Gomz91

I have a noise coming from the front of the car everytime i close my door.
1.car is off
2.it comes and goes
3. Once i get out and close my door you hear it once(birdlike whistle almost)
any one else experience this?

lobuxracer

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The driver's side door on ours makes a chirping noise when I close it. Sounds like the hinge or the travel limiter, but it isn't loud. I hear it in our garage because it is very quiet.

I also notice a chirping noise from the engine bay when the engine is idling. My IS F does not make this noise at all. Almost sounds like a bad belt tensioner pulley.

Gomz91

yea thats exactly what im talking about if i slam the door harder it will do it louder its kind of weird my friend has an rc f and it does the same, it comes and goes but its pretty annoying
i have oil change service coming up and hopefully they can get rid of it , i will keep updating
thanks for the input!

Rcuervo

I'm hearing a similar sound but thats when I'm going 3-5 mph then it goes away, I have a 2017 with 300 miles on it. I'm planning on taking it to the dealer, I advise the same

Elitedax3

I noticed this sound also when closing my drivers door. I believe its the sound from the rubber door seal rubbing against the rubber on the body of the fender. This is just a guess and I haven't confirmed.

Gomz91

yeah its something in the engine bay i have oil change scheduled so ill be posting soon

Gomz91

This is the noise i experienced

mr2dave

Fortunately can say I do not hear that sound in my 16.

lobuxracer

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This is the noise I hear. Volume needs to be up, it's a cellphone video.

16GSF00336

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I guess, bust out the JACKETS you're not the only one. Must be a engineering problem with our cars...

I sprayed auto silicon with temp relief

lobuxracer

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Small victory tonight. I found and at least temporarily fixed the squeak in the door. It is caused by the seal at the leading edge of the door (see pic with the blue plastic tool) rubbing against another plastic shield installed at the rear of the front fender. Mine was rubbing dead in the middle. I cleaned it and applied 3M dry type silicone (the same stuff the dealers use) and the noise is gone. To do a completely effective fix, one would likely need to remove the door to get access to the piece mounted at the rear of the fender. Anyway, pics are here to show where the problem exists. If you spray the silicone directly on the seal with the door closed, you'll solve 80% of the issue. I opened the door and sprayed the other piece as well. It is quiet as a church mouse now.

GtDiesel

I had a chirp coming out of front when closing the front doors as well. Seemed to be getting worse and was driving me nuts.

At last service appointment I mentioned it to them and they found+fixed it. It took them awhile and the tech ended up taking apart the front of the car a bit. If I remember right it was a bracket on the headlight housing. He took a bunch of pictures and passed it to warranty. Appreciated his approach - said "this would drive me nuts I will find it".

Nalley Lexus in Smyrna service department fwiw. Now the front doors are just a solid quick thud like the rear doors.

Rrgirgis

SolidG1

Yes! I have the same problem as well and it's been bugging me for a month. When I took the car in for the fuel pump recall and showed them the squeak problem, 3 technicians tried to convince me that the squeak is caused by a prior accident which led to the fender/door not aligned. I refused to believe that as I know the car has not been in any accident. I asked them to prove to me that this car has been repaired, and he pointed out 3 dust specs and stated well this was repaired in a really good facility because during the manufacturing process Lexus builds their cars in a dust free environment. I frankly told him that's not good enough evidence that this car has been crashed, so I had the assistant service manager check with corp. to see what they can do.

The next day, the assistant service manager calls me back and states Lexus will only cover adjustments for the first year. He refused to cover it under the bumper to bumper warranty and he suggested I pay for an autobody shop to make the door adjustment on my own dime. I find there was no sense arguing about it so I let it go. It was clear to me that he had done more than enough to labor in the fuel pump replacements, so he was not going to waste more time on adjusting this door.

To this day, the door squeaks when it's wet like from rain or car wash when the stupid rubber pieces rub. But I'll try the 3M silicone lubrication, and I'm more than happen to confirm there hasn't been any prior accidents since everyone is having the same manufacturing defect problem.

lobuxracer

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It's either a manufacturing defect or Lexus is fixing cars, selling them, and not telling us. 3M's stuff works for about 9 months, then needs to be reapplied. The door is NOT out of adjustment, the plastic shield is. Dumb response from your dealer, and they get paid for all the warranty work. There are no favors they do for free.