Ok I reversed mine onto the drive and listened hard. I did hear a slight clunk, it was not loud but it was there. I tried it again and sure enough you guys are right. I had not noticed it before. Its not loud or anything. I does remind me of the ex demo Passat I had in 2005, it was a heavy clunk then and mainly when I pulled off after the auto breaks had kicked in, I did get rid of that car after only 6 months and it was partly because that clunk every time the traffic started moving again used to annoy my wife.SRGTD wrote: ↑Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:55 pmFrom memory, not excessively loud, but noticeable. Pretty certain it was from the front pads and calipers, not the rears. Owners of current model Polos with drum rear brakes have experienced it, which if it is an issue with movement of the brake pads in the calipers, then it’ll be the front brakes.mike sel wrote: ↑Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:29 pmIs it a heavy clunk or just a light one? im trying to work out if I should be noticing this too. I have rear disks does that make a difference?SRGTD wrote: ↑Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:41 am
Others have experienced the ‘clunk’ when reversing and then braking; see discussion thread at the link below;
viewtopic.php?f=71&t=71595&p=537323
I initially had it with my previous generation Polo GTI. Likely cause is a small movement of the front brake pads in the brake callipers. My car doesn’t do it any more.
Back to my Polo, I will bring this up at the first service, ive just turned 7300 miles so its due in the next couple of months.