Wind Whistle
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Wind Whistle
May sound weird, got a 2012 F250 I just picked up a couple months ago, got a wind whistle when she reaches speeds in excess of 60ish. Got me baffled, antenna, bumper, who the hell knows. Anyone else had this problem before? It's annoying for sure. I'm sure it's not mechanical.
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May sound weird, got a 2012 F250 I just picked up a couple months ago, got a wind whistle when she reaches speeds in excess of 60ish. Got me baffled, antenna, bumper, who the hell knows. Anyone else had this problem before? It's annoying for sure. I'm sure it's not mechanical.
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I get a wind whistle sometimes on my 2016 SDCC DRW, I don't notice it around town driving, it's always at highway speeds of 60+, sounds like it is in the front end area, it doesn't happen all the time, I figured it is a combination of the direction I am traveling and the speed / direction of the wind in the area creating turbulence around the bumper cutouts, grill or hood gaps, maybe it is something else but being that it doesn't happen all the time has me a little baffled.
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I get a wind whistle sometimes on my 2016 SDCC DRW, I don't notice it around town driving, it's always at highway speeds of 60+, sounds like it is in the front end area, it doesn't happen all the time, I figured it is a combination of the direction I am traveling and the speed / direction of the wind in the area creating turbulence around the bumper cutouts, grill or hood gaps, maybe it is something else but being that it doesn't happen all the time has me a little baffled.
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A couple of times my truck made a kazoo like noise when driving down the highway into a headwind. I read others say the same thing. It's the way the windshield is put in.
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It does only happen at 60+;
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Well good thing I really only drive it a couple days a week. New windshield for sure this summer, it's already fell victim to our winter roads. Sound was there before it cracked. -5 this morning so I'm sitting inside till I get some sun.
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I have no doubt that it is the windshield. I have been dealing with it on my 2012 for a few years now. Keep waiting for a rock to bounce up there and take it out so I am not paying for a new one out of pocket. Was going to replace the seal which is the real issue but I have a lot of small chips and know a big one will come sooner or later.
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Think i found it. Bumper valance wasn't flush. Ground was stupid cold and I was in wuss mode. Pushed it up a bit and and it snugged up about 1/4". Hit 70 on a straight stretch and no whistle. I'll pull it into the garage tomorrow and see how the thing is connected and cinch it up. Hope this is it.
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