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2018 Atlas Front Strut Problem

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Visited dealer this morning with the same issue:

1. Creaking noise coming from front-left suspension when going over speed bumps at lower speed
2. Also some "knocking" sound, or louder & hollow(?) sound as well, when going over bumps.

Turned out to be dust cover issue. They repositioned it & lubed it again, and now the noise is gone! All done within 1 hr or so after my service guy came back & told me they reproduced the issue & were going to get to work.

Apparently there was an issue with earlier builds of Atlas that showed similar symptoms,, and that was an issue with suspension itself, but VW identified & fixed it going forward.

I'm glad my issue was a simple fix & nothing where they have to dive into the suspension.

Hopefully this helpful for some of you guys.