starkbark

When my driver's side window is rolled up all the way, I have some very noticable wind noise coming in. If I lower it a tiny tiny bit, the wind noise goes away and it's quiet again. I have shin etsu'd every rubber seal on the car front to back, while it fixed some rattling, shin etsuing everything related to the window didn't help. Every seal/weatherstripping looks normal. Does anyone know what's causing this?
05, 120k.

Aus430

Was going to say have a close look at the seals but you appear to have done that.

Is the top of the door straight (windows frame area) ie hasn't been bent with a crowbar by someone trying to get in without a key?

starkbark

Compared to my other doors I can't tell a difference, they all look normal. At this point, I'm guessing my window is misaligned?

Aus430

Just a thought.... could you sit inside the car and get someone to high pressure hose around the windows?

Perhaps a leak will show the answer?

starkbark

Will need to try that I think, tried a garden hose for obvious leaks to no avail.

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starkbark

Pretty sure it is the driver's window because whenever I roll it up all the way wind noise is clearly auditable from 35 and up mph. However, if I lower a window just a tad it is noticeably quieter at these ranges.

WILLYumD

I have the same issue on both of my front windows and have accepted the need to lower it just a tad. I don't think my side window deflectors help, either.
Could be a door/glass alignment issue or seals that are too old to be Shin-etsu-ed.

rooster1

we had wind noise coming in-went to a body shop and had them order and install new rubber

Stu

i will tell you where I found the cause of my wind noise.

After checking EVERYTHING else, my problem was discovered after I opened my driver side door and stood up on the door sill and looked down in my roof from above.

I have never looked down at my roof from this position but when I did I saw the problem immediately, it was that obvious. There is a channel that runs the length of the roof from front to back. It is located between the door jam and the sun roof. I don't know why it's there, but there is a rubber molding inside this channel and the rubber molding inside mine was cracked about an inch from the windshied. Two very small crack in the molding just behind the front windshield.

I used white silicone and a toothpick and covered both cracks ..... took about 10 seconds. This was my problem and it was hard to find but super easy to fix. My wind noise is gone !

Hope this helps you and others

BigBoomer

It channels rainwater from the roof to drains at the front and rear to prevent it running down the side windows.
Good find :-)

Stu

Do not get how air get into the cabin this way.

What am i missing? If it's a rain channel it would be sealed ....... with no way for air or water to enter.

BigBoomer

Wind/air doesn't get in but sound of the wind whistling over those cracks does.
When you wind the window down slightly, you are changing the structure slightly in that area which stops the whistle.
Filling the cracks has also stopped it, apparently.

beercan

Stu, what spot exactly?

Stu

Beer can, the crack in the rubber was in the channel, about an inch behind the windshield.