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Ant colony inside Sonos SL

  • November 8, 2022
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I got a brand new pair of Sonos One SL’s only a month or two ago and have just had an ant colony error out from inside it. 
 

I’ve been in touch with Sonos and they’re denying me a replacement because they say ants aren’t mentioned in the warranty (lol, of course not..why would they be mentioned) and their other excuse is that besides the ants, the postal service won’t ship the speaker back because of the ants (what kind of a bizarre answer is that??) and therefore they won’t honour the speakers warranty. I’m actually quite shocked by the customer service I’ve received. 
 

I’m going to contact the ACCC and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. My wife is also in species discovery and has some friends who happen to specialise in ant identification (pure fluke but amazing) so hopefully I can get the species identified pretty quickly. 

 

I can see I’m not the first person to experience this issue, however Sonos appears to have

closed the previous conversations down already.
 

Anyone have any advice on resolving this sort of issue with Sonos? Just looking for a like for like replacement off an essentially brand new speaker. 
 

cheers! 
 


 

Best answer by Stanley_4

Your ants are not Sonos’ fault. The warranty is for defects in the speakers, not your home’s bug problems.

I have had the ant discussion with my mother several times and while she hates the way they look she now has ant bait traps under her Sonos stand.

A bit of careful work with a vacuum and canned air will likely get most of the bugs out. If you need help getting inside the speaker (voiding any remaining warranty of course) there are many good videos that should help you.

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  • November 9, 2022

Your ants are not Sonos’ fault. The warranty is for defects in the speakers, not your home’s bug problems.

I have had the ant discussion with my mother several times and while she hates the way they look she now has ant bait traps under her Sonos stand.

A bit of careful work with a vacuum and canned air will likely get most of the bugs out. If you need help getting inside the speaker (voiding any remaining warranty of course) there are many good videos that should help you.