Thanks for doing this! I was about to attempt the same thing, but my wife was not down with me being in the trunk at 80+ mph. I'll take a look around the area you described tomorrow.
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New Model S Plaid/LR. whistling wind noise at 79+ MPH
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Thanks for doing this! I was about to attempt the same thing, but my wife was not down with me being in the trunk at 80+ mph. I'll take a look around the area you described tomorrow.
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So I taped up the rear like this (below); the whistle is still there but it does seem to be dampened somewhat?!? I am not 100% sure... I think one way to disprove my own theory would be to hang some type of board over the full back of the trunk and see if that make any type of acoustic difference.
I am beginning to suspect it may be part of the intrinsic trunk design feature to warn you that you are going too fast.
So I taped up the rear like this (below); the whistle is still there but it does seem to be dampened somewhat?!? I am not 100% sure... I think one way to disprove my own theory would be to hang some type of board over the full back of the trunk and see if that make any type of acoustic difference.
I am beginning to suspect it may be part of the intrinsic trunk design feature to warn you that you are going too fast.
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More data point:
So I taped up the rear like this (below); the whistle is still there but it does seem to be dampened somewhat?!? I am not 100% sure... I think one way to disprove my own theory would be to hang some type of board over the full back of the trunk and see if that make any type of acoustic difference.
I am beginning to suspect it may be part of the intrinsic trunk design feature to warn you that you are going too fast.
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Interesting. Wonder if the refresh 2.0 has this issue fixed...
Any update? Did you ever locate the noise?More data point:
So I taped up the rear like this (below); the whistle is still there but it does seem to be dampened somewhat?!? I am not 100% sure... I think one way to disprove my own theory would be to hang some type of board over the full back of the trunk and see if that make any type of acoustic difference.
I am beginning to suspect it may be part of the intrinsic trunk design feature to warn you that you are going too fast.
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This would’ve made for an interesting explanation if your friend got pulled over by the police while you were in the trunk.
I am happy to report that I solved the issue (at least for my version of the whistle). The culprit is the trunk latch. Once service center put some type of rubbery material around the latch, the whistle is now gone. I've tested up to mid 90s mph. Just regular wind noises now.
You welcome!
Hi, I dropped of my car at service center and told them about this issue, can you please post a picture where exactly and how they put the rubber piece? Btw my build date is 02/28/22I am happy to report that I solved the issue (at least for my version of the whistle). The culprit is the trunk latch. Once service center put some type of rubbery material around the latch, the whistle is now gone. I've tested up to mid 90s mph. Just regular wind noises now.
You welcome!
Here. I suspect any thin rubbery material that disrupts the vortex airflow will work. It's on the underside so it's not like anyone will ever notice it's there.
Thanks for the info and picture! Sorry, but I'm having a hard time understanding where exactly they put this rubber piece in. Could you take a picture a bit more zoomed out to see where it is relative to the car?
I get it now. It's the trunk button release. I was thinking it was the physical latch that locks the trunk.
Awesome thanks. I'm going on a trip in the week, so I'll tape this up and see if it solves it. If so I'll throw some rubber gasket in there
It will probably vary by car.
After two trips to the SC they admitted they are not a body shop. I have a friend who works at EBC and does really expensive cars. He agreed to align the doors for a drive in the Plaid.
First he checked all the seals, they were OK.
He took off each door latch, put it on the bench. "The hinges hold the door up and the latch only holds the door closed". The alignment began with both of us. First was to align all the door gaps, this took skills I won't say I can duplicate. When step one was done all four doors had perfect panel gaps when held closed.
Next he took a pencil and drew a line at the center of the latch slot with the door almost closed. He put one on and lined it up, took three tried to get the door to close without changing alignment. He did this to each door. Over two hours and alignment/gaps were better than I believed possible.
Passenger rear door had a little wind noise still. He said the window had to "come in a little at the top" but we were out of time. I need to take the door apart and shim the track somehow.
Yes. This seems to have solved the issue for me.j. Basically closing the gaps around the release latch.
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