View Full Version : Wind Noise Giving Me a Headache!


Jim
12-22-1998, 07:40 AM
Has anyone been experiencing tremendous wind noise due to cross wind? My driver side window (top corner along the door frame) emits a loud noise, as if the window was partially open, when I drive over 70 mph. It is starting to really bother me! Does anyone have a solution?<br>98.5 1.8TQTR

Andy Hedin
12-22-1998, 07:42 AM

randall (prolific today)
12-22-1998, 08:51 AM
i had a bad wind noise problem passenger's rear door. They rehung the door, then it didn't close properly. Took 2 trips to dealer to rectify. yuck<p>Now i am noticing wind noise in upper left of driver's door. I could make the noise go away by grabbing the upper frame of the door, and pulling it in slightly at the top.<br> I looked at it from the outside and every bit of rubber seems to be sealing properly, and the door looks well hung. (no comments pls)<p><br>So i looked at the gasket not on the door, but the car frame. <br>What i did was grabbed the gasket and gently pulled it out a bit. I thought that it might have compressed over time.<p>This fixed it. I am going to "pump up" all the gaskets. <br>As you have a new car, if this fixes the problem, i would consider that it might not be the door alignment, but may be that the gasket needs replacing?<p>1996 a4 2.8 qm<p>ps i think that because the car is sooo quiet, i am much more sensitive to wind noise. In my laser/talon all i heard was road noise.<br>(did u know there is sound deadening material beneath the steering wheel?)<p><br>

JP
12-22-1998, 09:26 AM

Steve S.
12-22-1998, 09:30 AM

Ron O
12-22-1998, 11:29 AM
I fixed it my self. First pull in the door at the top wth your fingers to see if that solves the noise problem. If the noise gos away then take a block of 2x4 covered with padding, a towel will do, and put it in the door at the bottom sill and carefully but forcefully "spring" the top in. NOTE: put the window down before you do this. This saved a day in the dealers shop and possible futher screw ups. Good luck -- let me know how it worked.

klidge
12-22-1998, 02:03 PM