to replace? were you given a temp car?

just booked mine in, squeaky mirrors getting annoying. They are also charging me £32.50 for a replacement car - what a joke!

On 27/05/2025 at 07:25, arovbukay said:

mine has just started doing this....very annoying. How long did they take to replace? were you given a temp car?

They ordered the replacement mirrors and they came 2 weeks later. It only took them a couple of hours to fit.

Make sure everything works as it should when you get it back. See my post above.

2 minutes ago, CFB said:

They ordered the replacement mirrors and they came 2 weeks later. It only took them a couple of hours to fit.

Make sure everything works as it should when you get it back. See my post above.

will make sure I do - but what is this exactly "forgotten to reconnect the internal door pull and fit the mirror glass correctly."

18 hours ago, arovbukay said:

just booked mine in, squeaky mirrors getting annoying. They are also charging me £32.50 for a replacement car - what a joke!

Well that’s a bloody cheek! I would have thought that they would give you a courtesy car for free as it’s warranty work. My dealer never charges for this.

I would assertively refuse to pay it.

Good luck

2 minutes ago, arovbukay said:

will make sure I do - but what is this exactly "forgotten to reconnect the internal door pull and fit the mirror glass correctly."

There is some sort of mechanical mechanism that connects the interior and exterior door handles to the door latch. They forgot to reattach it.

The mirror glass clips onto its mount with about 4 clips on the back of the glass. They didn’t push them all into place.

I’ve got this problem on my 6 month old Kodiaq. I solved it with a generous spray of White Lithium Grease by 3in1. That stuff is far better than WD40 on moving parts like door and mirror hinges etc because it’s a grease rather than a lubricant.

That's because WD40 is not primarily a lubricant. The clue is in the name - WD (Water Displacement). It does indeed have some lubricant properties but these are by no means long lasting. PTFE spray or lithium grease are far more affective.

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