Roof Rack Whistling Noise

You can also add weather stripping where the car and rack touch to reduce the friction and sound.

Roof rack whistling noise.

If the surface the wind passes over has a consistent shape the disturbance becomes tonal and at certain frequencies very annoying. Now when i drive above 50mph i get a loud whistling noise somewhere near my moon roof. A flimsily placed bike roof rack can meet your car and rub against it as your drive creating noise. Tie it to one end of the front bar and wrap it repeatedly around the bar to the other end of the front bar spaced about an inch per loop working around anything attached to the rack where you tie it tight.

Well tonight after coming home from the bar i got fed up with the noise pulled over and threw the. At first i had the oem rack snowboard clamps so i thought maybe the ice somehow formed a whistle effect with the racks and the wind was just causing it. A wind fairing s goal is to reduce the wind noises which are brought about by the roof rack you have placed in your vehicle. A roof rack experiencing excessive wind noise and whistling can be fixed with a wind fairing aerodynamic crossbars or a diy wind deflector.

It s a thule square bar rack on a jeep grand cherokee. Loud whistle noise from roof rack. You can also wrap some 1 4 to 3 8 rope in a spiral around both bars. It seems to be a common issue just wondering if i got the wrong rack.

The wind noise we hear from some roof racks is known as aeolian no ise and is produced by wind when it passes over or through objects. Before you begin traveling pull the crossbars of your roof rack left to right to see if it s loose. Can disrupt the airflow to break the noise got rid of all of the noise from my rack. Although wind fairings do not eliminate the noise 100 percent it does minimize it significantly to prevent you from being distracted while you are driving.

Anyone else get a whistling noise from their kayak rack. A whistling noisy roof rack can become very annoying especially on long trips. I know you can buy a flushing but doesn t always work.