Noise/Rattle
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Noise/Rattle
I have had my RS7 for 3 weeks now. Love the car but one irritating problem. The front dashboard/IP has a speaker grill or another plastic part noise. Bumps and heavy bass sounds played loud on the B&O system bring out the noise. Have not taken it to the dealer yet, but I am disappointed that a $125k car has an issue such as this. However, I love this beast so much, I am just hoping the dealer can make it right.
Anyone else have any similar problem? What do you think about the B&O? I don't think it is worth $6k.
Anyone else have any similar problem? What do you think about the B&O? I don't think it is worth $6k.
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I have had my RS7 for 3 weeks now. Love the car but one irritating problem. The front dashboard/IP has a speaker grill or another plastic part noise. Bumps and heavy bass sounds played loud on the B&O system bring out the noise. Have not taken it to the dealer yet, but I am disappointed that a $125k car has an issue such as this. However, I love this beast so much, I am just hoping the dealer can make it right.
Anyone else have any similar problem? What do you think about the B&O? I don't think it is worth $6k.
Anyone else have any similar problem? What do you think about the B&O? I don't think it is worth $6k.
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I have had my RS7 for 3 weeks now. Love the car but one irritating problem. The front dashboard/IP has a speaker grill or another plastic part noise. Bumps and heavy bass sounds played loud on the B&O system bring out the noise. Have not taken it to the dealer yet, but I am disappointed that a $125k car has an issue such as this. However, I love this beast so much, I am just hoping the dealer can make it right.
Anyone else have any similar problem? What do you think about the B&O? I don't think it is worth $6k.
Anyone else have any similar problem? What do you think about the B&O? I don't think it is worth $6k.
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I have the same problem, and just took it to the dealer today (for the 5K service). It seems to be poorly secured center channel speaker grill since I can put pressure on the grill and get the buzz to subside. I have been in the high end audio business for 25 years (www.audiovisions.com) so I know high performance audio - The B&O system in this vehicle is reasonably good, but I would expect more for the price they charge. They certainly had a challenge figuring out where to find sufficient space for a good subwoofer and although their design is clever it is still insufficient. The system also struggles at even moderate volume levels. It definitely sounds best (like any good system) when using high quality source material.
Did the dealer fix your speaker grill rattle? Thanks for your input.
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Ive got a slight clicking/ticking/rattle in the dashboard/HUD device area. Kind of annoying, hoping with only 700 miles on the odo it goes away on its own. Kind of intermittent. I only hear it when the radio is off, like when using the phone
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Well, I do love the B&O system -- I had it in my A7 and couldn't give it up.
But, just last week my tweeters stopped popping up and the subwoofer stopped working. The whole thing sounded like AM radio. The car has now been in the dealership for three days with the trunk ripped apart waiting for a new B&O module to show up...
[Update: Part showed up the next day and the dealer quickly fixed it. Sonic bliss restored!]
But, just last week my tweeters stopped popping up and the subwoofer stopped working. The whole thing sounded like AM radio. The car has now been in the dealership for three days with the trunk ripped apart waiting for a new B&O module to show up...
[Update: Part showed up the next day and the dealer quickly fixed it. Sonic bliss restored!]
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They replaced the center channel speaker and grill. Now the speaker doesn't buzz with music, but it now rattles under certain driving conditions and engine RPMs. Now I have to take it back again.
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I am extremely interested in your progress with the Audi dealer on the rattle noise? My dealer put felt tape on my speaker grille and that helped but there is a serious rattle inside the middle of the dash board ( instrument panel ). I just can't accept this type of noise on a brand new car....especially a $125,000 RS7 ( mine is loaded ). Sure hope you can share with us what they have done for you so far ???
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