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Old 06-15-2005, 03:09 AM
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Default Closed "Open Sky" Vibration

Rolling home from Tampa yesterday, my wife and I noticed significant noise from the Open Sky that we didn't have on the way down. This was between 80 and 95 MPH.

We were able to identify the fact that it was the roof vibrating. While she was driving, when the noise would occur, I was able to stop it temporarily by applying forward pressure to the black bar on the front of the glass. I could feel the vibration that tied to the sound in my fingers.

The sound, when not squelched, was prety bad, I finally took a business card, folded it a few times and shoved it into the gap between the black bar and the roof and it muffled the issue a bit.

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Old 06-15-2005, 04:01 AM
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Default I'd see the dealer about it . . . sounds like you have a bad seal or something.

Which is one of the things that I'm worried about when getting Open Sky . . . . I just hope it isn't something that will occur after the first four years are up.

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Default That definitely doesn't sound normal.

I'd take it to the dealer to have it checked.
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Default I get a similar sound when I have my rear seat folded down and other windows closed.

Haven't found a solution.
Old 06-16-2005, 12:14 AM
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Default I don't recall hearing that when driving home yesterday

and that was whilst cruising between 80 and 95mph for a long period.
I would say that is not a "feature" and so should be looked into.
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Default Re: Closed "Open Sky" Vibration

I have the same problem. Only hear the noise when we hit 80+ MPH. I pushed on the front edge of the open sky and the noise was muffled somewhat. It's going back to the dealer this week.

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Old 06-19-2005, 05:46 AM
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I hope this proves to be an EZ fix. Its really annoying.
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