I8ABMR

I was driving around with my wife tonight and had the stereo off and noticed a high pitched whistling noise coming from the drivers side mirror. The noise can be heard with the windows up or down. Its like the wooshing noise was replaced with a whistling noise. There is a little gap between the black triangular piece and the frame of the door. I tried to push that piece in to be flush while I was driving but the noise doesnt go away. It does stop when I put my hand on the bottom of the mirror while driving. I am very frustrated because everything was fine for a couple of weeks and now this. Does anyone have any clues or has gone through the same thing. Please I need some help

I took some video on m phone and sent it to my service advisor and am waiting back to hear when they can get me in. Whats freaking me out is that my service advisor warned me that he had another customer who went through the same thing and they couldn't figure it out. He said he ended up trading the wooshing noise for a high pitched whistle. This is unacceptable and really starting to drive me nuts. I am working 6 days a week and am about to move and this garbage is getting really old


HELP!!!!

I8ABMR

After driving the car for a couple of hours to try to isolate the noise I am pretty sure its coming from the mirror. When the noise is present as soon as I fold the mirrors in the noise stops immediately . This is my second Lexus with a whistling noise off of the mirrors. My GS 350 had the same issue and was fixed when they replaced the mirrors ( but for another reason). I am praying that the guys at Lexus dont fight me on replacing the mirrors or tell me they cant reproduce the issue.

Luxofreak

Have you read this thread?

Grisik

I got mine back last week after have the wind noise TSIB done. It is no better than when I took it in. Between the valves and the windows the bill was over $6000 according to Lexus. I will be stopping Home Depot on the way home for the tube of silicone and metal.

I8ABMR

They had the shop foreman do my work and the car is quieter from the around the window but now I have this whistling from the drivers side mirror. I thought it might have been unrelated to the tsib but the service advisor told me this morning that the tsib also involved opening up the mirror and insulating inside the mirror as well.

He didnt seem to happy to see me this morning but what am I supposed to do with a whistling LS460??? This wind noise issue can really make an owner seem unreasonable but..........

Tharper1

Longtime lurker here and 1st post.

Exactly my symptoms after the wind noise fix. Here's what I did. I isolated the whistle by putting electrical tape over the mirror assembly crack and drove several days taking off sections of tape to see where the whistle was coming from and to make sure the whistle went away under all wind/driving conditions. It did. (Top and inside edges were the culprit) Bought a small sheet of the clear stuff that goes on the front end for rocks off the auction site for a couple bucks. Made a template with a piece of paper of the mirror shape to cover the cracks on the top and inside edges over the cracks. Installed the clear pieces on both mirrors. The car has been quiet as a church mouse for several years now. The clear piece looks like it belongs there and you can hardly notice it.

I know I shouldn't have to do this, especially on a LS, but I didn't want the Lexus boys taking apart the door anymore and risking any squeaks or rattles. They did the glass noise thing and I haven't had any issues.

Works for me.

Grisik

For a grand total of $4.56 I purchased a tube of silicon and a piece of roofing flashing. Following the instructions to see if this works.

I8ABMR

Got a call from my service advisor and they said they are just going to order me a new drivers side mirror. I knew it was the mirror because when I folded them in while driving the whistle went away.

Toto8

Great info..thanx for sharing. Tharper1; what is the glass noise thing you had and what was the fix? Also, will they make these noise fixes on a CPO 07 L I just bought last month? Or will they dodge me by saying it's only covered under the new car warranty? This question applies for the B-Pillar, outside mirror jiggle and seat cushion aswell. Thanx for any info!

I8ABMR

the new mirror has been whistle free for a week now. I think we nailed it with the replacement

LXTASY

Tharper1, I'm trying to figure out what your referring to when you say "Mirror assembly crack", as I still have wind noise after the jmcraney fix and am looking for other ideas. Do you or someone else have a pic which would point to "the crack" (this may open up other discussions, but I couldn't resist).

Tharper1

The wind noise was the thicker front window glass was installed and what ever else the TSB said for them to do. It sounded like the driver's window was sucking air. You'll have to ask the Lexus boys about fixing the stuff but I don't see why they wouldn't.

The assembly line on the mirror where the two halves are put together is what I call the crack/line. The wind caught it just right and whistled. That's why the tape or folding the mirrors stopped the whistle.

I8ABMR

I sent my service advisor a video of the whistling and how it stops when the mirror is folded in. They replaced the mirror with no issues

jlawr

LXTASY, See below:

Artsplace

I had the same noise in my 2007 460L and they couldn't fix it. I threatened to go to arbitration and they just swapped it out for a 2010 with a bit more cash. I wish I would have know about folding the mirror in and getting a replacement. Would have saved me 30K - LOL