Yesterday whilst pulling out of a car park, I eased over a speed bump when the stereo which was on low volume suddenly made a loud bang! It scared the crap out of me! It then starting ticking. I turned the engine off and on and it still ticked:mad: When I eventually got home I left it for a while and tried again. It seems to be ok. Anyone else had this. Will be going to dealers as soon as.

This 'phenomenon' has come up here a few times before.

I can't recall but it could be a problem with either the head unit or the speaker wiring.

Do a search for 'bang from speaker' or similar and it should yield some useful info

Ta will have a look.

Same happened two times for 6 months with mine .

Happened to me one day, I was slowing up at a roundabout and the bang was so loud I thought someone had driven ito the back of me! Then the speakers ticked like it had the indicators wired up to the speakers.

The dealer replaced the unit. I assume you have the stream unit.

The turbo on my vRS seems to interfere with the sound if I am playing music from the diskchanger... very strange indeed.

The turbo on my vRS seems to interfere with the sound if I am playing music from the diskchanger... very strange indeed.

Mine does this! I'm thinking that it might have something to do with the earth wire on the changer unit :confused:

Won't be the turbo, most likely the alternator.

If you are running a Stream radio take it to your stealer for a firmware update. Had the bang/pop issue with my stereo it was a known issue last year. New firmware fixes it, never happened again.

My previous Octy used to suddenly switch radio stations for fractions of a second and turn the volume up at the same time - friggin scary it was!! No such drama with Octy number 2 so far though I'm pleased to say.

Thanks will get 'em to do it when it goes in.