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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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I have a weird static sound through the speakers when I open the door while the car is turned off. It's very annoying and sounds like a constant hum. It will also do this when the car is turned on with no music playing through the speakers. What gives? Do all C5's do this? It did this even when I had no CD deck installed the car and it's doing the same with one installed right now any insight?
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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 12:27 PM
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I have a weird static sound through the speakers when I open the door while the car is turned off. It's very annoying and sounds like a constant hum. It will also do this when the car is turned on with no music playing through the speakers. What gives? Do all C5's do this? It did this even when I had no CD deck installed the car and it's doing the same with one installed right now any insight?
It sounds like a ground issue. The "CD deck" you've mentioned, is it factory or aftermarket? Are you using the factory speakers & amp? If it's a factory system and doing this then you may very well have a failed component. Since it did it with no head unit installed the likely culprit would be the amp.

I don't know the C5 setup at all, so that's just some general info for you.
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ya it's an aftermarket one right now... but it still did it when there was no deck installed at all as well doing it while the car is completely turned off without a key in the iginition... suppose that's still a bad ground wire?
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ya it's an aftermarket one right now... but it still did it when there was no deck installed at all as well doing it while the car is completely turned off without a key in the iginition... suppose that's still a bad ground wire?
It's a ground issue. A wire is the mostly likely, but it could be a problem in the amp itself. The wiring is where to start.
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