Wind noise in passenger door on highway

[Radshooter]

We took the CTD to the farm this past weekend instead of the Tundra because I had to borrow Dad's welder to work on the fifth-wheel hitch. It was about a 4 hour drive. Three hours on Interstate in a cross-wind almost drove me nuts. I let the wife drive so she could get used to the shift pattern. (She wants to learn to tow the fiver. ) This was the first time I have spent any time at all in the passenger seat, so I never noticed the wind noise in the passenger door before. At one point, I actually saw the door vibrating in the wind where it matches the top of the A-pillar. We drove home in the rain and had no leaks, so I think the weatherstrip is OK. I have not noticed this problem before, so maybe it was a case of everything being just right to annoy me. Would this be covered under warranty? Any ideas?



Thanks...

Steve

 

[CLAYTON]

Sometimes a door alignment will work. With mine I have had them look at it two different times and it helped out for about a day. These doors are kind of skimpy and never felt as solid as they should. I know a ton of people have had the same problem. Hopefully someone chimes in with some helpful info.

 

[Radshooter]

Thanks Clayton. It is good to know my problem is not unique. I think I will call a local dealer to get it checked out. I have a few other things to get looked at also.



Steve

 

[PHeadings]

A lot of members have had this problem. Your doors need a DDT (Dealer door tweek). Take it to a dealer of your choise and they will tweek your door top and bottom with force to make the door more round in turn giving you a tighter seal. A few menbers have had the seals replaced with no luck.

 

[TexBamBam]

I had the same problem and no one was ever able to fix it... also the mirrors were making noise too. I lubed the joint and it's better. But the doors are a problem.

 

[DJennings]

I was driving in that same wind on I-90 in Minnesota Saturday. That wind was 30-40+ mph gusts that would have caused that kind of wind noise in just about any car. I got a few wind vibrations, especially when the wind was gusting. I had a 2003 VW Passat 2 separate door seals that would still get wind noise/vibration in strong crosswinds from whichever door was away from the wind.



Part of it is that the cab is at a slightly higher pressure than the outside, then the wind creates a low pressure area on the far side of the vehicle (side away from wind)which is working to pull the door out slightly, especially when the wind suddenly gusts.



IMHO, everything was just right to annoy you, unless it is happening on drives w/ no wind. It would have bothered me more if I hadn't been driving 6hrs with a 103 temp/flu trying to get home.

 

[JVolpe]

I had the probem in my 2003 1500 QC 4x4. The crosswind had to be from a certain direction and then the wind noise on the passenger side would drive me and passengers crazy. It only happened in very specific conditions, conditions I could never duplicate at the dealer. I tried everything, nothing worked except trading it in on my 2500 QC CTD. I have not had the problem in this truck.

 

[lightmup]

The top of the doors are slightly taller than the roof line of the truck, this helps catch the cross winds. I was told that wind-tunnel testing on these trucks only involves head winds. The slightly taller door frame in relation to the roof line is responsible for the wind noise, just my . 02

 

[ropinfool2]

I had the same problem only with the Drivers door. After repeated visits to the dealer, with no positive results, and afraid to tweek my own doors, I adjusted the latch so that the door shuts tighter. Sure the body lines are off just a hair, no one notices but me, but no more noise!!! I'm thinking of backing off just a bit to try and line the panels up better, just because. John

 

[mathiowetz]

I did the same as ropinfool2 on my 03 CTD. Just marked the original position of the latch post with a pen ( just in case I moved it too far) and then moved it in a hair. Had to do this for both passenger and drivers door. It fixed the wind noise.

 

[CMckee]

i had the same problem with my 96, i just put it up to the age and the doors sagging a bit. i bought some wide flat weatherstripping from canadian tire and put it on the doors where the seals mated with the doors. It helped quite a bit as we get huge west winds up here all the time. Then i got the idea to replace the upper and lower bushings in the lower hinges. They were a $6. 00 part from DC. So for $25. 00 i fixed the problem as the doors closed much tighter. The old bushings literally fell out they were so worn, yours being newer may not be as bad.

chris

 

[Radshooter]

Thanks for all the ideas guys. It probably was just a freak that everything lined up just right this time. It has not bothered me before. If it happens again, I may try tightening the door latches. I also noticed the door was higher than the cab when I sweep snow off the cab. That may have been why it was catching the cross wind as the passenger door was down wind of the cab.

Thanks again... ...

Steve

 

[Red Ramrod]

My driver door can make a lot of noise in a heavy cross wind especially with the Artic Fox camper loaded. I noticed that if you turn the fan controls to recirculate the cab air the noise almost always goes away. By recirculating the air instead of pulling in fresh air it must lower the cabin pressure which relieves pressure on the door seal. Not a fix to what is causing the problem but a easy way to get rid of that annoying noise. I hope that helps. Luckily around Northwest Washington we do not get a lot of wind.