I'm experiencing a buzzing or whinning in the stereo that coincides with the engine RPMs. The volume of the buzz has nothing to do with the stereo's volume. I'm thinking it's interference and I either need to change the ignition wires, the plugs or both.

Any thoughts?

BTW - 1999 SE

 

Is your stereo the stock or have you upgraded it? If you're running an amp or two it could be that the signal carrying wires are too close to the power and turn on leads. You want to keep those separate.

If you have the stock system, get yourself a couple screw drivers and a dumpster. Remove stock system, insert forcefully into dumpster.

 

also, if you have amps, make sure they have the shortest ground wire possible (like <18"), also make sure they're the same guage as the power wire. If that doesn't help, a knowledgeable car installer once told me to run a common ground from the deck to the amps' ground point, but that's only if you have noise. Also, if you don't have amps, then the noise is prolly coming from your deck's power wire. How does noise get into your power wire? Sometimes your battery is low on fluid, poorly grounded, or even your deck may have a bad gound. If none of that works out, go to Crutchfield and pick up an in-line noise suppressor, one of those $13 "Xterminator" jobs. I had one in my old escort w/ just a Sony deck, no amps... killed a whole crapload o' noise. Oh, you might try looking around at your local auto parts store or Kmart/WalMart, cuz they carry the same thing.


Justin

 

It's the stock Bose upgraded system. Does all the advice still stick?