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: 2011 Armrest squeek/creek noises


wlegge
Jun 14th, 2011, 07:25 PM
Hi Everyone

My car is less than a week old and I'm very happy with it, but today it's developed a bit of a plastic-on-plasic squeek from the sliding top of the front centre armrest.

This thread might need to be moved to the detailing section, but hey-ho.

Any ideas on how to remove this squeek? Do I recall that furniture polish should do the trick?

Its a bit of a creek really and only occurs when the sliding top bit is in the fully closed position and when you go over a big bump or lean on it. If you crack the top bit back a bit then the noise goes away, so it's obviously just two bits of plastic rubbing together.

It's not a rattle, that's for sure.

Any ideas!?!

Boro Boy
Jun 20th, 2011, 02:38 PM
Mine did the same. Smeared a little grease along the grooves (where the lugs of the lid run) which did the trick. Vaseline would work too, but avoid silicone spray - I tried this first and the creaking intensified considerably!

wlegge
Jun 20th, 2011, 08:41 PM
Thanks - was going to use silicone spray so will have a go with grease instead - cheers