Whecks would you mind looking at the door frame and getting the date mfg for us?

 

Mine only had the noise on the drivers side window...
They replaced both windows and now I don't have wind noise.

Craig

 

No problem...I might need some instruction on where to look (I'm new at this stuff)...

 

Open your driver's door and look on the lower right corner of the frame. The month and year of manufacture is in the upper right corner of the plaque.

 

yes thicker insulation on the door seals. no windows if they already have the laminated glass

 

and when you guys did that, did you guys notice any improvement?

 

Hopefully this is it...



...apparently, I'm not related to Ansel Adams.

MFD = 07/07
C/TR: 212/LAOO USF40L-AEZGHA
A/TM: A01A/AABOE

 

We havent done any l yet, only swb. the parts for the fix are back ordering and dealershps are alloted a certain amount, just like the gx drive shaft clunk, and the a.c kits, back ordered for months.

 

gotcha. if by any chance you guys do any lwb, do post back about the effect. we have seen a lot of replies here on swb, would be good to have lwb as well

 

Well, There goes my theory about Lexus fixing the wind noise in later models. Mine is a May07 build, and I don't hear any wind noise.

 

Same here Sid. The only thing is Whecks' noise is from the passenger side. Every other wind noise I ever heard of posted here was only from the driver's side.

Whecks, any chance you left some window open a crack or a door wasn't closed?

 

Interesting data point. I had not noticed that all other responses had referenced the driver's side as the problem. In answer to your question, no chance...I checked all the windows and doors, moved the mirrors, folded/unfolded them. The driver's side is fine (although I will be having both sides fixed as a measure against any future noise).

FWIW, I just went out for a drive to listen again (I will probably drive myself nuts listening/analyzing this for the next few days--pun intended). While I don't hear the whistling this evening, I do still hear the whipping wind/vortex that was responsible for creating the whistling this afternoon...you can hear air rushing (or is it oscillating?) somewhere near the slipstream that actually creates the noise. I am assuming that their is a singular air channel that is responsible...a small window of opportunity whereby air will find a resonant frequency and become audible. It seems to want to happen at speeds greater than 60 MPH.

In managing my expectations of what "fix" the dealership might supply, I will say that I will happy if they can make it such that the whistling will never happen again. The vortex noise I just described above is something I can tolerate--and may be something that cannot be fixed without a complete mirror-housing redesign.

It's really weird. I cannot understand why it started happening. The only variable I can think of is water. My car was wet this afternoon after being parked outside in an earlier rain storm. It is the first time I have driven it wet. I wonder if the water had something to do with it.

 

My car was wet this afternoon after being parked outside in an earlier rain storm.

You left the car out in the rain???!!!!







Just kidding!

 

Shawn - I had the laminated fix done to my SWB, and I still hear wind noise coming from the top of the windows/doors when I hit 5o or 60 MPH...it seems the LWB fix - thicker insulation on door seals - is kind of pointed smack dab at the problem. I'm wondering if it's worth asking my dealership to apply the LWB fix to my car...Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

Shawn

My local Lexus technician says he doesn't know what you're talking about - he indicates there's not difference between the SWB and LWB fix except of course that laminated glass is not needed on the LWB since that's factory installed. He said there is nothing about increasing the insulation on the door seals.

If there is specific TSIB info you can provide, it would be of great help, since I would think this should help the SWB models as well if you hear the "leaking" air noise from the top of the door.

Thanks