1996 Accord creaking noise with gas/brake/clutch pedal.?

lower balljoints are very common,they will make a creaking noise really loud sometimes even if they dont have any play in them.push down on front corners of car see if it makes noise. because the b/j does not have grease fittings they get dry and make noise. ive had them make noise and put them on lift to check them and noise would be gone when i put car back on ground and bounced on it.. 9yr honda tech.

Loud creaking noise in the BB region usually means one of two things: A loose pedal or a loose crank arm. A loose pedal can be tightened by taking a thinly slotted wrench (usually a 15mm for road bikes) attach it to the pedal and pedal backwards. Once you start to feel resistance grab the rear wheel as this will give you leverage. You'll want to get the pedals pretty tight so wrench down on them pretty hard. As for the crank arms you will want to tighten them up by wrenching down on the crank arm bolts. Older bicycles and some specialty cranks still use the hex head crank bolt (usually 15mm) and you can use either a special crank bolt wrench or a socket wrench in a pinch. Newer crank assemblies will use a large allen head bolt instead of a hex head bolt. Again you will want these bolts to be pretty tight so really torque down on them. But not too tight as you may snap the head of the bolt off and then you'll really have a problem. A couple of other notes... Don't let a crank are get too loose as the BB spindle will tend to distort the internal crank slots and eventually flare them out to the point of being useless. Not something you want to do with a very expensive pair of cranks. Although with the newer serrated style cranks this issue is less of a concern. Second, you'll always want to use grease on the crank bolts and the pedal spindles but NEVER on the bottom bracket spindle! Putting grease on a bottom bracket spindle is a sure fire way of ruining a nice pair of cranks. You want have a clean and grease/grime free surface area on both the BB spindle and crank arm. If you have put grease on the BB spindle then I suggest you take off the crank arms immediately and wipe away all the grease and grime. Unless you have a self extracting style of crank, pulling a crank arm will require a special crank arm puller tool. If you don't have that tool you can take your bike to a good bike shop and they can do it for you. Lastly, when you are installing pedals check to make sure you are installing the correct pedals on the correct crank arms.

Grit in or around engine mounts.

Grit in or around upper control arms.

Grit in or around lower suspension attachment points.

Grit trapped under strut bearing mounts.

Have you tried "bouncing" the car while it is moitionless in the driveway to try and pinpoint the noise. Pop the hood and put some weight on the bumper to get the suspension to flex a bit.

My Civic does this once in a while, but only on very cold days when things tend to contract.

I would not worry too much about this sound.