Got a scare tonight... wind buffeting

[garryjohnson]

On my way to work tonight, I went through a fast food drive thru and when I got back on the road, I noticed a loud rattle and rear shake when I hit ~25mph. It was like when wheels are out of balance. I stopped and looked around all four wheels and couldn't find anything out of the ordinary. I went the rest of the way to work (about one mile) very slowly. When I got to work, I noticed the back driver side window was half way down. I guess I inadvertently let it down in the drive thru. I put it back up and did a quick road test and problem solved. I had no idea having the back windows down could cause this. It was very unnerving and something I will remember if it ever happens again.

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[OTACORB]

Thanks for the heads up, I will remember that! Amazing how stuff like this can catch us so off guard.

By the way thank you for your military service!

 

[06Warrior]

So it was wind buffeting?

 

[garryjohnson]

So it was wind buffeting?

I have no idea what caused it. It wasn't windy, just whatever 25mph created. I didn't have time to do a lot of investigating as I had to get to work. Maybe I will do some road tests on my days off to see if I can recreate the problem. If I can get my son to ride with me, maybe we can get a video. I want to try it with the same window all the way down and different scenarios with all windows half and all the way down.

 

[Swami37]

Common occurrence in four door trucks when back windows are down and front ones up.

 

[FESTUS]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

 

[desmobob]

Common occurrence in four door trucks when back windows are down and front ones up.

My Subaru Forester does it... a thrumming sound that goes right through your head. It's extremely annoying and prevents opening the rear windows unless one or both of the front windows are at least open a little bit.

 

[JBL14]

WOW! This is a common occurrence. It is obvious you have been driving Corvettes, Porches and two door sport cars for a very long time. Welcome to my world now. HA HA.

 

[teh603]

My Subaru Forester does it... a thrumming sound that goes right through your head. It's extremely annoying and prevents opening the rear windows unless one or both of the front windows are at least open a little bit.

I think pretty much everything does it. The Fit does it when my wife accidentally rolls up the front windows before the back ones.

 

[weebee]

Pretty much all the vehicles I've owned did that in various degrees. And from one vet to another. Thanks for you service.

 

[Scupking]

Happens on every vehicle I have owned if you only have one window open a little. It sounds like a helicopter! My kids think it's funny..

 

[Fastbackjon]

Yes, I agree with the others, as even some of the 4 door cars have this wind buffering and that most of the full size trucks do as well. Can really get annoying. If I had a manual or sliding rear window in the truck, I would open it up some and it would help. I havent driven my Maverick with the back windows down yet, so it will be interesting to see what I can do to temper it as I do have the manual sliding window I could open up. Thanks for the heads up.

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