The Stig

Hey Everyone,

I recently noticed a squeaking noise from the rear of suspension, while loading some items in my trunk. Subsequently, I have recreated “the squeaky sound” whenever I tried pushing down on the trunk. I don’t hear it, while driving over speed bumps or during normal driving.

I haven’t had enough time to get the car in the air on jack stands to investigate the problem. However, I sprayed some silicone on the Rear sway bar bushing, upper & lower control arms, which all seem to be in good shape (no cracks or rips).

I didn’t see any cracks on rear springs or leaks from the shocks. The silicone didn’t seem to quite the noise! So, far my only suspects are:

1. Sway Bar Endlinks (Installed New Rear Moog Endlinks about ago 10K)

2. Sway Bar Bushings (Need to be greased )

3. Upper/Lower Control arm bushings

4. Shocks


I would appreciate any advice from the A4 suspension gurus out there to figure this mystery noise!

David Heller

Same thing happened to me. I put grease on the ABS line going to the rear on both sides and that worked.

kpnels

2000 a4 mine had a squeek-broken coil spring

The Stig

UPDATE:

Sorry for the late response but I’ve been overseas and my car has been in storage. In the event that someone else is suffering from a similar problem, I wanted to post an update to this issue.


My Meyle rear sway bar endlinks were the culprit, which caused the squeaking noise. I’ve been using this pair of Meyle endlinks for less than 10k, so I was surprised that the ball joints were worn.


However, I was able to get a replacement pair of Meyle HD endlinks from my local Napa. After installing the new links, the noise disappeared from my rear end…now my car is finally squeak free once again!