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Feb 5th, 2006, 21:28 | #1 |
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Wind noise on a new S40
I have, over the past few weeks suffered from wind.....
Or should I say the S40 has.... At about 70mph the whistling coming from (what I thought was the drivers door mirror) was driving me mad.....I had to go under 60mph to avoid it... When I lowered the window to 'play' with the mirror to see if it made any difference, the noise stopped..... I have since found it to be the drivers window. When the electric motor raises the window, it is meant to cut out and the window drop down very slightly. It does this on the three other windows, but not always on the drivers. You notice that when the window reaches the top, the pressure is still applied and the window bows out very slightly, which is causing the whistling noise. If you lower the window a minute amount, or keep 'raising it until it drops back like it is supposed to' the whistling stops...... Has anyone else found this or had problems with the drivers window motor? Martin |
Feb 6th, 2006, 09:04 | #2 |
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I've had it sometimes on my V50. Just fiddling with the window switch cures it - it doesn;t happen all the time like you say. Over christmas when it was really cold I seemed to have whistling from all sides - took it to the dealer and, wouldn't you know it, there was no whistling on the test drive. Trouble is, it's cold enough to whistle at 6am but the test drive is not taking place before 8.30 It seems to have disappeared now that it's not -5.
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Feb 6th, 2006, 19:26 | #3 |
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Cold..
I agree...I think it has something to do with this....The problem started about a couple of weeks ago when we had a frost, and the drivers window froze up and when I tried to lower it, the motor strained away until it eventually went down.....
I think the moral of this is to spray the side windows with de-icer as well as the screen, and try and avoid using electric windows until the car is warm and the windows will lower freely.....I have a feeling a new window motor would not be cheap......but there again, is anything on a Volvo? |
Mar 17th, 2008, 22:37 | #4 |
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Hi I have just picked up a C30 and get wind noise around the doors or windows above 50mph, it sounds like the windows are not closing properly, I will try the solutions mentioned below.
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Mar 18th, 2008, 02:15 | #5 |
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Martin ,
See your dealer and ask them to upgrade the door module software this will reset the softstop position and let the window sit in it normal up position. Mister T. |
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