Good day.

I have a problem that happens after hard braking. After I do a very hard brake, whenever I brake I hear a creaking sound. If I let the car sit for a few hours, the problem goes away.

I never have it if I don't brake hard. 

I started to appear this winter, I didn't notice it until now. It happened 2 times in the last 2 weeks.

 

Here's the sound it makes: https://youtu.be/mfyEC2xQ8Ck

 

To not start another thread, I also notice that under hard acceleration with ESP on(standstill or low speed-high gear), I get some awful sounds, like the car is falling apart. They sound like hard knocks on the chassis, only when accelerating. At first I thought it's the DSG gearbox mount, but I switched off the ESP and besides tire spin, I get no sounds.

From my knowledge, ESP can also cut fuel injection and one time the knock was so hard(hammering like knock but also sudden fast braking), it seemed the engine stopped all together and got back up again and running. I had an issue with the speed sensor and the engine stopped while driving. I recognize the fuel cut off from there, but still, can ESP cut the fuel to THAT extent?

 

I will upgrade the engine, DSG mounts to something more performance oriented, try to replace most important bushes and change the shocks come spring, maybe if the car doesn't slip that much, the ESP won't destroy it.

As for the first problem, beats me. My old and good mechanic got sloppy and I need to find one, if I can't, I'll go to the dealership, though I'd rather not replace the whole car for a sound because they aren't at liberty to check/repair.

 

Thanks for all your input.

 

Regards,

Stefan

Mine had a similar problem that turned out to be a heater pipe behind the dash that was in the wrong position and creaked when you braked hard I'm sorry I can't be more specific but the sound was very similar took to dealer and pipe moved to correct position and it was fine after

Is the pipe related to the A/C or the heating?

Or is it an engine pipe?

So I know what to tell the mechanic when I'll go.

 

Thanks for the reply.