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When you go down/up a curb do you hear your rear windshield vibrate?

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Old 10-15-2008, 06:48 PM
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Default When you go down/up a curb do you hear your rear windshield vibrate?

Like when I reverse down the driveway and slow down to go down curb I can hear the rear windshield, more like hear the rear window weatherstripping adjusting/creaking. Can't be normal?

That and poor wind noise around front windows and how I can still push on the door a few centimeters when it's closed

almost 9 years old, owned it for 2.5 years, maybe it's time to replace the weatherstrips.
 
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Old 10-15-2008, 06:52 PM
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not normal, at least that doesn't happened to me. but check your seals/ weatherstripping.
 
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Old 10-15-2008, 06:55 PM
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how exactly do I check my seals/weatherstripping around the rear windshield?
 
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Old 10-15-2008, 07:27 PM
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How do you know the noise is coming from the windshield?

Is the windshield loose?
 
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Old 10-15-2008, 07:30 PM
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i can hear a creaking rubber noise and there's nothing else in my car that could make that noise from the back, or I would assume.

my question is, how do I check to see if it's loose or what, where are the mounts at, don't even know how it's secured.
 
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Old 10-15-2008, 07:39 PM
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Mine doesnt vibrate at all. Check all around, might be the weather striping.
 
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Old 10-15-2008, 07:39 PM
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Push on the window from inside and out and at various angles to check for looseness.

Also, have a buddy sit in the rear seat and try to localize the noise while you are backing out of the driveway.
 
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it's probably the rear deck garnish/cover thing (the area behind the back seats, directly under the back window, that the speakers mount on.)
 
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Yeah, there seems to be lots of possibilities, including what Trust mentions as well as something loose in the trunk or even the exhaust system.
 
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Old 10-15-2008, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by trustdestruction
it's probably the rear deck garnish/cover thing (the area behind the back seats, directly under the back window, that the speakers mount on.)
it's not that, simply because before I had my sub mounted it would get caught against the bottom of the rear speakers and it would rattle like crazy. That sound is gone since I mounted the subs.
 
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