Squeaking doors

[ViperPete]

Did not take any, but once the hinge cover is off it will be very obvious. The hinge cover is not hard to remove, but it does require loosening the side sill to slide it out with the black grill installed.

How actually do you get the hinge cover off? I cant seem to find a way to access the bolts.

[txA&M08]

To follow up on this thread, just applied some lithium grease to the leaf spring tensioner behind the hinge cover, and the noise is completely gone and the door opens smoothly. As mentioned earlier in this thread, the hinge is not what causes the creaking noise, it is the leaf spring tensioner that detents the door at various opening positions.

I tried to tell em