Strange radio noise problem on '04 Santa Fe

Discussion in 'Hyundai Santa Fe' started by D.Sneed, Apr 27, 2006.

  1. D.Sneed

    D.Sneed Guest

    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
     
    D.Sneed, Apr 27, 2006
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  2. D.Sneed

    Joel Willstein Guest

    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
    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
     
    Joel Willstein, Apr 28, 2006
    #2
  3. D.Sneed

    Brian Nystrom Guest

    In the Elantra, the cruise control causes a lot of AM static. Hitting
    the brake turns it off, so perhaps that's related.
     
    Brian Nystrom, Apr 28, 2006
    #3
  4. D.Sneed

    Zotto Guest

    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, Apr 28, 2006
    #4
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