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Old Oct 3, 2020 | 09:11 AM
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Rapide Wind Noise

Hi. I took my new-to-me 2014 Rapide on its first road trip and I've discovered that there is significant wind noise at highway speed coming from somewhere around the passenger side. I tried the procedure in the owner's manual of resetting the window limits (full down, hold for >5 sec, full up, hold for >5 sec) but that didn't seem to help much if any.

Any advice on what to check or look for? It's not too bad from the driver's seat, which is probably why I hadn't noticed before, but it's quite apparent from the passenger seat and I've still got a thousand or so miles to drive. (It's frustrating having these fancy dual-pane windows to reduce noise and now this happens.)

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Old Oct 3, 2020 | 03:19 PM
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The issue is not indigenous to the 2014 Rapide. Could the passenger side mirror be slightly turned inwards? Sometimes the auto fold does not fully lock open.
 
Old Oct 4, 2020 | 05:36 PM
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Only posting for a "misery loves company" aspect, my DB9 window chirps/whistles at speeds of 80+. It's minor but bugs the heck out of someone like me who notices every little noise/smell. I haven't tried much but expected my only fix to be to replace the weather-stripping, which looks to be around $700-800+. Bring in states and often regulated by speed limits, I can deal with the chirp in my instance.
 
Old Oct 4, 2020 | 06:56 PM
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I had a similar issue - It was in fact the driver mirror position at speeds lets say over 55. Opened and closed the mirror a couple of times and it went away. Beats driving under 55 all the time!
 
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