Squeaks & Creaks............

[jserrent]

From last fall when the weather started getting cooler I started getting a lot of creaking and squeaking from the inside of my 2007. I isolated all the noise from both of the enormous rear inside trim panels. My son drove the van and I rolled around the back of the van with the rear seats down figuring this out. 2 choices...either push on them to stop the noise, or pull on them. Neither very practical, so I started shimming them from the bottom with strips of medium hard foam that I cut from a floor mat. I shoved the strips in lengthwise with a putty knife and screwdriver as I pulled the bottom out along the way. It worked for the winter, now with the weather change, the foam is compressed. Anyone else out there with some kind of remedy. I'm afraid to let the dealership loosen all of the panels and bang them back in with new ones. Every time the dealerships pull apart panels like this, they're always worse after, not better. The composition of the fasteners seems to be the culprit here. Hard plastic makes lots of noise and I'm sure there's no alternative here. Any ideas.....and I'm I the only one with this nonsense !?!??

[Druidor]

This may sound silly but have you checked the rubber (Hard Foam) washer that goes on the top of the back suspension gas struts.

I had a similar problem of squeaking & rattles & it turned out to be those had perished allowing the strut to move about a little.

Cost me about £10 for the parts from Kia Dealer & did it myself as its just 2 10mm bolts each side holding the strut in place.

[papaandbunny]

Thank You. No I have'nt tried it. Where is it located?

[afinque07]

I dont know if its the same squeak but my 07 sedona had it and i solved it by spraying wd-40 on the rear cargo door lock mechanism. Squeaks gone.