sound actuator Polo GTI

[gavs]

Depends your cruising speed/gear & revs.

I like driving in Sports mode. Some of my cruising leaves me in high 3rd gear, even mid 4th. The drone in the car is pretty noticeable, and after an hour of driving like that, I get a little annoyed by it. I do love to give it a good thrashing now and then though, when I can appreciate the noise
If I drove in D7 all the time, I'd have a different thought on it.

I'd be inclined to build an in-car switch like some have discussed in other threads.

Well that explains it! No wonder you have a drone in the car!

Oh well, you can sell your car like this when the time comes...

"Brand new 5th, 6th and 7th gear" So I'm guessing oyu don't use cruise control either, so that will be brand new too

[ill0gitech]

Not all of my driving lets me use cruise control, no.
Also, as-new back-seats and spare tyre. Mint condition airbags. Some horn wear.

[Bassik]

I really can't understand this drone you speak of I think the car sounds nice and when giving it a thrashing even better. I do understand in high 3's or even 4th gear the car sounds like its screaming that does become annoying but I just switch to manual and up a gear.

I'd be really keen to hear without the actuator on but really if its anything like gavs says I'd be more inclined to increase the noise just to get rid of the tinny noise he speaks of.

May I ask what was the warranty replacement because I don't know exactly what everyone's hearing to me it sounds great, might be fake but still sounds low and mean.

[Zakarados]

I just had my car in for warranty service today to get rid of the rattle and drone.

It seems there were 2 issues:
1. Brakes lines not secure.
2. Speaker in Plemnum not insulated (what the?)

So the brake lines were secured and speaker insulated.

No rattle or drone, the car is so nice to drive.....

[Polo_GTI]

Yes, so long as they don't replace it with a faulty one.

This people is why you have a warranty. By all means, jump on the forums to get info but what about when you sell the car, a prospective buyer drives you GTI after someone elses with the actuator connected and asks "Hey, why does yours sound so tinny?" to which you reply "I disconnected the sound actuator to get rid of an annoyying rattle from it.". "Why didn't you just get it replaced under warranty?"asks the buyer......

Now you have to try and convince said buyer that you did actually care for your car yet, in their mind, you were too lazy to go to the dealership to get something fixed under warranty, so how well did you really look after the car.....

Little things that an enthusiast will look at and why someone might sell their GTI at their asking price, yet you might keep getting offered $5k under what you are asking, if you can get any buyers at all.....

Food for thought for those who would rather just disconnect a plug.

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I was all set to disconnect the sound actuator before this comment just confused the hell outa me.

I've only travelled 1800 kms in my new Polo GTI and I don't have any rattles as yet. But the annoying drone coming from the actuator is driving me insane so I was going to disconnect it.

If I took it in to the dealer, they wouldn't replace it because it's doing it's job as intended right?

[ian.perry]

Re: sound actuator Polo GTI

You are correct. If your car is functioning as intended but you don't like the noise the actuator makes, go ahead and disconnect it.

Gavs was referring to a fault a few GTI's seem to have where the actuator causes a rattling noise in the cabin as well. If you were experiencing this, obviously it would be worthwhile getting it fixed under warranty and not just sweeping the problem under the rug.

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[Zakarados]

It really depends on the 'drone' you are experiencing. My GTi was making rattle noises under hard acceleration and a drone when holding at a certain rev for long period.

I took the car into VW and they found that there were cables moving around against the firewall which they fastened, and also that there was no padding around the speaker.

After this service, I have no complaints and enjoy the noise the sound actuator creates.

[Polo_GTI]

Thanks for your help Gents

I'll disconnect the actuator and then delete the mid muffler to see if that improves the cabin sound

[gavs]

sound actuator Polo GTI

Will make it worse......

[ATYPIC]

Thanks for your help Gents

I'll disconnect the actuator and then delete the mid muffler to see if that improves the cabin sound

What makes you think deleting the muffler will improve cabin sound?

[Polo_GTI]

I thought most of you blokes deleted the mid muffler for a louder exhaust note?

What am I missing here?

[ill0gitech]

Depends what you mean by "improved cabin sound"

I wouldn't say removing the middle muffler made the exhaust a lot louder, but it gives it more bass.

[Polo_GTI]

then in turn, more bass would improve the cabin sound then yes?

[gavs]

sound actuator Polo GTI

No. The problem is that the resi delete doesn't really yield that much noise unless you really have the taps opened up. It's not so much an increase in bass note, but without the sound actuator going it doesn't sound as good, it's quite tinny.

I only took mine out as a temporary measure to get the dsg ignition cut noise, for a good exhaust note you need to go aftermarket.

[Polo_GTI]

No. The problem is that the resi delete doesn't really yield that much noise unless you really have the taps opened up. It's not so much an increase in bass note, but without the sound actuator going it doesn't sound as good, it's quite tinny.

I only took mine out as a temporary measure to get the dsg ignition cut noise, for a good exhaust note you need to go aftermarket.

Cool thanks Gavs. I actually don't mind the noise from the actuator, it just has a drone sound to it when gearing down and holding revs. Otherwise it's ok. At least it's not rattling.

I will go for the resi delete soon so it's a little louder on the outside. Ill see how it sounds with both actuator in and out