hevykevy

I don't buy pirellis. They come stock on the car. so if you had the unfortunate mistake of purchasing one of these cars new, they came from the manufacturer with them. If you made the mistake of buying a CPO, they put them on if the car is in need of new tires. They won't put your toyos or kumhos or whatever on.

hevykevy

Toneal- How do I get rid of it?

SUV

in a studio from turntables, a main mixing board, mics etc etc even an FM receiver and it eliminated all ungrounded static.

The setup I used was an in-line gizmo from radio shack. $12 or something. Just pop it in between the two sources.

You said it's your driver's side front speaker --- sounds to me like maybe it's the speaker that's wired for a cell phone speaker/mic with the CompuStar system or something like that?

That would be a big "duh" if true.

PS. Use the subject line for easier reading. After perusing this website for 5 minutes, you should have noticed that that's what we all do.

toeneal

If the problem goes away, then you know what was causing it. Another potential fix is to shield, at very least, the speaker wires. The shielding is fairly expensive and would be painful to install.

hevykevy

I'll stop by radio shack to see if I can locate a ground loop isolator, and I'll try it on the speaker wire if you think that will work. I'll try anything at this point.

SUV

either end. Good luck.

PlanB

Compustar 2WSSR for 5+ years without a single problem. Bottom line is the dealer is stumped and blaming the alarm removes them from being liable to fix the problem.

It does sound like possibly a ground loop problem (although that would likely cause static in all speakers and you'd hear other things through the speakers like the CD mechanism operating, etc.) or a problem with the Bose amp; more likely IMO. I know the dealer SAID they replaced it but...

Is there any consistency to when it happens/when it goes away? Does it happen/change when you open and close the door? It could be an exposed wire in the door; knowing how the wires are run I doubt they traced it all the way from the radio to the speaker.


P.S. Please stop whining about Audi. You're not going to get help from this board and certainly no sympathy when your problems could just have easily happened with a BMW. BMWs also get stolen/broken into and also have their share of idiotic problems. If you install an alarm into a BMW and have an problem the dealer can't find, the BMW dealer is going to blame the alarm too. That's the risk of installing an alarm in a vehicle covered by warranty; any car. It sounds like you weren't an informed buyer before you got your Audi; I'd suggest you do some serious research about BMWs before you repeat your mistake.

S4tastic

if not let it fry again or make it fry, get ipod+travel speakers = sweet solution =P