I appreciate that this topic has come up before but (a) the posts are quite old and (b) there doesn't seem to have been any resolution. I have a 2016 Q5 Black edition on 20" rims which I've owned for around two years. From the off this car has demonstrated a droning sound which seems to be emanating from the front suspension (though it's difficult to be specific). The characteristics are similar to those others have observed, namely: it's of a fixed frequency (200Hz), amplitude varies with speed (getting louder with speed) and also road surface ( the concrete section of M25 is horrific). I've tried all the obvious suspects - wheel bearings have been checked, I've tried three brands of tyre, the last being a set of Eagle F1s with 'sound comfort technology', I've tried different tyre pressures and lived through different wear levels - all to no avail. It doesn't matter if the car is accelerating or slowing (with or without the brakes being applied). I've owned a lot of Audi's in my time (80, 90, 100, A4, A6, TT) and the odd BMW and have never experienced anything like this. I can live with the usual road noise, even at high levels, since that tends to be broad spectrum noise - this is a distinct resonance at a fixed frequency and under certain conditions can be quite loud. Clearly interaction with the road seems to be a provoking factor but striking the tyre with a rubber mallet (with the car stationary obviously) doesn't elicit the noise, nor does rapidly vibrating the tyre with a heavy duty 'message gun'. So, whilst wheel rotation and road interaction seem critical, it's hard to believe the vibration induced by driving over a relatively smooth surface at 30mph is inducing more vibration that what I've emulated under static conditions. I'm at my wits end. Are there other fellow sufferers and, more importantly, has anybody actually solved this problem??