A windy issue...

[FR_Simon]

Hudson, out of interest, what does SEAT Technical involvement amount to? Are they taking your car away to 'investigate'?


Hopefully get some time this weekend to crack out the masking tape and try to isolate the cause myself.
Who do I know with a wind tunnel....

 

[Hudson]

Have seat dropped the ball on this one.

As its probably known by all my ibiza has the same problem everyone else does, just a little more... extreme shall we say.


Anyhow... I complained to seat after the 10th visit to the garage to fix my car.

Anyway to cut a long story short the garages i have been to (according to seat customer services) have never raised a DISS report with seat technical and this is likely as to why its never been fixed.

Does any of this sound likely?

Anyone who works for seat care to clarify?

 

[kidinspace]

As its probably known by all my ibiza has the same problem everyone else does, just a little more... extreme shall we say.


Anyhow... I complained to seat after the 10th visit to the garage to fix my car.

Anyway to cut a long story short the garages i have been to (according to seat customer services) have never raised a DISS report with seat technical and this is likely as to why its never been fixed.

Does any of this sound likely?

Anyone who works for seat care to clarify?

Which problem?

.G.

 

[Hudson]

kindly moved by the lovely admins... makes more sense now

 

[Aimez]

I have this from the passenger side door top left corner window area. Always wanted to listen/feel to where it was coming but am obviously always driving. Had my chance on the way to the national meet, I could feel no air was coming in the car where the noise was so that narrowed it down. Can you feel air coming in form anywhere. I have not done anything about it tbh I can see the rubber looks a bit different but I have no warranty and have lived with it for 3 years!

 

[Hudson]

i have the same problem. The noise comes form the corner and the front, no wind can be felt.. b ut when i drive in damp foggy conditions i get a build up of moisture in the corner of the window... which doesnt look right to me.

 

[boomhauwer]

it's the mirror. I have it too. it's gone since I replaced the whole mirror (it broke)

ibizas are cool cars too watch, but they are very poorly build.

 

[Aimez]

Not the mirror on mine thou as I out my ear to it and it was coming from the far left top corner of the window. crappy door rubbers and crap design but it is just a Seat after all!lol

 

[Hudson]

Not the mirror on mine as i still have the noise when i take it off.

 

[Hudson]

Well just got off th ephone with Barlows (thumbs up to them they called me). seems my chappie at seat customer service has rang them explaining what he wants them to do.

So my car is booked in for a DISS report which the helpful lady recons will take around 2 days, the only downer is i have to shell out £100 for the privledge .

 

[Aimez]

2 days what why the hell they need that long for wind noise?!

 

[Hudson]

the garage are blaming seat technical because they have to do everything via email...

I wish they'd have realised that this hadnt been done before my warranty ran out last month .....

 

[Aimez]

ah right to be fair we have that with Volvo truck at work, we have to put in a technical inquiry and wait for them to get back to us on certain things is a pain.

 

[LeekFR]

don't worry everybody, VW Polo owners have the same problem, i drove a 2009 polo today on the motorway and it's just as bad as my ibiza, turning the stereo up is the easy solution or buy an old man's car comortable car like a mercedes.

 

[FR_Simon]

Hi All,


With some tape I located the noise as coming from the top edge of the mirror housing (the edge that runs diagonally down) where it meets the rubber seal around the door. Try sealing along the gap with some tape, let me know if it cures the noise for you?? With some tape across the seal there is blissful silence a la passenger side!


Well the trouble maker is back from the dealers who had it today to investigate the drivers side wind roar under warranty, I pointed out the source of the noise on dropping it off this morning. Picked her up and they have gone mad with the sealant/filler inside the mirror housing and the casing seems to be more flush with the door but.... the noise is still there
Has been escalated to SEAT, should hear more in a week or so hopefully. Hudson have you heard back from SEAT mate?

Let me know if taping across the interface between mirror and seal works for you?

 

[Aimez]

Been reading these threads for 2 year very poor success rate good luck though! I know exactly where the wind noise is not much I can so about it thou.

 

[Hudson]

Hi All,


With some tape I located the noise as coming from the top edge of the mirror housing (the edge that runs diagonally down) where it meets the rubber seal around the door. Try sealing along the gap with some tape, let me know if it cures the noise for you?? With some tape across the seal there is blissful silence a la passenger side!


Well the trouble maker is back from the dealers who had it today to investigate the drivers side wind roar under warranty, I pointed out the source of the noise on dropping it off this morning. Picked her up and they have gone mad with the sealant/filler inside the mirror housing and the casing seems to be more flush with the door but.... the noise is still there
Has been escalated to SEAT, should hear more in a week or so hopefully. Hudson have you heard back from SEAT mate?

Let me know if taping across the interface between mirror and seal works for you?

Car is not until next week and even then theyre not actually doing anything to it other than a DISS report.

 

[Hudson]

Well Barlow motors had my car for two days. (Respect tot hem they didnt charge me where as seat themselves did).

Results..... no brilliant but better. There is still clearly wind noise when driving 40+ but its getting better, my window no longer rattles and no more water on the wrong side of the car.. (ie INside! joy).

Awaiting seat uk to call me to confirm what they have done and the next steps.

In the mean time, i'm gonna be checking my window and front scuttle panel and get those taped off, as the mech at barlows said, hes filled every hole (surprising how many) re-done all the rubbers too.

I'm getting closer.

 

[Aimez]

Sounds good think I may get mine looked at next time it is in as I noticed a tiny bit of water gets in where the wind noise is coming from think it just needs a new rubber it looks out of shape for some reason, dunno why I rarely have a passenger in the car!?

Anyone know who much the rubber around the door is?

 

[RUM4MO]

don't worry everybody, VW Polo owners have the same problem, i drove a 2009 polo today on the motorway and it's just as bad as my ibiza, turning the stereo up is the easy solution or buy an old man's car comortable car like a mercedes.

Yes indeed, my wife's 2003MY Polo 9N 5 door has had this problem from new - in the case of the 5 door cars, I'd reckon that most of this noise is due to poor design of the door outer seal - rear edge where it is meant to seal against or blend into the front edge of the rear door seal. If it really annoys me (when I drive the car), I open make sure that I press/bend it in before closing the door - that works for a long journey!