Crackling audio and video while in reverse?

[tommybahamaX]

I have a 2023 Model S LR. Ever since i got it one of the annoyances i have noticed is a "crackling" or broke up audio experience while in reverse. Every morning when i back out of my garage it crackles and stutters and many times the rear camera almost blinks off and on, soon as i put it in drive it clears up and all is fine. I do not use my phone to listen to audio in my car so its not a phone bluetooth issue.

Further, i had a loaner 2023 Model X this past week, to my surprise the loaner did the EXACT same thing as my S did as far as crackling audio when in reverse. I can deal with it but i had seen some posts about amp problems in the Model S but its weird that the S and the X did the same thing, just listening to Apple Music, Tidal, Streaming etc...

 

[jjaeger]

I have a 2023 Model S LR. Ever since i got it one of the annoyances i have noticed is a "crackling" or broke up audio experience while in reverse. Every morning when i back out of my garage it crackles and stutters and many times the rear camera almost blinks off and on, soon as i put it in drive it clears up and all is fine. I do not use my phone to listen to audio in my car so its not a phone bluetooth issue.

Further, i had a loaner 2023 Model X this past week, to my surprise the loaner did the EXACT same thing as my S did as far as crackling audio when in reverse. I can deal with it but i had seen some posts about amp problems in the Model S but its weird that the S and the X did the same thing, just listening to Apple Music, Tidal, Streaming etc...

No comments or anyone else with this issue? I took ownership of my new 2023 MS LR 6 weeks back or so - and have this exact issue (only on reverse and then fine). Was hoping a Sw update would come along & resolve, but have had at least 2 updates now and no change. No one else have this? OP, do you still have the issue?

 

[vcor]

Yes. this is common. There is another thread about it somewhere. Some sources may cause it to occur more than other sources, so they may not notice the issue. I use USB music and the audio problems often occur when in reverse.

It's been around for at least 9 months or so (maybe since the LR/Plaid release). While I'm not used to it, I had hoped it would be fixed in firmware. It seems limited to MCU-Z.

Sadly, the audio system gets very little attention at Tesla. The USB source fails to turn on when entering the car bug has now been around for 6+ years. Worked great back in 2012-2015 or so.