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Sedans Pontiac Grand Prix Pontiac Grand Prix Rattles, Clunks and other odd Noises
108 messages, Last post on Jul 26, 2009 at 2:20 PM
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| Well i found the hissing noise in my 06 gxp,its not onstar,it was my cat hissing at the rattlesnake that apparently came standard......ha ha ha. 588 miles n counting......o yea i managed to take off those unsightly GM badges on the front fenders,thanks zoomandyzoom and erichthecatt. | |
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Replying to: gxpjoeyp (May 03, 2006 4:29 pm) |
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Replying to: chats1 (May 04, 2006 4:55 am)
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Replying to: gxpjoeyp (May 04, 2006 2:01 pm) |
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Replying to: chats1 (May 04, 2006 4:55 am) Nope!  
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Replying to: tlauro (May 05, 2006 6:49 pm) |
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Replying to: tlauro (May 05, 2006 6:49 pm) Where did you get the "PONTIAC" lens logo for the third brake light?? -Bill
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Replying to: billgxp (May 07, 2006 4:39 pm) i dont think that it is as big of a deal as some people have made it to be, unless they can hear theirs while sitting in their seat. i fiddled w/ mine on friday, and found that it must have to do with the keyless entry system. if i sat there w/ my ear by the speaker and the door opened, i heard it, but after 30 seconds or so, it stopped. then, if i hit the unlock or lock button on my key FOB, the hiss would come back, and the "ding ding" sound also plays thru the speaker. if i had to guess, it sounds like this "ding ding" sound is just played extraordinarily loud, and when that sound isnt being played, all that can be heard is the "hissing". im pretty sure the manual gives instructions on how to alter the sound level of that entry "dinging". im not sure what mine is set to, but its plenty loud enough for me. maybe some of these other people have theirs set louder and can hear the hiss more than me. one thing to check is to see if the "ding" sound can be turned OFF thru the programming set up in the manual. ill bet that would fix the hissing. On the downside though, there would be no entry/door lock alert noises either. |
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i guess a good test would be have someone put their ear to the speaker, and have someone else push the Onstar button to activate it, and see if the hissing stops. another test one could try would be to remove the fuse for the interior lights and/or the onstar to see if that has any effect on the hissing as well. i would tend to believe it has something to do w/ the chime that plays when you leave the key in the ignition and open the door. doesnt that sound get produced thru the speakers as well? if so, isnt there a setting in the manual to turn this chime off? that could be another possibly of what is causing it. |
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I dont' mean to upset anyone in here. Im just saying that a lot of these problems arent really big enough get bent out of shape over. If GM did know about the hissing problem, maybe they didnt think it was that big of a deal to go and totally redesign the entire speaker/keyless entry system to fix it. Maybe there werent enough complaints received for them to actually worry about it. My GXP is a 2005, and the only way I can hear it hissing is if i put my ear right next to the speaker in the door, otherwise I dont hear it. I havent checked this on the 2006 model, so im not sure if its the same or not. Have you tried adjusting the volume of the door chime? Im pretty sure there is a way to set that in the manual. Maybe that will help with your hissing sound. I know how you feel about dealing with GM service, Chats1. I did enough of that when I had my Equinox. I wasnt directing that comment at you either, I was merely stating that it seems lately that subject keeps coming up over and over. I would rather read about good experiences and helpful tips about the GXP than read about complaints on GM's service dept. Its much better to be able to read about someone else's success in solving a potential problem, or sharing valuable information on here. Also, when I commented about parents buying their kids cars, I wasnt implying that it is totally wrong for every situation. Its just that there are some kids out there that are not deserving of an expensive gift like that, and are already spoiled enough. They should be made to go out and get a job and learn to earn their money, instead of having everything handed to them. But, there are also a lot of other kids that actually do receive a gift like that. They are the ones that are hard working and deserve such a reward. There is nothing wrong with that at all. There is always good and bad about someone's comments. They shouldnt always be taken as totally one-sided. Im sorry if I have offended anyone in this forum.
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