Ellisd

After sitting for a couple of months my wife's 99.5 A4 1.8t is back on the road again. Problem is, the front speakers are now generating quite a bit of static regardless of input source.

It is equipped with the Concert I deck with Bose option. Could someone please tell me if the front speakers have a seperate amp like the rears? Or are they powered from the head unit? If a seperate amp, where is it located?

My thought is a loose connetion, a bad ground somewhere, or possibly the rheostat for the volume **** may be dirty.

Any ideas or tips? Any BTDT for removing the head unit? I notice is has two flat slots on the bottom of the face plate. I gather something must be inserted to release the head unit from the dash?

Thanks!
-Dave

'99.5 A4 1.8t
'93 UrS4

youcantseeme

The dust caps come unglued from the rest of the speaker. Static is worse in cold weather, gets better/goes away completely when it's hot outside. There was a thread a couple months ago about this, if you search you should be able to find a fix for it, though I forgot who wrote the article on how to fix them.