Docked Wages
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Had a creak noise in my 2022 roof both sides up front. Kia dealers suck so I went about finding a solution on my own. Yes the roof moves. It's a piece of rigid glass in a flexible sheetmetal hole. It's designed to do that. However after 10,000 miles I'd had enough of the creaks.
First thing I noticed was mine creaked whether or not it was raining. This is important because it told me that it wasn't the seals to the body.
It seemed the creak was up and to the outboard sides so I removed the upper door trim covers on all 4 doors. Creak was still there. I then tried running with the roof vented, no creak. Roof partially open, no creak. However in both of the open situations the wind noise would drown out the creak.
It turns out that the creak in my car was actually the grab handle above my head creaking against it's mounting bases. I was able to isolate the creak and stop it by pulling down on the handle while driving. The noise stops 100% of the time when the handle is down.
The creak comes from two pieces of the same plastic material being placed against each other and when movement is added you get a creak. This is a basic engineering fail for Kia but that's a different subject for a different time.
As a stop gap I've wadded up some masking tape and crammed it into the hinge area of the handle to keep the handle from resting on the hinge face when up and not in use. Problem is solved and now my roof is quiet.
So if you have a creak, try reaching up and grabbing the handle. If it stops making noise the problem could be just that simple.
First thing I noticed was mine creaked whether or not it was raining. This is important because it told me that it wasn't the seals to the body.
It seemed the creak was up and to the outboard sides so I removed the upper door trim covers on all 4 doors. Creak was still there. I then tried running with the roof vented, no creak. Roof partially open, no creak. However in both of the open situations the wind noise would drown out the creak.
It turns out that the creak in my car was actually the grab handle above my head creaking against it's mounting bases. I was able to isolate the creak and stop it by pulling down on the handle while driving. The noise stops 100% of the time when the handle is down.
The creak comes from two pieces of the same plastic material being placed against each other and when movement is added you get a creak. This is a basic engineering fail for Kia but that's a different subject for a different time.
As a stop gap I've wadded up some masking tape and crammed it into the hinge area of the handle to keep the handle from resting on the hinge face when up and not in use. Problem is solved and now my roof is quiet.
So if you have a creak, try reaching up and grabbing the handle. If it stops making noise the problem could be just that simple.