Speaker issue b8

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Howmex
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Passat model: B8 gt

Speaker issue b8

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Hi there,

Had our used 2016 B8 GT est. for less than a week, and amongst other things have noticed the passenger rear speaker rattles when on neutral bass. Not much use for the type of music i listen to :)

The drivers side rear sounds fine, but here's the thing, when shuffling the fade to the front there is no mid or bass at all on them. There are speaker grills for 3 speakers in the front doors, the tweeters tweet, the lower most ones emit high frequency too. But that's it, nothing from the middle ones (maybe just grilles?) and no bass from the lowers.
I've never had issues with car speakers in any car I've owned in the past 30+ yrs, so a bit mystified.
The dealer I bought from has agreed to replace the rear speaker, but seems like I've an uphill struggle with the fronts.
Anyone else ever had this sort of thing?

The software was updated this afternoon to the latest VAG and made no difference.

Any tips appreciated!

Cheers
Howie
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