Wife drives the TB. She has noticed like 5 times now in the last week that when she has the radio on and hit the brakes, when she hits them there is a audible pop coming through the radio. She has noticed when playing FM radio , don't know if it does it while using blue tooth or other methods of playing music.
Popping noise in radio when brakes applied
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To be honest, it became a timing and value proposition for me. I really like both vehicles. I need an AWD daily driver that I can fit 2 car seats in the back seat while I'm driving. The space in the Trailblazer surprised me and its a fun vehicle. That being said, ride quality and cabin noise is definitely better in the Terrain. Price also started playing a part because what started out as a fairly large price difference (40k for Terrain and 33k for Trailblazer MSRP), rebates and the GMC dealer offering way more for my trade-in than the Chevy dealer ended up making the price difference 3k. Still, I haven't taken delivery yet. Waiting on vehicle to come in from a sister dealership. Maybe that'll get screwed up and I'll be scrambling to find something before month's end. If that ends up being the case, I'd still consider the Trailblazer.
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This popping sound happens to me with the auto start/stop. For example, say I am in stop and go traffic and I have to hit the gas before the TB has time to auto shut off, the popping sounds will happen about 70% of the time. It's incredibly loud but I have found that if I turn it off in slow traffic (which I shouldn't have to do) it is fine or wait for the car to auto shut off completely before pressing the gas (which can cause me to delay traffic in a big city, haha). It's something that I have definitely come aware of and its the first vehicle I've owned or have been around that has the capability to do auto start/stop. Hoping it won't cause any issues in the future but just best to try and avoid it happening. This might be a similar situation for you guys that you may not have thought of. Hope it helps.
People need to report this popping stuff to the NTSB (I did) so the issue gets some traction somewhere.
We have not had the popping issue in some time after happening 4 or so times. I turn off auto start when I drive it, Wife leaves it on, she is the only one that has heard the popping.
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I've reported it but they want to replicate it each time I bring it to the dealership and its even in the shop today and I mentioned it. I swear Murphy's law is real. This is the third time I've brought it in. Even though it's only for the Jack Recall, I told them to look at it.. again. I'll see what happens this time.
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I have had the same problem. I took it in and of course like mentioned above it didn't happen when they had it ... but it happened when I turned the corner to drop it off. How frustrating. I didn't know you could report it to the mentioned above, I will do that now. Thanks, I am glad it's not just me.
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How is that done ?
This video shows how to check ground points. There should be at least 3 main grounds, 1 on engine, 1 one transmission, and 1 on the body.
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I have a 2021 Trailblazer and have this happen to me maybe once or twice a month. Maybe more often since I live in an urban area and stop/go a bunch. You're not alone! It's loud enough in mine I've considered trading it in for something else. Mine has mostly been through AM/FM radio or if I'm using Bluetooth.
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I am curious.. what models of TB and do you have the bose system? I have a 21 RS with the bose system and have not had this issue. Just curious if its an issue with the non bose models.
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