Unless we are all missing the mysterious grommet, then it looks like this is normal, although it certainly looks odd that there is a hole into which grit/moisture/crisps could fall.

The reason I asked this is because I could feel a cold draught from this area, thought it might be this. Will check the external boot just to make sure.

Thanks
LoP

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I've never noticed any draughts from mine, nor the turbo noise which is supposed to be a symptom of the missing seal.

I've had what i assume is the turbo whistle, in that it makes a faint 'weeooow' sound when lifting off throttle to change gear.

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EYorkshire wrote:

About the same on MY13 (obviously with less corrosion) and the underlay had a better cut

Here's mine .....MY14

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I would like to know also how does it look like. Whistle sound is so irritating. As always service guy told me that it is normal.
:/

All 'grommets' are different as my 2007 looks slightly different to those. Underneath the car is a gator that surrounds the steering column, yours must be ill fitting if it whistles?

It's the turbo that whistles Rich, the grommet will stop the noise entering the cabin

I really should read the whole of the post! Grommet still may be ill fitting?

There is a rubber part inside the plastic collar visible from outside , its a couple cm inside. Ive made a photo from an angle and it is visible. So is there another additional available" above the floor" or this one seems to leak or there is another deeper ?

Does anyone know if this seal can be fitted from within the car? Or do you have to get underneath?
does anyone have a pic showing it in place, i can only find pics of people showing it missing.

Please see attached pic, this is my car, as you can see i have the seal but it is not fitted correct. I put some cloth in the gap and went for a spin. The noise i was getting had stopped.

my question is can anyone tell me how to put this seal back in place. Does it pull out from the inside or do i have to fix from underside?
is there anything holding this in place like a small screw or some thing?

Can any techs please advise.

Hi basically its a big grommet if you use WD40 you can work the lip back to the body work, did mine from inside the drivers footwell hope that helps

from your picture valks1 it does look like a big grommet and that sounds a good plan from Foggy19 how to straighten it up.

must check mine as I'm having a whistling noise as well, but doesn't sound like the turbo to me,( a kind of windy noise ) but worth checking the steering grommet.

Iain

Fitted mine correctly yesterday and it was a bit of a struggle to get the lip of the grommet to seat correctly all the way round, but persevered. I was getting a slight exhaust smell on start up, now all ok, although I probably need to investigate if there is a small leak somewhere, possibly on the turbo pipe? Fitting the grommet correctly definitely has a positive effect even if it is just to mask another issue!