Driver's Seat 'Creaking'

[Eng33]

Anyone have any issues with their driver's seat creaking and clonking when pulling away or braking? Passat is an '03 TDi Sport estate with 78k miles on it. I'm guessing it's maybe worn bushes somewhere.

[ocrp]

Yes, I have it on mine ('99 SE). Sounds like the catch is a bit worn, allowing the seat to slide a bit when doing a sharp movement. Mostly only when pulling away.

[pugboy]

Have you not checked the seat mountings? They could have worked loose.

[vwsteve]

hi i`m new on this forum like to share my passat experiences

with you seat problem is caused by faulty seat base usually on sport recaro seats rollers wear and theres no repair poss vw changed a lot under warranty hope this helps

[Eng33]

tdisteve - thanks for the reply. Do you have any more details, ie exactly where these rollers are located? Are they the ones on the two rear 'legs' of the seats, than run in the runners in the floor? Yes, my Passat has the Sports seats. Thanks.

[vwsteve]

hi again yes its the rollers on the two rear legs if you look at them you can see that you can`t replace them it costs £350.00 for a new seat base fitting at dealers rip off

if you can get them off you could possibly bush them . i just live with my clonking now if your cars in warranty they should replace it it`s a known fault

[Eng33]

Many thanks.

[meriafel]

We had this creak/click on my sons '98 Passat TDi sport est 110. We removed the seat after establishing the noise came from the 'tubed' pivot on which the seat articulated when the height adjustment was used. The head of a lump hammer was placed on one side and the other end was given a clout with another hammer to tighten the 'pivot'. It has been OK since.

Whether this is your problem you will need to investigate. The noise is very annoying and well worth the effort to remedy. You will have to remove the seat for the above. Our car had done 105k when our creak appeared.