Soundaktor

[REGS12]

Has anyone been able to anesthetize that silly soundaktor on their Mk7 GTI ? I would like to experience the silence rather than have that artificial brmm brmm noise played to me. I don't like doof doof music, back to front baseball caps and VL Commodores much either.

[Lucas_R]

If its anything like the Mk6 GTI and R, you will find it under the plastic cowl where the windscreen wipers are. Unplug the silly thing and enjoy the silence.

[spellbound]

Absolutely , unplug that rubbish ,

There is a thread in mk6 which shows how , should be similar to mk7 , takes about 5 mins .

[REGS12]

Reminds me of the thing that you can plug in to the lighter socket of a Hyundai Getz to make it sound like a v8 supercar.

[Mac135]

I don't like doof doof music, back to front baseball caps and VL Commodores much either.

I liked my old VL commodore........that Nissan turbo was fun. Then again it was a/ a company car and b/ back in the days when driving was fun. With you on the baseball caps and doof.

[AgentFruit]

So did you manage to get rid if it? I've just ordered a Golf R but have also just seen/heard video nasties of the worst yet noise fakery. I've got the option to change to a GTI and am having a panic.

[readerr0r]

I thought you could control it via the driver profile? Set it to individual and leave the actuator at eco and the rest sport?

[AgentFruit]

Seriously? This would be great news and a revelation. The UK forums are full of people worried about it. How did you hear about this option to turn it off on the R?

[AgentFruit]

Just heard back from VW technical:


Technical Reply
We have tried it on a Golf GTI (we haven’t got an R yet) but in Odis
self-diagnostics, select A9 Actuator for structure borne sound, select
Adaption, there is only one thing to select, Volume, reduce from 100% to 0%
press enter then apply. I would expect this to be the same on the R.

[REGS12]

What's Odis self-diagnostics? Can I do it or does it need to go back to dealer?