sunroof wind noise...

[Gensedan Toronto]

Gotta love this forum.
Yesterday I was driving with the sunroof open on the highway for the first time. I thought, man that's noisy (I've had it 3 weeks and hadn't noticed any significant noise on city streets).

I suddenly remembered something I read somewhere on the forum about this issue. Sure enough, got home, left the sunroof open, got out and looked up on top and there it was...the blue protective tape had not been removed from the pop-up wind deflector. Peeled it off and it's all good.

Thought it was worth posting for some of the newer members who might not have seen the previous posts on this. A nice quick fix thanks to the forum.

Cheers

 

[ctrcbob]

Great Post!

I never knew that tape was used to hold the deflector down in shipment.
I guess the dealer PDI guy forgot to remove it.

Lately, I've been driving with the top retracted, vice tilted as I normally did. With it retracted, I sometimes get the sun beating down on my head, so I've started to wear a wide brim hat in the car with the top retracted.

 

[dataguy]

There's also tape on the spoiler itself that doesn't hold it down but (I suspect) is to protect the surface from damage during transport. That's the tape that was making the noise on my car: http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai-genesis-forum/album.php?albumid=167&pictureid=1089

 

[Aquineas]

I had the same blue tape on mine... This must be the most overlooked dealer prep item.

 

[chingador]

hilarious. Exact same thing happened to me.

 

[RogerB]

Same here. I bought the car last fall when we had no reason to open the sunroof. I was foolish enough to open the sunroof while driving at 100 kph on the open highway a couple of weeks ago. Well, the noise was horrendous. I stopped as soon as I could to examine it. There was the tape. It was vibrating in the wind.

 

[ASHDUMP]

I found the sunroof tape like the rest of you here....

I also just found more tape after detailing the car last week. It was on the sides of the seats near the center console. I keep finding protective tape all over this car!

 

[postalav8]

I found the sunroof tape like the rest of you here....

I also just found more tape after detailing the car last week. It was on the sides of the seats near the center console. I keep finding protective tape all over this car!

Just removed that same tape off the seats this past weekend. Where will we find the next secret location of tape?

 

[flyboy2]

If there is too much noise just close the sunroof-- The noise will go away. I know you're Canadian but it's quite easy to do.

 

[QCTLG]

If there is too much noise just close the sunroof-- The noise will go away. I know you're Canadian but it's quite easy to do.

flyboy,

Thanks soo much for making me understand why I heard that noise since I bought my car over a year ago!
This winter I couldn't believe how much snow there was in my car. I've spent countless hours cleaning the inside of my car (removing snow, drying every piece of hardware inside the car).

Every time it rained I always wondered why the inside was wet.
Brought it to the dealer numerous times to be told it was designed that way and that they couldn't do anything to fix it!

I was always afraid to wash my car cause it seemed to get wet inside over and over again.

You changed everything for me. I'm going to wash my car today and test your theory.
I will definitely let you know the outcome.
If the inside stays dry (I highly doubt that) I will write to HMC to let them know.

Thanks again...It's not easy being Canadian!

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[RogerB]

Yes, thank you, flyboy2 for your brilliant suggestion!

I remember an incident a few years ago where I was too stupid to close the sunroof. We had a Buick in those days. The month was November and the place was Toronto. We were down there for a wedding. Following the wedding ceremony we were driving along Lakeshore Boulevard. Since it was unseasonably warm, we had the sunroof wide open. So there we were in our finest clothes enjoying the sunshine when splat! One of the many seagulls flying overhead released his load onto us, right through the sunroof.

Today I think about birds before opening the sunroof and I try to remember to close it when leaving the car parked somewhere.

 

[nearwater]

Found the same tape when I opened the sunroof for the first time.
I read about the tape in another thread and knew exactly what to do as soon as I heard the noise.

Dan

 

[nearwater]

Lately, I've been driving with the top retracted, vice tilted as I normally did. With it retracted, I sometimes get the sun beating down on my head, so I've started to wear a wide brim hat in the car with the top retracted.

That's so pimp!

Dan

 

[Disaster]

I removed the tape but it still seems a bit too noisy. Perhaps it is just the difference between the insulated closed car and the open sunroof but I did notice that you could reduce the noise, quite a bit, by just pulling the wind deflector down a half inch. I need to inspect it closer to see if there is something else I'm missing...a second piece of tape perhaps? Maybe I can find a way to jury rig it, so it doesn't extend all the way up (holding it part way down with my hand isn't really a good solution!)

 

[flyboy2]

flyboy,

Thanks soo much for making me understand why I heard that noise since I bought my car over a year ago!
This winter I couldn't believe how much snow there was in my car. I've spent countless hours cleaning the inside of my car (removing snow, drying every piece of hardware inside the car).

Every time it rained I always wondered why the inside was wet.
Brought it to the dealer numerous times to be told it was designed that way and that they couldn't do anything to fix it!

I was always afraid to wash my car cause it seemed to get wet inside over and over again.

You changed everything for me. I'm going to wash my car today and test your theory.
I will definitely let you know the outcome.
If the inside stays dry (I highly doubt that) I will write to HMC to let them know.

Thanks again...It's not easy being Canadian!

Because the manual is in English and you being a foreigner and all, I will be glad to help you any time I can. How is the Queen doing? We haven't heard much from her lately. I hear Obama wants to make Canada a state so he can get more taxes to pay for his programs. How do you up North feel about that? Do you have cable up there? Are you able to get World News? And one last question-- If your igloos are heated, why doesn't the ice construction melt? I've always wondered about that--

 

[HeavyG]

That deflector won't get rid of all the wind noise, but it will get rid of those deep booms from the airflow going into the cabin. Here's an experiment - hold the deflector down at speed and you can tell the difference in the type of noise level.

I believe Hyundai makes a plastic deflector that fits on the front edge of the sunroof - that would probably reduce noise levels even further.

 

[ctrcbob]

Because the manual is in English and you being a foreigner and all, I will be glad to help you any time I can. How is the Queen doing? We haven't heard much from her lately. I hear Obama wants to make Canada a state so he can get more taxes to pay for his programs. How do you up North feel about that? Do you have cable up there? Are you able to get World News? And one last question-- If your igloos are heated, why doesn't the ice construction melt? I've always wondered about that--

That is in POOR TASTE!

 

[ctrcbob]

That deflector won't get rid of all the wind noise, but it will get rid of those deep booms from the airflow going into the cabin. Here's an experiment - hold the deflector down at speed and you can tell the difference in the type of noise level.

I believe Hyundai makes a plastic deflector that fits on the front edge of the sunroof - that would probably reduce noise levels even further.

I would not use one of those Plastic Deflectors. I've used them in the past on two different cars, and both times, when I removed them, they left a mark on the roof. Enough of a mark that I could not polish it out. I have one sitting in my shed right now. Might look nice, but they do damage to the paint.

 

[Disaster]

I would not use one of those Plastic Deflectors. I've used them in the past on two different cars, and both times, when I removed them, they left a mark on the roof. Enough of a mark that I could not polish it out. I have one sitting in my shed right now. Might look nice, but they do damage to the paint.

I think they look bad, like those similar guards you see on the front windows. Hate all that tacked on junk. Looks cheesy. Now there is another reason not to get it. It wrecks the finish.

 

[scottdk]

I think they look bad, like those similar guards you see on the front windows. Hate all that tacked on junk. Looks cheesy. Now there is another reason not to get it. It wrecks the finish.

Ha ha..... this is stated exactly as I feel too