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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 04:07 PM
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I have had my 2011 S4 for about 3 months now and there are 2 very annoying rattling noises. One sounds like its coming from the drivers side and the other from the passengers side. I have tried to pinpoint the location and it almost sounds like the rattle is near my B&O speakers. One from the tweeter near the A-pillar on the drivers side and the other from the speaker in my dash on the passengers side. Could my speakers be blown?? Anyone else have a similar issue?
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Yes in my 2010 S5. They said it was the speaker grill. They fixed it but i still here rattles. Have always read about Audi interiors but my car is a rattle box compared to my other cars.
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 04:46 PM
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Audis are notorious for interior rattles.
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Excelsior7
Audis are notorious for interior rattles.
I may be lucky but my 04 S4 has zero rattles with 96K on the odo and I live in pothole and rough road territory. My 10 is good so far but only 6K on the odo.
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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Audis are notorious for interior rattles.
Compared to my 2006 BMW 330i and 2007 Porsche Cayman, my new 2011 A5 is super quiet.
BMW was just ridiculous with rattles and creaking noises from all over the place.
Cayman had some bad rattles from the rear hatch and the driver's side door.
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Luongo
Compared to my 2006 BMW 330i and 2007 Porsche Cayman, my new 2011 A5 is super quiet.
BMW was just ridiculous with rattles and creaking noises from all over the place.
Cayman had some bad rattles from the rear hatch and the driver's side door.
My 335i rattled ridiculously.

But my mother's Golf GTi was even worse. By the time it had 40k on it, it sounded like a tiny percussion section.
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by mm91
I have had my 2011 S4 for about 3 months now and there are 2 very annoying rattling noises. One sounds like its coming from the drivers side and the other from the passengers side.... One from the tweeter near the A-pillar on the drivers side and the other from the speaker in my dash on the passengers side.... Anyone else have a similar issue?
Check fuse panels on the left (driver door) and right side. You can see them when you open the front doors. My driver side had a rattle, pulled off the panel and carefully re-seated the panel, now the rattle is gone.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 05:03 AM
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compared to my 328i & x5 when new, my S4 (15Kmls old) is quiet -- almost zero rattles/etc..
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I have found that rattles "travel" and don't always come from where they appear to. On my S4, I had rattles from both b pillars that definitely sounded as if they came from the upper seatbelt holder. I tried everything to eliminate the noise and finaly realized it was from the bottom bracket of the belt by the floor. There is a black plastic cover over the metal that if you tap it you can here the 2 pieces rattle together. I have wedged a towel on the floor on each side to press against there and my car is now totally (knock on wood) rattle free. Now I just need to figure a more permanent fix.

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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 05:59 AM
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Check with your dealer - there is a TSB out and a sound insulation kit available. Complain and they will have it installed.
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