Popping noises on car?

You say brake pads and everyone jumps on that.

How about looking at the suspension parts. You say your almost at a stop so that is when your suspension is starting to return to it's normal place. There may be bushings missing from the shocks or the rear springs/coils are hitting the stops and the plastic pads are gone.

check the calipers. you could have 1 that,s catching and letting go. take the calipers off the rotors but don,t remove the hose. clean up the slides where the calipers bolts to and smear a light coat of high temperature grease on the slides so the calipers can slide back and forth easy.

You need to change your avatar name. "Overkill"? you don't even put rotors on when doing a brake job! How about "Numnuts"?

i think of all automobiles try this. i could desire to be incorrect, nonetheless. thinking the vehicle i understand that does it is slightly crap. i could propose re-asking this interior the suited area, nonetheless. because of the fact so far, the main solid answer is "get your engine checked."