Some of you may know that ive been suffering a creaking noise from the passenger side of the car, possibly the glove compartment. Well with the help of my daughter (child labour comes into its own use;)) i got her to poke her head around the areas i thought it could be. first she could hear it in the glove compartment, then underneath, then bingo. the side cover where the fuses would go if it was a left hand drive. A good whack and its been fine since

it just goes to show that many a thing can be fixed with a good, well chosen whack!!

A good whack and its been fine since

Nothing like a VTT.....Very....Technical......Tap :rofl:

Nothing like a VTT.....Very....Technical......Tap :rofl:

I prefer "percussive adjustment"

The skill is not in the tap, but knowing where to tap

That's the dodgy panel, not the kid!

Before the PC brigade find this thread!

Please could I borrow someone's child to sort out my creaking dashboard? Driving me nuts!

I prefer "percussive adjustment"

We had a guy put VTT in a work passdown one day...a contactor wouldn't pull in, the managers were impressed until they found out what it meant

Thank God for that - thought I was going to have to have the other hip done

Please could I borrow someone's child to sort out my creaking dashboard? Driving me nuts!

Hope this helps (I know it's for the Fabia and you've got an Octy, but you never know!)

Please could I borrow someone's child to sort out my creaking dashboard? Driving me nuts!

:rofl:

Chris

i rather call it a slight nudge thinking about it

It's like the old joke about the retired engineer called in to his old firm because nobody could solve the problem in a huge machine there. He went in and put a small chalk cross on the problem part. Then he sent in a bill for $50,000.

When they queried it he said it was $5,000 for the cross, and $45000 for knowing where to put it!

the technical tap did not fix it, but it did help me find the problem. i get this creaking noise from glove box area anytime the car goes over a bad patch. it was loud enough to sound like a suspension creak.

i opened the door and kept banging with my first in the spot pointed in the pic and i could hear the same creaking noise (faintly tho). After lot of poking around and trial and error I traced it to the glove box door. i held the glove box door tight by stuffing the gap with a piece of folded paper and no more creaking noise. i am going to stick some felt tape to seal the gap soon. hope it doesn't resurface!

UPDATE:

After some more driving I found this was not good enough. I opened the glove box compartment and found the source of creaking noise to be the friction between glove-box light bulb OFF lever and the glove-box door. When you close the glove box door, the door presses against this lever to turn the light off. I stuck a small piece of foam on the lever to prevent the rubbing action. I have also placed a thin sheet of foam behind the glove box compartment before fixing it back. It is pretty quiet now - the glove box i mean - not the car. The car has many bells and whistles ;-) One at a time!

:lol i love the techmical guide mate