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Re: Snap, crackle and pop (Bose stereo)
DISCONNECT the rear speaker(s) IMMEDIATELY.
These have a habit of going up in FLAMES. Yes, flames. At least one
or two 200q20v's have been totally destroyed by trunk fire. Leaving
the radio off is OK, since the power is switched by a relay. The
disconnect is a little hard, but not impossible with a
mini-screwdriver to pry the latches on the connector(purple+black,
very obvious.)
Call Audi Of America to report this, we are currently trying to
convince them of this problem. The defect causes the rear bose
speakers to fail. The number and menu selection is a paragraph or
two down.
here is my old post on the subject to the 200q20v list(which I run),
V8 list(which never made it, because they insist on having a closed
list), and the main list. Please send me your car's info in
private(VIN number/color) so I can add it to my DB of speaker fire
cases and records of all 200's(I'm trying to collect info on as many
200q20v's as possible as a side project.)
>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:50:27 -0400
>To: 200q20v@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net, quattro@audifans.com, V8 list
><v8q@u.washington.edu>
>From: Brett Dikeman <brett@artelsoft.com>
>Subject: BOSE SPEAKER FIRE survey
>Cc: quattro@mediaone.net
>Bcc:
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>If you have had problems with your speakers either cutting out,
>squealing/popping, causing a fire, so on etc, please call Audi
>Client Relations at 1-800-822-2834. Select menu option number 3.
>Not a very long wait, maybe a minute at most.
>
>Have your VIN number handy(and give it to them if they don't ask)
>and please, if you could, send me the VIN number of your car and a
>description of the problem, as well as whether you have called Audi
>and any response you received from them, so I can document it.
>
>Why? Audi is refusing to acknowledge that any 200q20v's have this
>problem; I haven't heard much about the V8's, even though I thought
>they had the same assembly(possibly not, which means Audi found the
>problem or something.) According to the rep I just spoke to, my
>case has been closed because they "researched it internally" and
>didn't find anything.
>
>At this point, it looks like we may have to take the issue up with
>NHTSA, which means we need to come up with total number of vehicles
>affected, descriptions of the problems people experienced(please do
>not overexaggerate.) I have filled out a report with the NHTSA and
>I should be hearing back from them shortly, at which point I'd like
>to provide them with details, VIN numbers, so on.
>
>I am particularly interested in the cases where the failure caused a
>fire or the speaker emitted smoke. If you were not the owner, any
>details you have will help, such as the color+location of the
>vehicle, a dealer it was taken to(so the records could be retrieved
>by NHSTA) and so on.
>
>Please make -sure- you give me any info about modifications to the
>audio system(I think casette-insert CD players are safe :), as AoA
>probably will try to claim in some cases that the fires were due to
>aftermarket mods.
>
>The end goal of this is a safety recall of all 200q20v sedans(yhea,
>all 2000 or so of them :), and replacement of the rear speakers,
>free of charge by AoA. Refunds for people who had to pay to replace
>the speakers doesn't seem unreasonable.
>
>I'd rather not fill up the V8, main and 200q20v lists with more talk
>about the issue, so please send any comments directly to me. I will
>provide a followup report to each of the lists, and the people who
>emailed me, on what I've found.
>
>Brett
At 9:02 PM -0700 10/27/99, Eric Gressler wrote:
> 91 200 Quattro that came with the Bose system. Previous owner replaced
>the head unit with Alpine in dash CD unit. It does not seem that anything
>was done to the speakers (I've crawled into the trunk and the rear parcel
>shelf speakers are still Bose and I don't see normal looking speaker wire
>going into them).
>
> Anyway, the problem: I have had a high pitched wine coming
>from the rear
>speakers. It is not dependant on the RPMs, but comes on when I first turn
>the stereo on. The pitch slowly decreases and then stops. If that wasn't
>annoying enough, now I'm getting pops from the speakers in the rear.
>
> What to do? I looked through the archives and ended up
>confused with the
>responses to similar questions. I plan on going to a stereo shop and
>having the rear speakers replaced and having some re-wiring done (perhaps
>normal speaker wire running to the rear speakers). Any opinions? I'm not
>an audiophile, but it's pretty annoying the way it is now.
>
>Eric Gressler
>91 200 Quattro
>91 Coupe (girlfriend's, with Nak CD player and ADS amp, sounds a hell of
>lot better than my car)
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Brett Dikeman
Artel Software 617-451-9900
381 Congress Street 617-451-9916(fax)
Boston, MA 02210 http://www.borisfx.com