2011 S4 Prestige Wind Noise
02-07-2011, 04:47 PM
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I have noticed a very faint whistling noise coming from the driver's side door at highway speeds. It is intermittent, depending on wind direction. It sounds like the weather stripping is not completely tight or the door hinge needs to be adjusted slightly (and I mean SLIGHTLY). Since it is faint and episodic, I have not even mentioned it to the dealer as I know they will tell me "could not reproduce customer complaint."
But I still wish I didn't have the noise.
But I still wish I didn't have the noise.
02-07-2011, 05:31 PM
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I have noticed a very faint whistling noise coming from the driver's side door at highway speeds. It is intermittent, depending on wind direction. It sounds like the weather stripping is not completely tight or the door hinge needs to be adjusted slightly (and I mean SLIGHTLY). Since it is faint and episodic, I have not even mentioned it to the dealer as I know they will tell me "could not reproduce customer complaint."
But I still wish I didn't have the noise.
But I still wish I didn't have the noise.
Whistling noise / wind noise in the front door (2019981/2)
02-07-2011, 07:40 PM
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For the ones with wind noise especially the drivers side get your dealer to look at the lock on the door. I had this problem and they readjusted the lock and the wind noise was gone. It made a huge difference. You can check this by seeing if the drivers door is flush with the rear door and also if you push on the door when it is closed it should only move ever so slightly, if it moves more than the passenger front door than it definitely is the lock.
02-07-2011, 08:10 PM
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I think the Prem+ doesn't have this problem...
02-07-2011, 10:13 PM
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02-08-2011, 06:02 AM
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I can hear wind in my driver door while driving... I just would hate to take it in and they tell me nothing is wrong or they attempt a fix and then make something worse... Anyone can confirm this TSB in US?
02-08-2011, 10:12 AM
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I've noticed some whistling a couple times, try opening the window slightly and re-closing it. I think under certain circumstances the window won't close 100% percent correctly or rather that the seals don't line up perfectly. Hasn't happened enough to really see a pattern but it might have something to do with closing the window while at speed and the air pressure moving things a hair. Honestly I don't think you'd even notice it in a regular car but it's so quiet in there it allows you to hear small noises like this.
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