Strange radio noise problem on '04 Santa Fe
 

Hi everyone!

When driving my 2004 Santa Fe I get a lot of white noise/static on the AM
stations. However if I gently press on the brake - only pressing it down a
1/2" or so - a majority of the noise goes away. I'm assuming that when I
press the brake pedal even slightly (no braking action) a switch is
activating and causes the radio noise to reduce. I only recently started
listening to AM so I don't know if this has been this way since buying the
car which now has about 34k miles on it. The radio is the stock am/fm 6-cd
changer that comes with the Santa Fe

Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? I've seen issues where
additional ground straps have been added to engine compartments and problems
with plug wires - but not one like this.

Dave

Re: Strange radio noise problem on '04 Santa Fe
 

I don't know about the pressing of the brake pedal to reduce the static on the AM band, but I listen to AM regularly for Baseball games and sports talk, and most of the time the static is so bad i just turn it off.

Joel
"D.Sneed" <stuff4sale@njcdr.com> wrote in message news:D0b4g.4330$Qe.4265@trndny09...
Hi everyone!

When driving my 2004 Santa Fe I get a lot of white noise/static on the AM
stations. However if I gently press on the brake - only pressing it down a
1/2" or so - a majority of the noise goes away. I'm assuming that when I
press the brake pedal even slightly (no braking action) a switch is
activating and causes the radio noise to reduce. I only recently started
listening to AM so I don't know if this has been this way since buying the
car which now has about 34k miles on it. The radio is the stock am/fm 6-cd
changer that comes with the Santa Fe

Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? I've seen issues where
additional ground straps have been added to engine compartments and problems
with plug wires - but not one like this.

Dave

Re: Strange radio noise problem on '04 Santa Fe
 

I don't know about the pressing of the brake pedal to reduce the static on the AM band, but I listen to AM regularly for Baseball games and sports talk, and most of the time the static is so bad i just turn it off.

Joel
"D.Sneed" <stuff4sale@njcdr.com> wrote in message news:D0b4g.4330$Qe.4265@trndny09...
Hi everyone!

When driving my 2004 Santa Fe I get a lot of white noise/static on the AM
stations. However if I gently press on the brake - only pressing it down a
1/2" or so - a majority of the noise goes away. I'm assuming that when I
press the brake pedal even slightly (no braking action) a switch is
activating and causes the radio noise to reduce. I only recently started
listening to AM so I don't know if this has been this way since buying the
car which now has about 34k miles on it. The radio is the stock am/fm 6-cd
changer that comes with the Santa Fe

Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? I've seen issues where
additional ground straps have been added to engine compartments and problems
with plug wires - but not one like this.

Dave

Re: Strange radio noise problem on '04 Santa Fe
 

I don't know about the pressing of the brake pedal to reduce the static on the AM band, but I listen to AM regularly for Baseball games and sports talk, and most of the time the static is so bad i just turn it off.

Joel
"D.Sneed" <stuff4sale@njcdr.com> wrote in message news:D0b4g.4330$Qe.4265@trndny09...
Hi everyone!

When driving my 2004 Santa Fe I get a lot of white noise/static on the AM
stations. However if I gently press on the brake - only pressing it down a
1/2" or so - a majority of the noise goes away. I'm assuming that when I
press the brake pedal even slightly (no braking action) a switch is
activating and causes the radio noise to reduce. I only recently started
listening to AM so I don't know if this has been this way since buying the
car which now has about 34k miles on it. The radio is the stock am/fm 6-cd
changer that comes with the Santa Fe

Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? I've seen issues where
additional ground straps have been added to engine compartments and problems
with plug wires - but not one like this.

Dave

Re: Strange radio noise problem on '04 Santa Fe
 

D.Sneed wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> When driving my 2004 Santa Fe I get a lot of white noise/static on the AM
> stations. However if I gently press on the brake - only pressing it down a
> 1/2" or so - a majority of the noise goes away. I'm assuming that when I
> press the brake pedal even slightly (no braking action) a switch is
> activating and causes the radio noise to reduce. I only recently started
> listening to AM so I don't know if this has been this way since buying the
> car which now has about 34k miles on it. The radio is the stock am/fm 6-cd
> changer that comes with the Santa Fe
>
> Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? I've seen issues where
> additional ground straps have been added to engine compartments and problems
> with plug wires - but not one like this.

In the Elantra, the cruise control causes a lot of AM static. Hitting
the brake turns it off, so perhaps that's related.

Re: Strange radio noise problem on '04 Santa Fe
 

D.Sneed wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> When driving my 2004 Santa Fe I get a lot of white noise/static on the AM
> stations. However if I gently press on the brake - only pressing it down a
> 1/2" or so - a majority of the noise goes away. I'm assuming that when I
> press the brake pedal even slightly (no braking action) a switch is
> activating and causes the radio noise to reduce. I only recently started
> listening to AM so I don't know if this has been this way since buying the
> car which now has about 34k miles on it. The radio is the stock am/fm 6-cd
> changer that comes with the Santa Fe
>
> Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? I've seen issues where
> additional ground straps have been added to engine compartments and problems
> with plug wires - but not one like this.

In the Elantra, the cruise control causes a lot of AM static. Hitting
the brake turns it off, so perhaps that's related.

Re: Strange radio noise problem on '04 Santa Fe
 

D.Sneed wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> When driving my 2004 Santa Fe I get a lot of white noise/static on the AM
> stations. However if I gently press on the brake - only pressing it down a
> 1/2" or so - a majority of the noise goes away. I'm assuming that when I
> press the brake pedal even slightly (no braking action) a switch is
> activating and causes the radio noise to reduce. I only recently started
> listening to AM so I don't know if this has been this way since buying the
> car which now has about 34k miles on it. The radio is the stock am/fm 6-cd
> changer that comes with the Santa Fe
>
> Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? I've seen issues where
> additional ground straps have been added to engine compartments and problems
> with plug wires - but not one like this.

In the Elantra, the cruise control causes a lot of AM static. Hitting
the brake turns it off, so perhaps that's related.

Re: Strange radio noise problem on '04 Santa Fe
 

May be you have a bad ground connection at the base of antenna, try to fix
it tighening it, and give a look to the ground wire too.


--
Zotto V6 Sonica driver
http://www.g2kweb.it/gigio2k/gallery...to/Zottomobile

Re: Strange radio noise problem on '04 Santa Fe
 

May be you have a bad ground connection at the base of antenna, try to fix
it tighening it, and give a look to the ground wire too.


--
Zotto V6 Sonica driver
http://www.g2kweb.it/gigio2k/gallery...to/Zottomobile

Re: Strange radio noise problem on '04 Santa Fe
 

May be you have a bad ground connection at the base of antenna, try to fix
it tighening it, and give a look to the ground wire too.


--
Zotto V6 Sonica driver
http://www.g2kweb.it/gigio2k/gallery...to/Zottomobile