My car (Ford Fiesta) had been squeaking of late. Or rather, for almost as long as I’ve had it. It was a very small squeak, but it was getting progressively bigger, louder, and more persistent. It was at its worst when driving around 30-40mph, which is a good proportion of my journey to and from work, so it was driving me to distraction (pun not intended).
I finally got it booked in for today at the dealers to have it looked at. A little bit of Googling was showing other people with the same issue, and it seemed to be related to the shock absorbers. I was hearing it in the rear near side (passenger side). As my car is still under the manufacturers warranty, and replacing shocks would more than likely be very expensive further down the line, I elected to get it looked out now, rather than later.
As is often the case with such things, it turned out to be something VERY trivial. It seems that the actual fault was in a trim on one of the panels. The dealers removed it, greased up the connectors a bit, and put it back. And now – no squeak! I drove home glad to not hear that annoying noise.
No, instead, I could now hear a light tapping noise every now and then. Turns out, it’s just the passenger seatbelt hitting the door post.
I think I might have to resort to just duct-taping down everything that moves. Except the steering wheel, of course.