I have a Nov 2023 MK4 VRS with a DSG gearbox and experience an irregular single clunk type noise when I stop and turn the engine off. It appears to come from somewhere below the gear selector. Has anybody else experienced this ?

Might just be the parking brake and pin dropping in. 

3 hours ago, TheWanderer said:

Might just be the parking brake and pin dropping in. 

It’s off that it doesn’t happen every time. 

6 hours ago, AndyPR said:

It appears to come from somewhere below the gear selector.

I noticed that the switching to P (the gearbox park, not the EPB) might be noisier sometimes - single clunk as you say - depending on how you proceed:
- if you press directly the STOP button while gearbox is in D/S or R, the noise will be louder;
- if you press P (gearbox Park) before pressing STOP - the entire process will be quieter.
Depending on the "flatness" of the surface you parked the car onto, if there's some slope, it might be better to first engage the EPB, press P after that, and press STOP at the end.

1 hour ago, SkOmk4 said:

I noticed that the switching to P (the gearbox park, not the EPB) might be noisier sometimes - single clunk as you say - depending on how you proceed:
- if you press directly the STOP button while gearbox is in D/S or R, the noise will be louder;
- if you press P (gearbox Park) before pressing STOP - the entire process will be quieter.
Depending on the "flatness" of the surface you parked the car onto, if there's some slope, it might be better to first engage the EPB, press P after that, and press STOP at the end.

I have noticed exactly the same thing and now press Park before STOP. No idea if it makes a difference but does sound better.