Originally Posted by Cletustu

I took it back to the dealer and left it for another week while I was away traveling. They had a list of things to supposedly check from Audi. They came back and said nothing is out of spec and that the condition is somewhat normal and known by Audi, but no TSB has been produced yet. I asked for them to show me other vehicles that had the noise. They showed me one Q7 that had zero noise on the inside and out. They showed me another that had a slight noise when the gas cap was open in the tank, but nothing inside.

Mine is so loud that you can hear it from the driver's seat when the engine idles. It sounds like a helicopter inside the car. It's really bad from the rear passenger seat. If I run the climate control and the radio, it's harder to hear. But you hear it when stopped or idling and auto engine shut-off isn't on.

My dissatisfaction is two fold. 1. To buy a $60-70k car that has an erratic issue like this and cabin noise is disheartening. I've bought Hondas, Subarus, Jeeps, Fords, Chevy's etc and never had a problem with a brand new car. 2. I feel like the dealer has gaslighted me. I left the vehicle down there for 10 days now in the first 45 days of ownership. I have had to stay on the dealer non stop. At first they said it was normal and never even checked with Audi. Then they said it's not normal, but Audi will not do anything about it until there is a recall or TSB. They just called me today after another 1.5 weeks and said that they are waiting to hear back from their regional tech liaison to schedule a time for him to see the car. I'm not holding my breath. It just sucks to have such a bad experience attached to something that has always been joyous and fun (purchasing a new car and the new car love you have for your vehicle). Now I hear every noise that the car makes. I tracked a rattle noise that happens when you go over certain bumps to the back seat and had to wrap felt and electrical tape around the passenger and middle seat latch bar. I also started hearing some squeaking in the panoramic roof when I hit certain bumps and the cover is open. That is very minor and no consistent, but I wouldn't have noticed some of these things if I wasn't hyper vigilant because of the fuel pump/pressure noise. Now I find myself looking at Audi forums and seeing old sunroof frame issues, fuel pump recalls, seat rattles, etc. BTW the dealer knows about the fuel pump issue, but it only applies to 2020-2021 so they aren't even thinking that is an issue with my car.

Originally Posted by jeasley4

We just bought a 2021 Q8 with 44K miles and have the same flutter noise. Does anyone have the TSB for this issue?

Originally Posted by Cletustu

Hi - I just bought my first Audi in December. Brand new 2022 Q7. I loved it at first, but after a few hundred miles I discovered a pulsating noise coming from the back passenger seat area when idling one quiet night. It's driving me nuts now. After turning off the climate control and radio I traced it to the fuel tank area. Sure enough when I went outside and opened the fuel tank, I heard a woodpecker type noise pulsating from the inside of the fuel tank. I override the auto engine shut off on idle to help isolate the noise, but you can hear it when driving below 5mph or when the engine shut off doesn't activate. I looked up the issue on the forum and saw a couple of old posts that said a similar noise was attributed to loose fuel lines reverberating on the tank. I took it to my dealer for this and another issue (radio transferred all of my sirius favorites to my wife's user profile and deleted mine).. The tech said they both were normal/unfixable. They didn't even do any forensic work. I dropped it off and a few hours later the service advisor said that "I would have to wait for Audi to get enough complaints for a recall as this is not a warranty issue". I don't think he ever heard the noise since my service advisor was brand new. When I went to pick it up the Service Manager listened to the noise and said it didn't sound right. I'm 3+ days waiting for him to reach out to Audi field engineering. If it's normal, I am never buying an Audi again.... But I think my dealer is incompetent. I have only used 93 octane fuel and now the car has 1400 miles. Bought it in new in Dec with 40 miles from Flow Audi Greensboro in North Carolina.

I'm waiting for an answer, but I am gunshy after being gaslighted on my first attempt. The first tech said he checked another 2022 and heard it, but when I arrived they told me that they didn't have another one for me to hear. I would love to hear from the community so I can escalate this to the highest levels at the dealership. Maybe someone can check their vehicle and tell me if they hear it too. I'll try to post a video or two.

Originally Posted by Cletustu

Geez - Looks like I'm in for a real treat. I demanded the dealer look at it again and they said Audi gave them lots of things to check.... pressure regulator, etc. No one at the dealer acted like they have heard or seen anything like this. The service manager and sales manager told me that they definitely don't think it's normal when I took it back. They didn't have any loaners but the sales manager gave me his personal demo car and said he'd figure something out. It's down there again for another week now. Hopefully they find something and can fix the issue. I hate to think about having the car taken apart like that, but I can't stand the noise from an otherwise quiet car. This may be my first and last Audi. This was my first "luxury" car brand purchase and it's been my worst in 30 years or car buying.