Hi everyone. First post here! I recently bought a lovely top-spec R-Line. It was the dealer's Demo car, so it had 10k miles on it, but I was able to get a good deal because of this. Anyway, after I got used to the car, I noticed that there is actually a quite prominent whining noise related to speed (not RPM) somewhere between 12mph and 40mph. Even if I put it in N, the noise doesn't stop. It doesn't change while cornering too. I've made a short clip.
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It sounds like there's an electric motor under the bonnet. You can hear it especially well at the end of the clip while decelerating.
I have searched YouTube for other videos, and indeed I can hear the same noise on some clips (though mine is quite louder), but not on others. Definitely only on DSG cars, never on manual.
Do you have the same whining? Should I be worried? I took it to the dealer about that and they were a bit puzzled, but said it's probably due to the winter tires. I'm not a fan of this explanation, it sounds like a mechanical whine to me.
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It sounds like there's an electric motor under the bonnet. You can hear it especially well at the end of the clip while decelerating.
I have searched YouTube for other videos, and indeed I can hear the same noise on some clips (though mine is quite louder), but not on others. Definitely only on DSG cars, never on manual.
Do you have the same whining? Should I be worried? I took it to the dealer about that and they were a bit puzzled, but said it's probably due to the winter tires. I'm not a fan of this explanation, it sounds like a mechanical whine to me.