I got mine back from the dealer last night. The again sealed the windshield. Not sure if they took it out and then put it back in or just gooped it up with more sealant. As far as I can tell it is fixed although I havent had it up to 70 yet and it was always better in the rain. I'll post again if it comes back. So it sounds like this is the solution for those of you that still have the problem.

 

Have you gotten a chance to look at this resealing to see if you can tell what they did to your windshield? I have a friend who is a glass person, who I can get to do this work for me, but I don't know what to tell him to do. Can anyone help?

 

I'm not sure exactly what they did, but they had it at the glass company twice. The only thing I see is a little bit of black sealent on a corner. I can only assume that they tried to bandaid fix it the first time, then maybe pulled it and put it back in with more sealant the second time?? Sorry I can't be of more assistance.

 

Just purchased an 04 F150 SC FX4. In mine as well as two others I test drove, they all had significant wind noise at 40+mph. It's very annoying and not 'the quitest truck period' as Ford states in their marketing DVD 'The Truth About Trucks' as well as in any magazine/review one reads. It sounds just like the heat/cold fan at high speed where you you get to the point where you want to turn off the fan to 'stop the insanity' but that isn't the cause and thus you have to suffer. I liked the truck enough to still purchase it and felt if it was in two others, it was a problem in general and thus a TSB would exist. I checked for TSB's but no luck (other than TSB 17309 Whistling Noise which I heard in a used one I test drove - build date of 05/028/03) but that is not what I'm hearing. The wind noise and whistling are two distinct problems although granted if both are occuring one would think they are one in the same since the wind noise is more than likely masked by the whistling noise). This thread is the best I've seen to this point in time in regards to a fix. I'll be researching this much more and will provide whatever information I find.

 

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Hello I have had my truck to dealer now 4 times, last time it went they took window out and resealed it. The noise is still there, can anybody here that has got it fixed please takes some pics of the top of the window so we can see what they did to fix it please... or tell us how they fixed it ..

Thanks AL

 

I had the same problem with mine, after 3 times of having to take it in I was told it was not my windshield, and that it was my bug deflector up front! They took it off, and GONE! No wind noise at all. In case you do not have a bug shield, I have heard that the fog lights up in front if you have them are acually causing wind and whistling noises. Maybe someone knows more about that in here then I do? Goodluck!

 

Thanks for the reply I took the bug sheild off and it still does it you can drive the truck and the noise is comming from the top of the windsheild on the drivers side .. Just do not know what to do

Al

 

Does anyone listen?! I'm telling you if you have fog lights or the holes for them, check that! $3 round foam from Home Depot fixed mine. Check the TSB I mentioned above. The whistle WAS from my fog lights. It's totally gone now and very quiet as it should be. Don't worry about the stupid windshield for pete's sake! Try a $3 foam fix on the fog lights and see if the noise stops. Stuff it between the light and the bumper. It's easy to hide - can't even see my foam.

 

You know we do listen, Do you, it is not the fog lights you can drive the truck and sit in the drivers seat and the noise is comming from the top of the windsheild like i said.. there is no reason to get rude... did you ask me if i tried the fog light fix yet. No you did not.

AL

 

Well everyone is just blowing right on by the fog light issue and ignoring/not trying the fog light fix. You'd be surprized how it sounds like the noise is coming from the windshield area and it's not always the windshield Just trying to get people's attention.

 

I called my insurance agent last month to remove my DSB buyback 04 from my insurance policy. He asked me if I knew anything about a windshield wind leak problem he was having on is 04 Screw. I gave him a few pages of info from this and other web sites and he took it to the dealer but the service manager would do nothing about it. He called me last week, a rock hit his windshield and he had to pay to have it replaced. After the new windshield was install the wind noise was gone, problem solved. Now he is going to send Ford the bill and a very nasty letter.

 

Additional quote by Labrador:
"After the new windshield was install the wind noise was gone, problem solved. Now he is going to send Ford the bill and a very nasty letter."

