today I went for my first road test in a 2003 crossfire coupe, this car was fitted with kumo tyres, I was quite disappointed with the amount of road noise in the cab. I asked the sales man if this was the usual (this was at a Chrysler dealers) amount of road noise and he did not know, I later drove my sedan car over the same roads to see if it was that kind of noisy surface, the sedan was a lot quieter, My question , is this normal ? could it be the type or brand of tyre? or are all crossfire very noisy on the road? Saltiga

 

The tires could have been worn out some. My Crossfire was almost unbearable with the road noise, new tires and it was just fine.
Some tires are much noisier than others when they have some wear.
It is not the quietest car at the best of times, if the noise gets worse with speed and disappears at a low speed then it could be the tires, that's how mine was anyway.

 

Had a lady bring her coupe up from about 80 miles south a few weeks ago for me to have a look at several issues.
One was that it was incredibly LOUD while driving. I thought it was a destroyed differential, so I jacked it up and ran it with the rears off the ground and there was no noise.
Turns out it was the tires, a new $500 set of those close-out Hankooks and it's doing fine now.

 

I found that I had a lot more road noise with PS2 Michelin tires. I switched to Hankook. However, the Crossfire is a sports car, which will ride different and have different road noise than a sedan which is quieter as you are not sitting near the rear wheels.

By the way, I had a great time in Sydney 46 years ago on my week on R&R from Vietnam. Australia is a great country, I was so impressed, I almost move there. However, America is a great country and I decided to stay.

 

The car isn't "quiet" for all the reasons stated (low to ground, close to wheels, small cabin, etc.) However, when it's noisey it's usually the tires you need to check first. My PS2's I ran for over 28K miles. They were quiet up until about 20K. Then, it became quite loud. Once I replaced them, it became a different car. I have Michelin Super Sports on now (one year old) and they have about 4K miles on them. Still a good ride and no significant tire noise.

Good luck.

 

thanks for that information, I have a Miata and this is noisy but the xfire was much louder that's why the query, I wet back to the dealer and checked the wear and the tyres are 75% worn out, I also found the original owner and they said the tyres were fairly old as they use the car only on weekends so not much use, and the rubber has gone quite hard. I came to the US and purchased an Austin Healey some 15 years ago, and had a great time in Huston with the cars owner. But to us Aussies its a bit mind blowing as we have to multiply every thing we have here by 15, 15 more cars, 15 times roads, cities that are at least 6 times larger, like I said mind blowing, Inter state roads dual lane all the way, most of ours go into very close to country back roads. My home town of Adelaide is about 1.2 million, there is 3 crossfires for sale and probably a total of say 10 - 20 cars. Mind blowing!!! thanks again Saltiga

 

One more thing. The tires on the Crossfire are quite a bit wider than on the Miatas. Also, they are much lower profile (unless you are running aftermarket wheels and tires). That adds to the "noise" poential.

No worries................just had to say that.

 

Roadster's are more noisier than coupes.....if it were a roadster.....


sorry, I see it WAS a coupe... I would say tires in that case, as my coupe is fairly quiet