Scirocco Central

Does anyone else out there suffer from excessive tyre noise on certain motorway surfaces, its the only thing I can find not to like with my rocco. I'm thinking it's down to the Dunlop sport maxx TT tyres it's currently running on, if someone could offer some advice on this it would be much appreciated.

Regards
Martyn

I've got Pirellis on 19" and find the tyre noise on certain surfaces to be annoying.

Not really much you can do about it to be honest.

Do you mean road noise as in the general 'roar' you get especially on concrete m-ways for example, or is there a an obvious 'hum' around 60mph or a slight knocking sound increasing with speed?

If either of the latter take a look at the wear of your rear tyres, come the end of my rears the hum noise was unbearable at some speeds, basically down to the inner edges worn down and morphed from circular to hexagonal for whatever reason.

Thanks to Cuprabob & sugar W for there advice on my tyre noise issue.

Regards
Martyn

I too find the tyre "roar", on certain road surfaces, excessive in the Scirocco. I think it's down to the fact I'm running on 18" low profile tyres (and some folks are running 19's). Can't be helped. A lot of rubber in contact with the tarmac.

Compared to my previous car, Fiesta zetec S on 17inch low profile types, the roc is like a church even with 19" lol On pirelli types, seem pretty good so far Worse car was my saxo on concrete motorways, it sounded like a wailing ghost, always used to spook me in thick fog at 4am lol

Cheers
Clive.

Hello all, I am getting a rumbling / droning noise when coming to a stop, it starts from around 25mph and continues until the vehicle stops, anybody else experiencing this with their car. Don't know whether its a fault or just a characteristic of the car, any help or advice would be appreciated.

Regards
Martyn

Mine did this and it was due to the rear wheels out of alignment, had to have a 4 wheel align to sort it its now quiet as a mouse apart from the exhaust burble

Thank you to sciroccorocket for the reply to my post, I will get my car booked in to have the alignment checked

Regards
Martyn

I have Pirelli self-seals on mine and when it was new I thought they were quiet but now I’ve done nearly 9k they sometimes seem excessively noisy to me but I think that’s the nature of low profile tyres, they get noisier as the wear down.

no problem

Compared to my previous car a Leon FR on 18s the Roc is pretty quiet even on its 19s. Some older road surfaces are just awful though, in any car.

Hi all

This post is an update to a post I made regarding tyre / grumbling noise I experience when coasting to a stop fom around 25mph.
I took the advice of 'sciroccorocket' and had a four wheel alignment done, however, this has not solved the problem.

While I was in the tyre garage the guy mentioned that it could be a fault with my rear tyres, and it certainly looks like it could be!! When he rubbed his hand around at the inside edge of the rear tyres, it was rippled and not smooth, he told me this is a common fault with VW's not just the roc.

If anyone else has this problem get the rear tyres checked.

Regards
Martyn

So you just have to get the tyres replaced I assume?

Basically yes, they just said it was a common fault on all VW's, only fix is to replace the tyres.

Regards
Martyn

I have this at the moment on mine, very annoying! I have only had the car 2 weeks but bought it 2nd hand from a VW dealer. Do you think i could take it back and get them to sort it? They offer 30 days no hassle swap, so could kick up a fuss and see what they say!

No harm in trying?

Hi rscut

Not sure if VW would help you out or not, how many miles has your car done? My car has covered 35k on its rear tyres and I have around 3mm left on them, however, it's been making the noise for around the last 12 - 15k, like Carlpea said there is certainly on harm in trying.
I get the idea that it's not a fault with the Scirocco just the way the suspension and geometry has been set up at the factory, still a brilliant car tho.

Regards
Martyn

Its done 11k so there is about 5-6mm left on them. Also have an issue with noise brakes and the wheel balance. Im goignt to take it in and see what they say! Cheers guys

If you also have these other issues, deffo take it back to the dealer and get them to check it out, good luck!