Window rattle with crosswinds

[Lurker5]

Hi all,

Is there a general consensus on how to fix the annoying window rattle with crosswinds? Seems to be a fairly common issue.

This is what it sounds like - you might have to turn the sound up. But it sounds way louder in person as it’s coming from a place right by my ear.

The lowest speed I’ve experienced this at was 45, when I push on the window outwards it goes away.

I would rather not deal with a dealership, but would they replace the window seal? The dealership I bought it at is 4 hours away and the one by me doesn’t seem to want to deal with my warranty work. So I’m thinking about stuffing sticky weather stripping between the window and door frame on the inside to cause the window to push out a bit.

Thoughts?

 

[HORN HIGH ACES]

I've had this happen a few times in windy conditions on the highway. Drives me nuts! Would love to hear if anyone has figured out a way to prevent this as it's annoying AF.

 

[Donmatteo]

It's not the window rattling. It's the weather strip on the outside of the truck where it meets the window in the upper right corner (outside) / upper left side next to your head (inside)

There is a slight gap that air get's in and it starts vibrating.

I added a 6 inch felt strip to that area and it hasn't returned. There is a post about it here.

Window trim rattle/vibration

I added the felt to the inside of the rubber weatherstrip that the window connects with. It was a piece of felt about 8 inch long that rattle/vibration is gone. Going to have the dealer look at it at the next oil change but that was the fix for mine.

www.fordraptorforum.com

 

[Lurker5]

Thank you so much, I’ll be trying that this weekend. I’ll report back after a while whether it came back.

 

[Donmatteo]

Thank you so much, I’ll be trying that this weekend. I’ll report back after a while whether it came back.

This is what I used

Amazon.com

 

[Lurker5]

This is what I used

Amazon.com

ha! Thanks for sharing. I already have the same thing ‘in stock’ from my 23 Tundra troubleshooting

 

[Deltadriver]

I have the same issue.

 

[3Dog]

I have had this issue on several cars, so not just a Raptor thing. And only had it happen in west Texas.

 

[beemerb0y]

I have the same issue, brand new 24 truck. If you stick your finger in the gap, the noise goes away. So clearly its not a tight seal or something along those lines. Im going to try weatherstripping lubricant (generally used on convertible cars) and see if that works. I dont want to stick felt on there, I believe it will constantly come off/turn gooey with warm weather

 

[Donmatteo]

I have the same issue, brand new 24 truck. If you stick your finger in the gap, the noise goes away. So clearly its not a tight seal or something along those lines. Im going to try weatherstripping lubricant (generally used on convertible cars) and see if that works. I dont want to stick felt on there, I believe it will constantly come off/turn gooey with warm weather

I've had it on there for over a year and it's fine. Don't even notice it.