do your doors and tailgate creak/squeak when you go over kerbs...gently?

[bazzle]

I use Krytox on Mercedes as well as VWs.
You can also use talc .

Bazzle

[DionM]

Well kudos to Austral VW, they looked at it right away and new bushes will be fitted next week. I didn't want to show them the TSB unless they couldn't work out what it was (I know service guys hate the "I found this on the internet" approach). Happy.

And its back again (was hard to tell recently what with all the rain we've had in BNE).

Turning at slow speed into driveways, or going over speed humps at low speed, you get a definite creeak-groan kinda noise. Exactly the noise I was getting back in September.

So new struts and new bushes ... what else could it be?

[wurlzy]

Lubricate your rubber seals.

+1 for lubing seals,
I work for BMW and most of them do it too! Just as the body flex's on uneven surfaces. Use a good quality silicone spray or lube stick.