Scion XD Forum - View Single Post - Whistling Noise on Driver Side Over 55mph?

Resolve · 10-13-2010, 09:42 AM

I haven't noticed it on the xd, but normally between the radio and exhaust I dont here much. lol. But it is not a probably with xDs to say. I have had many cars that have the weird whistling right there at the side mirror and the a pillar. mostly on compacts. My mom's Kia Rio has the same thing sometimes.

I believe it's a combination. One you think of a balloon that you open just slightly after filling up with air. You can hear the hiss of all the air trying to fit through a small opening. Well as the air tries to pass between the smaller opening between the mirror and A pillar/ door it creates this sound. And two like when you blow air across the top of a bottle opening you hear the whistling due to the movement of the air in the bottle. Well when the air pass between the mirror and window it causes the air on the mirror side to mix and turn and create a sound.

10-13-2010, 09:42 AM	#13
Resolve OG Member Full Access Member Join Date: May 2009 Name: Resolve Age: 43 Posts: 478	I haven't noticed it on the xd, but normally between the radio and exhaust I dont here much. lol. But it is not a probably with xDs to say. I have had many cars that have the weird whistling right there at the side mirror and the a pillar. mostly on compacts. My mom's Kia Rio has the same thing sometimes. I believe it's a combination. One you think of a balloon that you open just slightly after filling up with air. You can hear the hiss of all the air trying to fit through a small opening. Well as the air tries to pass between the smaller opening between the mirror and A pillar/ door it creates this sound. And two like when you blow air across the top of a bottle opening you hear the whistling due to the movement of the air in the bottle. Well when the air pass between the mirror and window it causes the air on the mirror side to mix and turn and create a sound.
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