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Originally Posted by jmcraney
I think there is some real wisdom here. I have a 2007 LS460 (swb) that I bought new in Oct 2007. I have been back to the dealership several times and complained to Lexus. The TSB that replaces the front passenger door windows has been done among other thing. I recently complained to Lexus again and took the car in for an evaluation by the factory rep. This time they said that the car was performing as it should and there was nothing else that they could do. I decided I could not tolerate the wind noise and noise from passing cars so I started considering the purchase of a new car. I took one of their new 2008 LS460s for a test ride. It was a windy day and the 2008 had some wind noise from certain angles but was much quieter overall. I don't think it is reasonable to expect a car to be completely unaffected by strong cross winds (you have to have some connection to the outside air to sustain the car occupants). Because of some things others have said, but not the quote above - I didn't read it until after I worked on my car, I decided to remove the plastic triangle shaped trim that is at the forward corner of the front passenger door windows. Under that trim I found that there are two large gaps at the corners toward the rear of the car. I closed the gaps with some sealant and stuck the trim back on with the sealant. My car is now much quieter and has much better isolation from the noise of passing traffic. I told my dealership rep about what I had done and he said he would pass it on to Lexus. I see from the quote above that some Lexus reps are aware of the problem already. I can provide more details about what I did on my car if anyone is interested.
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Interesting enough, it wasn't the dealer that noticed the gap under the black triangular piece. An aeronautical engineer at Gulf Stream in Savannah GA who I had drive and closely look over my car found the gap. We tapped over it and the noise was greatly diminished.
When I had the TSIB done for a second time they also fixed the black triangular piece.