Wind noise from driver's door?

[CubSmurf]

My last car was extremely quiet going down the highway, where the Expedition has LOTS of wind noise from the driver's door.

As far as I can tell it is NOT the large mirror but the gap between the window weather stripping and the window glass itself. There is a lip on the weather stripping that goes away from the glass, presumably to make it easy for window to slide into place. Passenger window had some lip on the weather stripping, so doesn't seem to be a defect.

Do you have loud wind noise from your driver's window?


EDIT: Mine is a 2017 XLT

 

[justinp16ex]

It's definitely there, I wouldn't say it's loud or unbearable. Overall my 16 is a quiet ride

 

[CubSmurf]

It's definitely there, I wouldn't say it's loud or unbearable. Overall my 16 is a quiet ride

Yeah, I wouldn't call unbearable either. Just more noticeable than my last car. Glad to hear it's not just mine

 

[airbrush]

I just turn my hearing aides off.

 

[Thunderbirdsport]

The music isn't loud enough.

"wait...what did you say!?"

 

[justinp16ex]

Yeah, I wouldn't call unbearable either. Just more noticeable than my last car. Glad to hear it's not just mine

You're definitely not losing your mind. Especially when oncoming traffic passes by. I'm sure most of them do it. I put about 600 miles a week on a clapped out 06 malibu, so anything is quieter than that thing.

 

[Motorcity muscle]

Do not know how many miles on your truck (more door use), but the edge of weatherstrip wears or flattens. Try adding some spacer behind rubber to tighten up gap when door is closed. Piece of cardboard cut in thin strips worked on my barely noticeable noise when radio was off. Front top leading edge is usually the culprit.

 

[07navi]

Do not know how many miles on your truck (more door use), but the edge of weatherstrip wears or flattens. Try adding some spacer behind rubber to tighten up gap when door is closed. Piece of cardboard cut in thin strips worked on my barely noticeable noise when radio was off. Front top leading edge is usually the culprit.

I agree, the noise was probably less when it was brand new and it has to be air rushing past the rubber.

 

[CubSmurf]

Do not know how many miles on your truck (more door use), but the edge of weatherstrip wears or flattens. Try adding some spacer behind rubber to tighten up gap when door is closed. Piece of cardboard cut in thin strips worked on my barely noticeable noise when radio was off. Front top leading edge is usually the culprit.

67k miles. So, not a ton but not a little either.

It does seem to sound/feel like weather stripping. Are you talking about the door weather stripping or the window? I'll try the cardboard thing when I get a chance. Thanks for the idea!

 

[Motorcity muscle]

67k miles. So, not a ton but not a little either.

It does seem to sound/feel like weather stripping. Are you talking about the door weather stripping or the window? I'll try the cardboard thing when I get a chance. Thanks for the idea!

The door weatherstripping was the problem with mine. My truck is an '07 with 134,700 on mine.