Additional quote by jjohn85:
"I just talked to the Service Manager (Len at Woody Sander Ford, Cincinnati, OH (513) 541-5586). He said they had a glass company (sounds like a second party) come in and inject a sealant at the top of the windshield that resealed between the windshield and the exterior moulding. Apparently they can do this without taking the windshield out".

Ok, on 01/07/04 I finally made it to the Ford dealer where I bought my truck ('04 FX4 Crew). Baed on the fix jjohn85 mentions in the above qoute, I and a service technition drove the vehicle. Right at 45mph, the wind noise was heard. Taped up the entire top of the windshield, and wind noise essentially gone. Tore off the tape 8" each side of the top center of the windshild, wind noise back equivalent to having no tape at all. Thus, the wind leak was pinpointed to the top of the winshield 6-10" or so each side of center. Now the fun starts.

Auto Glass Specialists, who Ford uses for window work, came out and couldn't see anywhere along the top of the windshield where they could reseal (e.g. inject or calk urathane sealant). They claimed the seal look just as it should. The only place they would attempt to reseal was where the rubber stripping met the top of the roof, not where the windshield hits the start of the molding/channel. To be more clear, as you go up the windshield, there is then molding that forms a channel, above the channel is 1/8" of rubber stripping that seals to the top of the roof. They tood a screw driver to open up the rubber stripping and inject urathane sealant.

After 10 minutes, I test drove the truck and it was no better; maybe worse. Went and had the truck washed, then back to the highway. This time, the wind noise was much less, 75% reduction or so. Not sure if the sealant dried or given that I was going a different direction, less wind. In the past, it didn't seem to matter if wind existed or not, at 45mph+, the wind noise was there in full force.

Conclusion: I'm fairly confident the wind noise is definetely coming from the top of the windshield 6-10" or so each side of center. Taping proved this, as did sealing the window to some degree in my case but certainly in the case of jjohn85 and one other on this thread. I have a feeling taking the window out and resealing (if they can get it out without breaking it, if not a new window) will take care of the problem as is shown by Labrador. I'm not going to take that step yet until I hear more definitively from others exactly how and where the resealing was done. I'm not sure why Auto Glass Specialists (their senior technician) couldn't figure out how or where any type of resealing would help matters - all seals looked good to them and there was no where to reseal less what they attempted to do. So, I'm currently in the same boat as NinJak quote above, please be more descriptiive in how and where the resealing was done (pictures, etc.). Thanks a ton!

 

I have the fix. After alot of research I have found out the wind noise comes from top of window. To double check, tape top of glass A pillar to A pillar, this should eliminate all wind noise. Now for the fix. At the top of the windshield there is a gasket between glass and top of roof. With a small screw driver slide gasket closes to roof back a small amount this will allow you to squirt silicone underneath gasket. Do this across windshield A pillar to A pillar. Next silicone the out side of this gasket A pillar to A pillar. You should have a smooth surface now from window to roof, meaning space between edge of glass and roof should be filled in. This stopped my wind noise hopefully most others to.Those who have this problem know that noise will drive you crazy. Well good luck to all I hope this fixes every ones problem.

 

After driving mine more, the wind noise is still there, not the 75% reduction I thought I had achieved; must have been the direction of the wind.

BWEP, there is a distinct "channel" between the glass and the roof. Based on what you say above, did you fill in the entire channel to make the surface essentially flat from the window to the roof line? Is this what you mean by "silicone the outside of the gasket"? I can see how that should eliminate windnoise, but there are a lot of 04/05 F150 trucks out there that don't have this wind noise problem and they do not require the channel to be filled in with silicone. Not trying to be rude and appreciate the post, but that seems like a crude way to fix this issue. I'm waiting to hear something more definitive from Ford before taking your approach. I should hear something from the area Ford Rep (WI) by weeks end (01/14/05). I have a feeling the only way to get a good/correct seal (which is the case with trucks that don't have a wind noise issue) is to put in a new windshield. This has fixed the issue in some cases while at the time time, I've seen where others have had this done and still have the issue although it's not clear in those cases if the wind noise was coming from 8-10" each side of top center of the windshield.