Cirrusaudi

My (new to me) 2014 A8 makes pretty audible creaking noise going over speed bumps even at 10 miles an hour? Is my suspension in need of repair?

Any thoughts appreciated.

Jack88

Super common. Here's a thread talking about it, including a video of someone with the noise from when I fixed mine. Got them here.

Cirrusaudi

Could you please post the thread link. This is troublesome!

Jack88

Oh, thought I did. Here it is.

Cirrusaudi

Thanks for the details. I am taking it to the dealer as it is still under warranty.

Cirrusaudi

I took it to the dealer. The tech said he could not reproduce the problem. I took him with me over the same speed bumps, and even I heard nothing.

He said the noise may be more pronounced when it is cold, but the system looks okay.

I will keep an ear out for noise to reappear.

DirtyVegasTT

My dealer refuses to do anything about it dismissing it as normal sounds my air suspension makes. I didn't like that answer but I stopped caring about every little thing wrong with my car lately.

Garycw

I can see about not obsessing over every little thing, But can't let things go either to add up. Easier said than done.
Every little scratch, blems or spec of dirt or lint bothers me!

OhNoMrBill

Mine makes noise going over some bumps, usually slower speeds. My dealer swapped the sway bar links, but I think it is the bottom bushings going. When I looked under the car, the sway bar links did not look like they had any deterioration, but the fronts bottom ones did.

They swapped them under the CPO warranty.

Bill

PainDOC

Get used to it. Audi has changed my links and the sway arm after taking it to the dealer 3 times. Its still present. I gave up.