Front Window Only Wind Noise

[edwardh1]

My 04 Highlander has hissing front window wind noise when the windows are fully up. i am restarting this as a topic since I have found it is NOT mirror or roof rack noise but a failure of the window weather stripping to seal.

If you bump the front window down the smallest amount- maybe 1/8 inch - the noise goes away because the gap (btw the rubber and the glass) then closes up on the inside - the gap is where the window comes up thru the door and is between the glass and the rubber piece on the fabric door panel .

When the glass is hard up, there is a gap between the rubber and the door on the inside, that has opened up, where your elbow would be if the window was down..

Dealer replaced the outside horizontal rubber and metal weatherstrip using the TSB instructions --- then later replaced all the outside visible rubber window "run" pieces. With the windows full up the noise will also stop if you push on the fabric interior door panel about where your elbow would rest if window was down. Dealer has sent the problem to the Toyota district (Jacksonville Fla)

Anyone else had this problem?

[Booyah]

NO, cause I dont have a highlander:)

My rx did it but was fixed with what you just said

[cnynctry]

Some reported that the window was going up too far and causing the frame to flex just enough to cause the wind noise. Lowering it a bit made it go away. Make the dealer adjust the up limit on that window.