Wind noise on motorway

Wind noise on motorway

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thegun86

Original Poster:

4 posts

79 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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Hi,

Wondering if anyone has a quick fix for this.

I bought a second-hand Forester about a month ago. It goes really well apart from a slight hissing from the wing mirror or front windows when I'm on the motorway.

Any ideas what this is and how to fix?

Cheers,

D

tonyb1968

1,156 posts

153 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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You can try cleaning the window seal with warm soapy water, if that does not work then its a new seal unfortunately.

vxr2010

2,597 posts

166 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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Normally on the sg9 it’s the triangular bit attached to the front part of the door where the window is , i know they can be adjusted but i’ve tried and never got very far with it , the other thing that can add to it is if it has wind deflectors if they are broken , i took mine off in the end , the third thing maybe the window needs adjusting , the adjustment process is on line somewhere but what ever you do follow it as you won’t necessary get there by trial and error as the adjustment process is a bit of a fiddle

thegun86

Original Poster:

4 posts

79 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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Great.

I'll have a fiddle and report back.

Thanks guys.

vxr2010

2,597 posts

166 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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https://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/attachmen...
https://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/attachmen...
https://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/attachmen...

don’t know if the above will work , i’m a bloke so i don’t and can’t read instructions so i read up and as best i could and followed it the way i understood

rustip

35 posts

172 months

Wednesday 5th September 2018
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Mine were terrible from the minute I took delivery of the car, its usually the mirror gussets that get stretched and worn over time. I completely replaced both of them, detailed in my thread here:- https://www.scoobynet.com/members-gallery-5/105078...

ICP sell them and they are not very expensive

Wing mirror gusset assembly LH: 61158SA010
Wing mirror gusset assembly RH: 61158SA000