Soft noise when driving off

[Guest001]

2-3 week old 2013 VW Polo Comfortline 77TSI DSG.

I only just noticed this when stereo was off, after putting car into D, when driving off, there is a soft noise that is hard to describe. Not a engine or gearbox noise, or creaking... best description would be the noise cars with auto locks make, i.e. cars where when you drive over 10-20km the doors lock automatically. Very soft locking like noise. i dont think this car has auto locks.

this happens everytime, but only on the first set off. it does not happen after breaking to a complete stop and going off again.

any clues if this is normal?

Mine makes a light noise under the bonnet like something has moved slightly Has done it since new and only ever does it once moving.

Can idle it in the drive and it doesnt do it at all so presume it is something to do with BRAKES. Definitely isnt door locks as you can hear

them thump in both beside and behind you as my Passat has them (now disabled) . It could be a choke reset as well Ive never worried about it.

[BTJ]

Slightly OT but when you open the door on my 9N3 you hear the fuel pump kick in to get ready to go.

I always pretended my car was saying hello.

Ok ill go now

[nomadx38]

We had this discussion in another thread recently. It is the ESP system doing a self diagnostics on the braking channels on the car. Will happen once as only once when the car is started and you take off for the first time over 15kmh.

[cappuccino]

thanks guy, good to know nothing wrong. first car ive had with ESP.

[Polo_GTI]

Is it normal for the brakes to feel a little weird and there is also another noise coming from the wheels when you drive/reverse after you've just started the car. Once you go over 15km/hr and stop and repeat the process the noise is gone. I figured this also has to do with the ESP thing you mentioned?

[alexaescht]

My Polo makes a weird noise and the brake pedal feels strange in this situation:
Reverse car, brake hard(ish)
Drive forward to about 50 km/h
Brake hard while turning.
During that last brake, the pedal kind of sinks a bit (the wheels aren't skidding, we're not braking that hard here) and the car makes a kind of clunk/crunch noise. It only happens after I've reversed and braked hard enough for the pads to slide backwards in the callipers.

Don't know if its related, but though it might be of interest