Audio Popping Right Rear Speaker?

[Gullwingdmc]

Here’s a new one. I got in my car yesterday after having just driving it 20 minutes before and there were loud popping sounds coming from the right rear speaker. It almost sounded like base thumps, but short and sharp.

I turned the volume all the way down to not damage the speaker and that stopped the issue. As I started driving I started hearing occasional pops again. The pops coincided with my car accelerating so I thought it might be the propulsion sound, so I switched to whisper and the pops stopped.
It appears that any noise coming through the that speaker was causing pops. I tried turning up the Volume slightly and I could hear the normal sound through the other speakers just fine.
I did a sync reboot thinking that might fix it, but it didn’t. I then tried changing the driver profile, since I have a different speaker pan setting on the guest profile. That solved the problem. I then went back to my profile and the problem did not come back.

It appears like it was maybe an issue with the ACM, and toggling audio setting caused it to fix itself.

Has anyone else come across this?

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[Mach-Lee]

Do you have a ACM and/or DSP update available? If so apply them. Also recommend updating the BCM since it could be a 12V related issue. Lots of people have reported audio thumps and at least one OTA was meant to address them.

 

[Gullwingdmc]

Do you have a ACM and/or DSP update available? If so apply them. Also recommend updating the BCM since it could be a 12V related issue. Lots of people have reported audio thumps and at least one OTA was meant to address them.

I believe I have received all OTA updates that have been released. I don’t have the hardware to do FDRS updates, or the license to check right now.
This is the first time I’ve had this issue.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

Here’s a new one. I got in my car yesterday after having just driving it 20 minutes before and there were loud popping sounds coming from the right rear speaker. It almost sounded like base thumps, but short and sharp.

I turned the volume all the way down to not damage the speaker and that stopped the issue. As I started driving I started hearing occasional pops again. The pops coincided with my car accelerating so I thought it might be the propulsion sound, so I switched to whisper and the pops stopped.
It appears that any noise coming through the that speaker was causing pops. I tried turning up the Volume slightly and I could hear the normal sound through the other speakers just fine.
I did a sync reboot thinking that might fix it, but it didn’t. I then tried changing the driver profile, since I have a different speaker pan setting on the guest profile. That solved the problem. I then went back to my profile and the problem did not come back.

It appears like it was maybe an issue with the ACM, and toggling audio setting caused it to fix itself.

Has anyone else come across this?

I'd like to see what I can do to assist with your audio concerns. Can you please send over a message with your VIN and estimated mileage so I can look into this on my end?

 

[SonicBlue]

Here’s a new one. I got in my car yesterday after having just driving it 20 minutes before and there were loud popping sounds coming from the right rear speaker. It almost sounded like base thumps, but short and sharp.

I turned the volume all the way down to not damage the speaker and that stopped the issue. As I started driving I started hearing occasional pops again. The pops coincided with my car accelerating so I thought it might be the propulsion sound, so I switched to whisper and the pops stopped.
It appears that any noise coming through the that speaker was causing pops. I tried turning up the Volume slightly and I could hear the normal sound through the other speakers just fine.
I did a sync reboot thinking that might fix it, but it didn’t. I then tried changing the driver profile, since I have a different speaker pan setting on the guest profile. That solved the problem. I then went back to my profile and the problem did not come back.

It appears like it was maybe an issue with the ACM, and toggling audio setting caused it to fix itself.

Has anyone else come across this?

This is highly likely to be a low 12v battery issue. Low battery can play havoc with the amp. It has happened to me.

 

[AliRafiee]

This happened to me today when I was listening to the radio. It made a popping noise with every click of the volume knob. A sync reboot didn’t help.
I switched to music through CarPlay and it went away. Switched back to radio and it was gone.

 

[Gullwingdmc]

This happened to me today when I was listening to the radio. It made a popping noise with every click of the volume knob. A sync reboot didn’t help.
I switched to music through CarPlay and it went away. Switched back to radio and it was gone.

Oh right I forgot about that! Mine popped each time I turned the volume knob too!

 

[OH2AZ2OH]

I got this bug yesterday. I fixed it by going to the audio settings, then switching from Stereo to Surround, which fixed it, and it stayed fixed when I switched back to Stereo.

 

[AnthonyE]

I'd like to see what I can do to assist with your audio concerns. Can you please send over a message with your VIN and estimated mileage so I can look into this on my end?

Same issue here. I have a 2021 Mach-e extended range Premium. Tonight, loud popping sounds from the right rear speaker whenever I started a podcast or played AppleMusic1 through CarPlay. Emphasis should be placed on the word loud. I tried changing driver profiles (as suggested), as well as rebooting Sync two times -- the sound is still there.

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