Engine active noise

[CW3]

Using the setting that minimizes engine noise, the car still sounds quite “throaty”. Certainly more noisy than one would expect a luxury sedan to sound. Have tried all the other settings but the engine noise remains unchanged. With the engine on I make a selection. The sound doesn’t change. The engine is shut off and the car restarted. Still no change. Am I doing this correctly or is there something wrong with the feature. I’m hesitant to take it to the dealer because of the cost involved to check it out.

 

[fourthirteen]

I went into the settings on my 2019 G80 and turned the Active Sound down as low as it would go but I couldn’t turn it completely off. It is much more pronounced in Sport mode. Does changing the drive mode change your sound?

 

[CW3]

I haven’t tried changing the drive mode. It’s presently in ”comfort mode” (read old lady mode). Its unlikely that I would use any other mode. I will try it though to see if it makes a difference. Right now the car sounds almost like it has an exhaust leak.

 

[JCtx]

The fake sound is crap. Fortunately, my '23 has an 'OFF' setting, so that's where it is since day 1.