AudimanVA

Car: 2001.5 A4 1.8T Quattro with Sport Package

I have been dealing with a dash buzz for a few months now. It is extremely annoying and I have spent many car trips trying to figure out how to produce the noise or make it go away. The noise sounds like a cricket chirping, that is the closest I can explain it, and a non-audi tech said the same thing. It happens frequently but I can definitely reproduce the noise by the following: (please note the noise only happens for a few seconds, then goes away as you gain speed)

38-42 in 3rd gear and 61-63 in 5th gear when crusing, light acceleration, or taking your foot of the peddle and little the speed drop. RPM is between 2800-3000.

I took it to a Audi/BMW tune up shop near work and the tech that rode with me really had no idea. He said it sounded like it was coming from underneath the shift boot, and he said it may be happening when the engine torques a certain way. He said he could lubricate everything under there and check a few things under the car, but he can't guarantee he will fix it. This car is a 2001 A4 1.8T Quattro with 14.5K miles on it and I don't expect it to have an annoying rattle!! I'm sure everyone can agree with me on that!

Anyways I'm wondering if others have had like problems and what have you had done to fix the problem. I have an appt today with that shop but they are going to charge me, so I think I will cancel and go to the dealer even though it takes a month to get an appt. Its better then paying 40-60 and not having them fix anything...

Anyways please help!!! Make the cricket go away!......

BetterThanVW

take it to a dealer. that kind of stuff is covered under warrenty.

spikeital

They are working on it currently. They said there is a spring attached to the steering wheel that might need to be replaces. Not sure if you have all the same symptons as I did.

AudimanVA

Maybe its coming from inside the engine bay, the problem is with a dash buzz you cant really tell where the heck it is coming from....I saw an old post in 2001 complaining about exact same thing, but no one seems to have gotten it resolved..

ordare

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JeffK (B6S4)

What are you . . . FRENCH now?

"Sir, may I take your ordare?"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

(welcome back, jerk)

ordare

me thinks you're confused.

CryptoTurbo

I have been plagued off and on for the last year by what sounds like the exact same thing. Well tonight I found it...place a credit card in the seam between the radio and the climate control unit at different places along the seam. Once I found the right place, the buzz went away! Yeah!

Tomorrow I will jam either black cloth or maybe some black rubber (o-rings or something) in there until it stops. If that doesn't work, I'm going to remove the radio and see if I can glue some cloth or rubber in what looks like good spots.

~Crypto
2001.5 A4 1.8T