VR Calais - strange noise on braking

[pecksterism99]

This has just started to happen - very hard to describe this strange noise which sounds like it's coming from under the front passenger seat.

Only happens when the car is moving.

It happens every time I press the brake pedal, unless I press it very very slowly.

It's a sort of metallic click followed by sort of hiss/rattle - lasts no more than 1 second - not a big noise - only thing I can compare it with the is sound you'd get from a coiled spring sliding down a rod and hitting the end.

Brakes are working just fine though. But this noise is driving me crazy!

Can't see anything underneath that could be causing it

[The1]

you sure it's not just brake squeel or a stone stuck in the brakes.

[pecksterism99]

you sure it's not just brake squeel or a stone stuck in the brakes.

Nope - definitely not those. Sound comes from LHS and you'd swear it was from under the front passenger seat ... no sound from pedal area at all, and I know what a stone sounds like.

It kinda sounds like a relay clicking - but slowly.

[Brett_jjj]

Id be removing the wheels and having a good look at the calipers,pads and disks,maybe even remove the pads while you are there to check them out properly.

[pecksterism99]

As crazy as it sounds it turned out to be the spare ciggy lighter sitting on a paperclip stored in the centre console!!!

No wonder there was no noise when the car wasn''t moving.