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Originally Posted by Flarpswitch
All this talk about noise, but are all these observations made with the 'fake engine sound' functional or with it either turned off or unplugged? There is no real-time driver control for on/off or volume level. You are held hostage to whatever sound it makes. What if the sound creator module goes haywire? What about the droning sound that gets blamed on tires and other sources? Could the sound from the sound creator combine with other vehicle sounds? The effect could be magnified sound when certain frequencies are in synch and diminished when out of phase. The most annoying sounds will occur when the frequency of two or more sources are off by just a few Hz and create beat frequencies. I once had a phantom noise that was created by exhaust system heat shielding that had become detached in some places and there were loose connections between two joined sections. The damned thing would not rattle, but they had a tuning fork sort of effect picking up vibrations from the not-so-perfect balance of the multi-section drive shaft. Replacing all the pop rivets and bending the sheet metal back in shape (deformed by running over a raccoon). The ghosts disappeared after repairs. The point is that some noise may be originating in places you might not think of.
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Nope, turned mine off by unplugging it right after I got the car. I only wished that were the issue...