First things first, hello! Long time lurker here, first time Skoda owner (for two months or so now).

Recently I got brand new Kamiq 1.5 TSI DSG and Today while being stuck in heavy traffic for quite a while I noticed I get some strange "whistling" sounds while in park/neutral or when RPM is at around 1-1.5k. Going above 1.5 pretty much instantly stops the sound.

At first I thought it might be coming front of the car but that's not the case, engine bay is fine. It seems it's coming from the rear (exhaust/rear wheels?).

Any idea what could this be? Car is behaving normally but sound is irritating. I will definitely take the car to the official dealer (closed until Monday) but if someone has any tips it would be great (as dealers here are everything but competent).

Oh right, video is attached. Sound is not really super loud or anything but you can clearly hear it when outside.

Never heard that on my 1.5 DSG and it's now over 2 years old.

Edited 23 May, 20251 yr by sussamb

Might be a noisy fuel pump.

Short update. On Friday it completely stopped and since then I drove around 500km (Friday+Saturday) without sny noise whatsover.

Today I went for short ride (~50km) and noise/sound/whine started again.

Makes no sense.

On 23/05/2025 at 10:47, Aldfort said:

Might be a noisy fuel pump.

I guess nothing to worry about though?

Any unexplained noise is always a cause for concern. Are you certain it's not a door or window seal?

In any event have the dealer look at it and record the fact you booked it in.

I'm 100% certain it's not door/window seal as it's heard only when revs are below certain threshold and from the back of the car (noise amplifies if you get below the car).

Will definitely check it with the dealer if it happens again, ar this point itself off again thi.

On 25/05/2025 at 19:23, beatnological said:

I guess nothing to worry about though?

Typical the noise will change, get louder or quieter when the ambient temperature changed and maybe even when the fuel level changes. Really just the way it is with electric lift pumps, they are “rubber” mounted to try to reduce this.

Thanks Rum. That actually explains it perfectly as when noise was clearly noticeable (and RPMs below ~1.5k) it was much hotter than what it usually was. Also when I drove those 500km it was to colder climate.

Good info to know, thanks.