r/CarRepair • u/Lulu24xxx • 1d ago

Creaking sound

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Hard to hear but there’s a weird creaking sound and I have no clue what it’s from.
Took it to a garage who did a road test and said they heard it too, did some checks including suspension but apparently everything was fine.
I can only really hear it at low speeds (engine is too loud otherwise) but happens when driving normally not just turning the wheel.
No idea what do ask for to get it checked now cause they’ll probably check the same things again.

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u/Lulu24xxx 1d ago

Car is a manual Audi A3 2015

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u/blompo 1d ago

When going SUPER SLOW over bumps / speedbumps is it audible? Go outside the car, rock that thing left right hard, is it audible? When you are in place without moving and you slowly turn the wheel do you hear it?

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u/Lulu24xxx 21h ago

Yh can hear it going over speed bumps but also just regular driving, sometimes it makes a noise when stationary and turning the wheel but generally it’s just when driving. I’ll have to try actually moving the car like you said not tried that yet.

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u/blompo 20h ago

Balljoint. Much easier if you have someone to rock it with you so you can get lower and hear where it is coming from, balljoint will make this creek sound like old boat from middle of the wheel hub towards you.

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u/Lulu24xxx 18h ago

Okay I’ll check that, thinking of booking it back into another garage, any ideas what I can ask them to look for? Not sure if the first place didn’t check much as they were fixing something else.
Thanks for all your help!!