I know there is a TSB for it, but I hate taking my car to those idiots at the dealership, so I was wondering if anyone has come up with a DIY for the wind noise around the doors, driver's side mainly.

Thanks in advance.

 

Kinda interested about this myself, I know there are post about this but any pictures of what was done to eliminate the noise?

 

this would help so many of us...

I still haven't had my wind noise issue resolved.. and my warranty is finished..

 

Well, I'm going to be doing some experiments very soon with this issue. I may have a solution. I'll let everyone know if I figure it out.

Cheers!

 

Thank goodness I never had this problem.

 

My dealer did the recall still the same

 

I saw a picture on this forum of an adjustment screw inside door, do a search.

 

Here's a suggestion from the Audi forum that may/may not work.

Get yourself some clear plastic tubing like they sell in Lowes. It comes in various sizes like 1/4" (aquarium size), 3/8", etc. Stick it between the original door seal and the body channel so it forces the door seal outwards a little. This may close the gap and eliminate or reduce the noise. Sometimes.

 

I read a post on this a while ago from a search but can't seem to find the post again. Anyway, someone solved the air problem by lining the door, under the current weather seal with 1/4" Metro weather strip from Autozone. This sounds similar to the tube sealing technique from the Audi forum, and if I remember correctly, the orginal poster said it worked. I wish I acctually got around to doing it back then, sometimes its easy to get used to things that are off with your car.

 

I'm currently trying something very similar. I'll post results and pics once I figure it out and get some time.

 

Guys, I don't think the door seal is the culprit, I believe it is where the glass meets the seal in the body. I know when the dealership replaced the window seals it took care of my window noise. The new rubber seals were more pliable then the originals on my 04.

 

True for some, but I'm getting wind noise around the bottom rear of the door.

 

I am very interested to try this...but I am not clear on your description.

Is there a picture or a diagram...maybe from the manual, that will show where the Metro weather seal will go. Thanks

 

Well I found the old post I was thinking about. Heres a link https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...+weather+strip

It pretty much covers what we've been talking about here. It looks like you asked the same thing in that post too BRappaport!

This is a guess but it sounds like 1/2" metro weather striping is needed as the gap between the metal and the door seal is 3/4" and the seal needs to go over the weather strip.

Would have been nice if there was an update on that old post.

 

Panthro,

Thanks for finding the thread. Unfortunitly, I never did get an answer back...so I am still looking for a solution and/or clarification. I did not understand her reference to a "sleeve" to be pulled out. Her last post to this forum was in Dec 2007...but I will try to PM her again.

Anyway...if there is anyone out there in Forum Land that believes they have a solution...I'm ready to try it!!

 

I believe she is talking about the rubber weather stipping attached to the car, not the door. The strip that goes from the windshield and around the door opening along the roof. There is a gap in between the top edge of the rubber and the puffy portion of the weather stripping (if you know what I mean by puffy). It looks like where the window would sit. You can fit that Metro stripping in there. I'm going to try this method also once I get time.

 

Well I finally got around to trying out the weather stripping fix. I got 1/2" strip from the plumbing section at Walmart. I did pretty much what cgocifer said in the above post; running the strip along the seal attached to the door. It fixed the noise coming from the upper sections of both the drivers and passengers side windows. However, there is still some noise coming from the passenger side "plastic triangle" area, I'm going to need to experiment with that one. Overall the weather stripping fix work well. It cost about $3 and took about 10 minutes.

 

I think the easiest fix is to turn up your radio.