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Wind noise from driver side door window

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by sufyant, Jul 1, 2024.

  1. sufyant

    sufyant Junior Member

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    Anyone else notice lots of wind noise from driver side window area at highway speeds on Gen 5 Prius? Similar to this issue


    Is it a design fault?
     
  2. Hammersmith

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    I'm not saying the following is correct, just spitballing.

    Maybe the mirror shape? One of the biggest generators of interior noise in cars is the air turbulence generated by how the side mirror interfaces with the door/body. The smaller the gap between the mirror and door, the worse it typically is, but it can also be influenced by the shape of the mirror body and how it connects with the car. I'm only thinking this way because the Prius and Crown(the car in the video) share the same mirror shape(though the connection to the body is different).

    Or it could be many other things like the window seal not properly set, the window motor being slightly out of calibration so it's not closed completely, the door seal not fully seated or having a slight flaw, etc.

    I haven't noticed anything terrible except for one day where I was driving with 50-65kph winds. The angle must have been just right because the wind noise was a couple times louder than normal. But I also have a Limited with the laminated front windows, so I don't hear as much noise typically.

    That makes me think of something else. If you have a Limited or XSE+(North America), you're going to notice a little more noise from the small triangular glass in the front than the main front windows. While the main front windows are laminated glass, the little triangular sections are regular tempered glass.
     
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  3. sufyant

    sufyant Junior Member

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    Ok. I have XSE premium and I always hear weird cracking Wind noise from the door window over 120 km/h speeds.

    I went to dealer too. They tried to charge me over 150$ just because their technician said he didn't hear anything. They waived it after I showed them they lied according to the app tracking the technician never even entered the highway to test it.

    Also the noise seems to come from the left corner where the glass meets the A pillar.