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Ha ha, thanks for all of this, interesting to hear the breaking is weighted to the rear, as the noise does seem to be more from the rear. For now I’m taking the turn up the stereo option 🤣.

Hi Alex, I see you are on the Wirral. Do I take it you bought it from an independent dealer? Or an Audi dealer? Just you said it’s a 3 hour drive away. I’m sure you know that Cheshire Oaks Audi is not far away, and do offer courtesy cars (although they can be a long wait). To be honest though they weren’t a huge amount of help solving my issue, and I bought my car from them. There are also 2 VW/Audi specialist garages in Neston, check out “Unit 20” or WCC - Wirral Car Care”. Maybe you could pop along for a chat first? I was maybe going to see them to see if they have heard of this noisy break issue. I’m might be remembering wrong but not sure if the offered courtesy cars, can’t remember. Good luck.

Interested to see how you go, mine hasn’t gone away. Just the same after their 2nd “inspection”. Good luck! The A3 is a lovely car apart from this though! I love mine..

Hi, I’m still having the same noise, despite new front discs/pads. Audi said rust at first, which is not correct. I’ve now nearly done 2000 miles. They did keep mentioning the electronic brake booster will give a different “feel, but to me it’s not the feel but the sound. I’ve had both Audi and my independent say the brakes look ok, but it is strange, and annoying…and there are a lot of comments about this on many forums. Others have commented it’s the brake pad material, but I’m still not sure. Be interesting to hear what they come back with to you. I’m thinking to pop into some garages locally that say they specialise in Audi…maybe they’ve seen this before…

My mechanic checked and cleaned the brakes. He said the front discs were pitted and should be replaced, fair enough Audi did this for nothing as the car was still under the 30 days of my ownership. The noise is still there, and still sounds like it’s from the back passenger side. I’ve left it for now, might take an Audi person out sometime, but another thread I’ve posted on has said it’s probably the material the pads are made from, that Audi changed the pads to give less dust. Also took a family member out who drives an A6. He said his car makes similar noises (but I haven’t heard the in his car). I’m leaving for now as it does seem to brake fine…. Maybe at my next service I’ll check back with my usual mechanic…still be interested to see how others get on, seems a common complaint..

My dealer checked and said nothing is wrong…. Taking it to my normal mechanic l next week as he said he would strip the brakes and check them… be interested in any updates from anyone as it seems others have the same issue, maybe it’s just the material on the pads?

Hi, I’ve just bought a 2022 plate A3 S-Line, manual, and think I have the same issue. Only had it a week and it’s running fine, except when I brake at very low speeds I hear a grinding sound, possibly from the rear brakes, not 100% sure but seems like similar to as the OP says. I also think it becomes worse as the car warms up. Braking at higher speeds seems fine, it’s just a grinding sound at very low speeds. It’s booked in to be looked at in a couple of weeks as the dealer said to pop back with any issues. It also creaks at the back when reversing on a bit of an incline, then breaking and then starting off forwards. I’d be interested in any updates from the original post? Thanks.