Roof Rack Whistling Noise

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.

Roof rack whistling noise.

Before you begin traveling pull the crossbars of your roof rack left to right to see if it s loose. If the surface the wind passes over has a consistent shape the disturbance becomes tonal and at certain frequencies very annoying. You can also add weather stripping where the car and rack touch to reduce the friction and sound. 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. It seems to be a common issue just wondering if i got the wrong rack. A whistling noisy roof rack can become very annoying especially on long trips. Loud whistle noise from roof rack.

A flimsily placed bike roof rack can meet your car and rub against it as your drive creating noise. Can disrupt the airflow to break the noise got rid of all of the noise from my rack. Anyone else get a whistling noise from their kayak rack. Now when i drive above 50mph i get a loud whistling noise somewhere near my moon roof.

Take a thin utility cord. This breaks up the vorticies that create the whistling noise in the first place and is easier than repositioning your rack. 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. It s a thule square bar rack on a jeep grand cherokee.

I know you can buy a flushing but doesn t always work. A roof rack experiencing excessive wind noise and whistling can be fixed with a wind fairing aerodynamic crossbars or a diy wind deflector. 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.