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So over these last 6 months I’ve owned 2 polo beats, the first got rejected for a failed gearbox mounting bracket and many ongoing rattles. Both cars I have owned have developed the follow problem so I assume I’m not the only one? After a prolonged drive and after a bit of heavy breaking the car develops a creak/ cracking sound from the chassis. This noise occurred when heavy breaking/ starting from a stop (after breaking) or going up or down a big bump eg: going down a curb or a big bump in the road. This noise started on my first polo at around 3k miles and now this one is doing it at 2K. Before that there was no noise when heavy breaking. If you’ve experience this I’m pretty sure you would of noticed it. Anyone have any ideas

Creaking like this is often suspension bushes, usually the anti-roll bar ones.
Had this creaking on a Renault Captur and Nissan Juke, all replaced under warranty.

Must be a really conmen problem seeing as both of my cars experienced this problem...?

No creaking on mine.......yet.
The brakes themselves are quite noisy, they can creak a bit when stopping/pulling away.
But what you've described sounds more suspension related to me.

I've also had two polo beats 95PS. Can't say I've had any. Just the issue with the handbrake for me... And the steering... And the creaky A-Pillar...

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Try bouncing the car when stopped.
Rather than push down on the wings with your hands, open the door, stand on the sills and really bounce up and down.
You might be able to recreate the sound, if you can get enough movement going.