Brake and accelerator

[vchimpanzee]

I may have started a topic like this.

In a 1984 Buick, if I was listening to a distant AM station and stepped on the brake I would hear screaming.

Now I drive a 1997 Mercury and the AM antenna's not very good. A distant station will get messed up by sort of a screaming sound if I step on the accelerator. But not the brake.

 

[KeithE4]

I may have started a topic like this.

In a 1984 Buick, if I was listening to a distant AM station and stepped on the brake I would hear screaming.

Now I drive a 1997 Mercury and the AM antenna's not very good. A distant station will get messed up by sort of a screaming sound if I step on the accelerator. But not the brake.

Probably noise from the car's computer.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I may have started a topic like this.

In a 1984 Buick, if I was listening to a distant AM station and stepped on the brake I would hear screaming.

Now I drive a 1997 Mercury and the AM antenna's not very good. A distant station will get messed up by sort of a screaming sound if I step on the accelerator. But not the brake.

Probably noise from the car's computer.

Well, what about the brake noise in the Buick? By the way, its radio quit working which was one reason I changed cars. the other reason was the fear of getting stranded on long trips. I never have sprung for a cell phone.

 

[FreddyE1977]

most cars have carefully balanced filtering to deal with the increasing amount of on-board computing power. These go bad over time and need to be replaced.