mymac

My 2012.5 991CS has a squeaking sound coming from the driver side dash area behind the steering wheel. I have the electrically operated steering wheel, power up/down in/out. I have tried playing with the control but that doesn't help. Any one have this problem?

SMZ

If you can not reproduce or attenuate the squeak by pushing on panels around the steering column/dash/footwell there is a good chance it is from the gas tank pads. There is a technical service bulletin (#1403) about this and new felt and foam is put around the tank. I had a similar squeak and had the fix done at the dealer and it did the trick. It sounds like a mouse or like styrofoam and may vary with the fuel load and with temperature. I had to tell the dealer about this service bulletin (thanks to rennlist!). They wanted to try all kinds of other things first.

N2B8TOR

Try this, pop up the frunk. Get inside and try to simulate the conditions of driving by making the shock bounce up and down using your body weight. Turns out my driver "dash squeak" came from the top rubber portion of the front shocks/struts rubbing against the medal support near the frunk area. I sprayed some silicone spray in there and boom no more squeaks. For about 4 months it drove me nuts! Now I'm in love with my car again.

mymac

Thanks for the replies. SMZ, what you describe sounds about right, to bad I'm out of warranty. Might just have to live with it

koala

Thank you! Mine is doing exactly what you describe. I'll try to have that tackled when they replace my warped door cards

HD2pct

Had same issue.
Full fuel tank. Warmer temps. A bumpy road to "break it loose". Then it's a miserable squeaking that goes on no matter what road you drive on.

It fixes itself with less fuel and a chance to sit.

Dealer confirmed and is fixing. I sent my service guy the YouTube video below b/c this is what mine sounded like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z26lIDxDhOY&feature=youtu.be

Then we had unexpectedly warm weather and they filled up the tank and went driving and I lucked out because they heard it too.

Needsdecaf

crossbow

Just had my squeak fixed last month. New tank pads and a combination bolt through the dash did the trick.

Needsdecaf

I was able to get some great videos of the noise, and my dealer confirmed it was the tank pads. Just picked up this morning and oh, it's so nice and quiet!

Best way to describe the sound is a squeaking like two pieces of Styrofoam rubbing on each other. Comes and goes. The video above is great! Sounded to me like it was coming from behind the vent to the left of the steering wheel.

Thank you for posting this thread OP!!

dermot

How do the dealers treat this issue, if the car is out of warranty is it down to the owner or is it a design /safety defect and Porsche picks up the cost.