TKNorCal

I turn my steering wheel slowly while at a standstill and i hear creaking from the front left wheel well. I'm going very slow over bumps and I hear creaking... Is this a bad control arm (what do these do by the way?) or suspension? It's annoying the hell out of me. Will it be expensive to fix out of warrenty? Thanks.

98A4Turbo

It's just "creaking"? my control arm was more like a "Thud" when going over bumps!

TKNorCal

maybe it's not my control arm? maybe it's something else?

BetterThanVW

control arms start with the creaking then when they go bad they clunk around

grizwick

When I sat in my car at a standstill and turned the wheel to either the right or left, I heard a creaking. I originally thought it was the outer tie-rod ends, which needed replacing anyway. However, I learned, from the dealership, that it was a front lower track arm that needed replacing. I had about 75000 miles on the car at the time and was well out of warranty :-(...The track arm alone cost 299.82 according to my invoice. I had the tie-rod ends done at the same time for which parts cost 120.68. Total labor for both jobs done together cost 287.85 at 63/hr.

coppo110

The creaking for me was the Front and Rear Stablizer Bars; I know two other people that had this problem. Audi its an expensive repair, I think about 1300, but the dealership couldnt charge me since I had only had the car (used) for about 2 weeks. Good luck.