I don't either, occasional whistling, I do believe the foam is doing it's job though. Call me picky, but I don't want to make payments of hard earned money for a vehicle that has foam stuffed in the door channel. That is not quality workmanship.
Now that the word is out...new buyers will be checking for foam...and test driving....which is a good thing...Hyundai hope you are listening..
Exactly, it was actually the first thing I looked for when we took delivery on a dealer traded Palisade on Feb 8th. My salesman at the point he met me had no clue of the wind noise or TSBs to correct. I told him I wouldn't take delivery until I found out the foam had either been placed in it, or it was quiet without. He told me he drove it, and it was very quiet, but that I would have to be the judge of that. I was pleasantly surprised that it was, and I bought it, with the assumption and faith that Hyundai would eventually make it right. I still have faith they will, and they are certainly making efforts. More trial and error until they get it right though. Kind of crazy that the wind noise is coming in different areas of the door depending on the vehicle though.
I have the sponge in both doors..also notice the rear section of the windows does not go down as far as the front section...also while the window is down squeeze the outer section of the door and the inside of the door together..takes very little effort to see excessive movement...sloppy design ..just asking for problems and wind noise ..not to mention this glass..
that's some sloppy workmanship right there. did you push the foam down behind the door panel where it belongs or did you trim it off? glad you found your cause of noise.
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I just pulled it out with my finger. It doesn't go down all the way. Not sure if by doing what I did it might be putting extra pressure against the windshield which made the air leak stop. Problem with mine was it was doing it while i was on park. So annoying
This is referred to as ( Fit and Finish ) or lack of..
there's a gap between the upper and lower half of the mirror for where it rotates. This could easily let air in, straight down the mirror support into the door panel.
He said he pulled the seal out...
Yes I pulled the seal out. If I were to put pressure on it it would change the whistle sound. Its pretty flexible so I just pulled it out with my finger. I called the dealer and mentioned it to them so they might replace the window seal as well. I'll keep you guys posted.
ah, I thought he meant he pulled it out after finding it in the state shown in his picture. "out" as in pulled it off to fix his noise. He also called the window a windshield, twice. ;-)
I really don't understand how Hyundai/Kia let it get to this point. Auto manufacturers do such extensive preproduction testing before releasing a new model for sale. Were they just that oblivious to the noise, or were the preproduction vehicles that solid and tight?
Ok, that does make sense.
The photo appears to be at the B-pillar where you pulled the seal out. I think you meant side glass instead of windshield, which to me would be the front, near the A-pillar and side mirror. If you did mean the front windshield though, please disregard. I am just trying to understand exactly where the seal was pulled from.
I wonder if US crash standards required different designs in the doors and they just assumed that the seal design used on other market models would work the same.
All very good possibilities. The Palisade is manufactured in S. Korea and the Telluride in the US. Both are experiencing the same issue though. The door panels are esthetically different in the Kia, but inners may be more similar than we know.
