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Old 12-27-2012, 09:30 AM
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Anyone with a 13' notice a fuzz, or a white noise when car is in dynamic mode coming from soundakator??
I just observed this - mainly on highway and revving car up, like up to 5000 rpm...pretty annoying, but taking car in next week for service to see if can be resolved.
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The only white noise I have, which appears to be coming from the soundaktor, is at low revs and speed. LIke driving through a neighborhood around 25 mph. Its a bit of a sucking sound, not unlike the sound the suction they use at the dentist makes.

Its not all together bother, because its fairly faint, but noticeable.
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You can always yank the fuse.
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Hey, I noticed that noise as well. Only in dynamic at around 4000 rpm. Were they able to fix it?
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No offense, but the sound generator is just dumb. Audi should be embarassed to include this in a performance car. I know other manufacturers do the same thing. It's dumb when they do it too.
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Originally Posted by Captain Tuttle
No offense, but the sound generator is just dumb. Audi should be embarassed to include this in a performance car. I know other manufacturers do the same thing. It's dumb when they do it too.
They are trying to cover up for the mistake of using a V8 in the S4 for 4 years.
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Originally Posted by Captain Tuttle
No offense, but the sound generator is just dumb. Audi should be embarassed to include this in a performance car. I know other manufacturers do the same thing. It's dumb when they do it too.
Yeah, it's surprising. I guess an aftermarket exhaust and pulling the fuse on the soundaktor is the ideal solution if you want a more aggressive sound that is genuine.

I would have loved to be a fly on the wall to hear marketing and engineering at Audi duke this one out.
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My 13 came with AWE therefore I never had a chance to hear the stock exhaust. My car sounded terrible, I yanked the fuse now it sounds great.
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Bump

Starting to hear this noise in comfort engine sound setting . Any one talk to the dealership about this? I am probably goin to pull the fuse and maybe get a stasis exhaust through my dealership.


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