Hoping someone can help with this mystery noise - I drive an 06 GTI and have a loud grating noise from the rear near side corner when braking with the first third of brake pedal travel that no-one has been able to identify.
This has been going on for two years now and has been driving me mad since it started...I've recorded the noise on my phone - it can be heard at
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1umijqfaSwmAt first I thought it was a warped disc after taking the car once to the Nurburgring, so I replaced the rear pads and discs with brembo equivalents. This didn't fix so I took it to my local independant garage - they had no idea. I then took it to the local VW dealer. They confirmed a noise, had three seperate technicians and the service manager drive it, took down the braking and then the suspension components and couldn't find it, so decided it was 'normal' as it didn't cause an issue. Effectively any of the obvious causes eg pads, discs, suspension, wheel bearings, all were covered and the car was given a clean bill of health.
Unfortunately this leaves me with a car which drives perfectly fine but with a noise that drives me mad, and which I know when I come to sell will come back to bite me in the posterior.
Has anyone else had this problem and located the cause? It's got me completely baffled.
Thanks!