04 driver's window road/wind noise

edwardh1 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-25-2005, 12:06 PM

Several people on edmunds talk about a drivers window road noise problem caused when the window is all the way up the rubber seal moves away from the glass letting road noise in. Other windows may do that too who knows.

Mine, when the window is all the way up at 70MPH you get road noise. If you bump the window down 1/8 inch the road/wind noise quits. When you bump the window back up, the window pulls away from the lower rubber seal, the one where your elbow would be if you lowered the glass and rested your elbow on the window.

Is there a fix for this? anything from the factory????

edwardh1 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-28-2005, 11:15 AM

I was on the interstate yesterday. both front windows do it.
If you lower the window 1/8 inch or so the noise really drops. If you raise the window fully, as the motor drives the window up, the window bottom just above the door bows out and the glass pulls away from the inside rubber piece, allowing a gap that lets in the noise.

what stops the upward progress of the window glass/ is that point adjustable? If you leave it down an 1/8 inch it rattles when you slam the door.

If this fixable by a dealer or is it a defect??????

05MNTH · #3 (**permalink**) 03-28-2005, 12:55 PM

It rattles when you close the door AND will let rain/snow/etc into the vehicle.

I would check with the dealer.

cesher · #4 (**permalink**) 03-29-2005, 08:21 AM

Was this a problem since day 1, or is it a new problem that just developed? I have an '05 and am curious if this is something I can possibly look forward to down the road....