Hello everyone.
After spending days and days researching on internet and forums, including this one, I've decided to write my own tread.
I own Seat Arona FR 1.0 TSI (95Hp), 2020 built, first bought in 2021. I'm the second owner, having it for 3 months now, with 45,000 km.
I fell in love with the Arona and I wanted to get a brand new one. Unfortunately, in my country it was discontinued... for unknown reasons. And even after contacting the Porsche group and asking for a new shipment, they've said, unfortunately, there will be NO MORE Seat Arona here. What a bummer. So... I bought the newest I could find on our market, as I've mentioned, second-hand.
I love it! I enjoy driving it. Previously, I had Seat Ibiza MK3 and I've made 180,000 km with it, before selling it.
Initially, I wanted to get the 1.6TDI version... or even 1.0 TSI with 115Hp, but, as I've mentioned, this one was THE ONLY newest available on the market (MANUAL) at the time. But honestly, I'm surprised and pleased even with the 95Hp engine.
Now... let's get to the point
After I bought it, maybe I drove it 3-4 times in the first month. Didn't have time at all. Too much work. After a while, I've noticed THAT...
I got really worried, thinking that it's a sparkling noise. So I took the car to the nearest Seat service.
The electrician heard the noise and said that it's not a sparkling noise, but a popping sound coming from the front rear speaker. It made sense because after saying that, I realized that the sound is coming exactly from there.
He said that it's nothing major or something that should worry me, as the sound was reminding him of the sound of audio jacks connecting.
Also, he said, it would be a shame to open the plastics searching for a problem, as there's no need, because there's also nothing on the dashboard.
So, I've continued searching for related threads to the speaker popping sound on the internet. Many suggest to error with the SOS module... but also many users confirm that they've had some error message shown on the dashboard, and updating the software should fix the issue.
After reading this, I remembered that the previous owner mentioned that once he also had a different problem with the SOS module... I'm not sure, but I guess... error message on the dashboard. And he said that he took it to Seat and they've updated the software and the problem was gone. Did he have or not such issues like me, I don't know.
Please, someone who had a problem with the SOS module, can confirm that this is THAT noise:
This was the best I could film with my phone.
Also, my current firmware version is :
Is updating the firmware by myself a bad idea... since there's no SD module in this version and I must do it through USB-C flash drive?
Please... every advice is welcome.
Thank you all
After spending days and days researching on internet and forums, including this one, I've decided to write my own tread.
I own Seat Arona FR 1.0 TSI (95Hp), 2020 built, first bought in 2021. I'm the second owner, having it for 3 months now, with 45,000 km.
I fell in love with the Arona and I wanted to get a brand new one. Unfortunately, in my country it was discontinued... for unknown reasons. And even after contacting the Porsche group and asking for a new shipment, they've said, unfortunately, there will be NO MORE Seat Arona here. What a bummer. So... I bought the newest I could find on our market, as I've mentioned, second-hand.
I love it! I enjoy driving it. Previously, I had Seat Ibiza MK3 and I've made 180,000 km with it, before selling it.
Initially, I wanted to get the 1.6TDI version... or even 1.0 TSI with 115Hp, but, as I've mentioned, this one was THE ONLY newest available on the market (MANUAL) at the time. But honestly, I'm surprised and pleased even with the 95Hp engine.
Now... let's get to the point
After I bought it, maybe I drove it 3-4 times in the first month. Didn't have time at all. Too much work. After a while, I've noticed THAT...
- When I open the door;
- When the passenger front door is opened;
- When I start the car on the START button;
- When it's OFF, but Hazard lights are ON;
- When locking / unlocking the car with the key (I was inside)
- When it's OFF, but I'm inside the car (and waiting)...
I got really worried, thinking that it's a sparkling noise. So I took the car to the nearest Seat service.
The electrician heard the noise and said that it's not a sparkling noise, but a popping sound coming from the front rear speaker. It made sense because after saying that, I realized that the sound is coming exactly from there.
He said that it's nothing major or something that should worry me, as the sound was reminding him of the sound of audio jacks connecting.
Also, he said, it would be a shame to open the plastics searching for a problem, as there's no need, because there's also nothing on the dashboard.
So, I've continued searching for related threads to the speaker popping sound on the internet. Many suggest to error with the SOS module... but also many users confirm that they've had some error message shown on the dashboard, and updating the software should fix the issue.
After reading this, I remembered that the previous owner mentioned that once he also had a different problem with the SOS module... I'm not sure, but I guess... error message on the dashboard. And he said that he took it to Seat and they've updated the software and the problem was gone. Did he have or not such issues like me, I don't know.
Please, someone who had a problem with the SOS module, can confirm that this is THAT noise:
This was the best I could film with my phone.
Also, my current firmware version is :
Is updating the firmware by myself a bad idea... since there's no SD module in this version and I must do it through USB-C flash drive?
Please... every advice is welcome.
Thank you all
