Tin Can
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Hi
Just bought 2016 Lexus ES 350 and when it rains it sounds like i'm sitting in a tin can, the roof sounds as if no insulation was added.
Does your ES have the same problem
Just bought 2016 Lexus ES 350 and when it rains it sounds like i'm sitting in a tin can, the roof sounds as if no insulation was added.
Does your ES have the same problem
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I haven't noticed that, but then we get very little rain around here so I haven't spent much time driving in rain, and certainly no heavy rain.
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Doug, thanks for your reply, I just went into the garage and tapped on the car roof , and it sounds like there is just the metal roof with no insulation underneath, going by Lexus dealership today and tap on a few ES roof tops and see if the sound the same as mine.
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How heavy of a rain pour was it? Might depend on the amount of water coming out of the sky. Just had a decent rain storm on my evening commute and I didn't notice the 'tin can' sound.
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Rain was very light, only lasted a few minutes. Go to you car and tap on the roof with your finger and you will be able to hear the hollow sound.
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Tonight as I was walking up to my door, I tapped on the roofs of several cars. An 85 MBZ 300D turbo all metal sunroof, a 00 ML320 glass sunroof, 05 mini cooper glass sunroof, and 07 Jag XK glass sunroof, all cars owned by me. The MBZ are older and they sound like solid metal. Yes, I have heard a tin can sound when it rained on those cars, but this was also during really heavy rain fall. The mini and Jag sounded a bit hollow. Haven't listened to the ping of rain on their roofs. Following this post, there was a decent moderate rainfall, I heard the rain making a 'plink' sound on the roof of the lexus, sounded a bit hollow.
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