If it's a creak that seems to happen when you go over bumps or jiggle the
car, my experience (on two vans) is that it is the upper control arm
bushings, but they will go a very long time before they really need to be
replaced.   You should plan on replacing them in the next 6 months or so
unless they drive you crazy sooner.

Dave
87 Wolfsburg
90 Westfalia

At 11:14 PM 2/5/99 -0500, John Bonino wrote:
>the noise is coming from the front pass. side of suspension.  I was told that
>it may be upper control arm which is commonly found to creak in vanagons.  Is
>it common?   If it is creaking does that neccessarily mean its worn out and
>should be replaced?  This is my first Vanagon and I'm trying to get a handle.
>Family got too big for the Jetta and wife won't travel in the '69 Westy.
>