*Loud* popping from speakers

[Lord Polymath]

My car got updated last night, "Improved DC Fast Charging". Priority update 23-PU0105-DC-CHG2. When I got in it for the first time today a VERY loud "pop!" issued from the speakers. Scared the shit outta me it was so loud. Then when I turned the volume knob it made loud popping/static sound for every number, either up or down. Turning off the car did not fix it. Rebooting SYNC did not fix it. I hesitantly started playing a song on Apple Music and it seems to have gone away.

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[Ford Motor Company]

My car got updated last night, "Improved DC Fast Charging". Priority update 23-PU0105-DC-CHG2. When I got in it for the first time today a VERY loud "pop!" issued from the speakers. Scared the shit outta me it was so loud. Then when I turned the volume knob it made loud popping/static sound for every number, either up or down. Turning off the car did not fix it. Rebooting SYNC did not fix it. I hesitantly started playing a song on Apple Music and it seems to have gone away.

Hi there. Will you send us a message with your VIN and dealership name/location? I can look into things on my end.

 

[Lord Polymath]

Hi there. Will you send us a message with your VIN and dealership name/location? I can look into things on my end.

I appreciate it, but will hold off on that for now. If it becomes persistent or I can reliably reproduce the problem, I'll let you know.

 

[ChasingCoral]

My car got updated last night, "Improved DC Fast Charging". Priority update 23-PU0105-DC-CHG2. When I got in it for the first time today a VERY loud "pop!" issued from the speakers. Scared the shit outta me it was so loud. Then when I turned the volume knob it made loud popping/static sound for every number, either up or down. Turning off the car did not fix it. Rebooting SYNC did not fix it. I hesitantly started playing a song on Apple Music and it seems to have gone away.

Speaker popping can occur with a low battery. The update may have caused a drop in your LVB charge, causing a spike when the HVB-LVB opened.

I appreciate it, but will hold off on that for now. If it becomes persistent or I can reliably reproduce the problem, I'll let you know.

Don't take it to the dealer until it happens again but @Ford Motor Company might be able to check the error codes to see what happened. It's good feedback to the PowerUp team, too.

 

[ohbillie]

This just happened to me too. Loud popping noises when changing volume. Playing music through car play fixed the problem. (Or at least the symptom for now.)

note: car was just updated to 6.1.0 on Oct 13th.

note2: popping happened first thing in the morning. I thought a branch dropped on the top of the car. And then I figured out it was the stereo.

Note3: neither resetting console twice nor turning off/on car twice helped. Center console would not play music through SiriusXM. Only popping sounds (that got louder) when adjusting the volume knob. Problem was reaolved once I played music through air play.

Update: the issue was transient as it didn’t return the rest of today.

 

[Flint302]

I had that once, then one speaker wouldn't work. I shut everything down and restarted the car and that resolved it. It never returned. Officially that would be known as a "Transient Anomaly".

 

[johnmark]

This happened to me once, and I don't recall installing an update before. It was also after a 20 mile drive, so I don't see how it would have been a low battery issue. It worked itself out after a few minutes driving, and it hasn't happened since. That was almost a year ago.

 

[PhillyYa]

This literally just happened to me today. I thought something fell on my car, it was so loud. Then same symptoms as everyone else. I switched to FM and then back to SXM and it went away. Not sure if a speaker or the sub was blown or what.

 

[kennethjk]

Just Fords way of making sure you are awake before driving.

happened to me a couple of time 2 years ago, never since.

 

[hack-e]

Last time I had this happen, I posted a video of it:
https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/loud-thump-explosion-sound-from-speaker.15182/post-634284

I haven't had it happen since that happened a little over 1 year ago.

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