chuckyarla

Picked up my new car on Saturday. Very nice indeed. Bose sound is excellent. The mpg so far is not great at 35 mpg. Also noticed a fair bit of wind noise around the wing mirror. Is this characteristic of the A6?

tomk

Somewhere in the forum was the info that a seal in the mirror might be defective and making the noise.

DirkM

After seeing this video I would say it's a feature to warn drivers not to drive as fast. Start watching at 1:30s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYfqrnriBuI

tomk

There is a screen that allows you to set a speed alarm at a speed set by the driver. I'm still breaking in the car have not gone beyone my setting (80mph) yet.

Westchesterrick

It is on mine and I have a US gasoline engine. VERY disappointing if this is just the aerodynamics of the car and not the seal problem that the other poster referred to. I have an appointment Friday with my dealer where I will show him the post about the door seal.

This is my 5th A6 and by far, the noisiest yet; the wind noise is unacceptable. Damn care sounds like a low priced Ford or Chevy. Sure hope it is fixable.

chuckyarla

Good luck with your visit to the dealer - please let me know how you get on. Thanks.

Westchesterrick

I too had the wind noise problem coming from driver's side mirror. Dealer installed the seals inside as discussed by others and the problem is solved.

I had resigned myself to the truly objectionable noise in a luxury car, but thanks to the tip I received in this forum, my car sounds great from the driver's seat.

chuckyarla

Do you know exactly what he did? Did he take out the triangular shaped plastic mirror casing on the inside of the door, or did he take off the door card? Where did he put the seals?

Westchesterrick

Unfortunately, I do not know what he did exactly. I know it required removing the door panel from the inside and putting in more than one seal. He did say that Audi had a technical bulletin on the subject, so it should not be difficult for any dealer to discover the fix.

Mickelin

Can you describe what it sounded like before the fix? How loud, pitch, what speed etc. Was it really obvious that something was wrong or just louder than expected "normal" wind noise?