I have a 2001 QC with the 4.7 and have done some serious checking into this and it boils down to the top of the
rear quarter windows on the rear doors. I have seen the inside of where the window mounts and it is a really poor
design. On mine it comes in right around where the rubber from the main window slips under the rubber seal for the
quarter window. If you peel back the rubber seal on the quarter window you will see a piece of black foam in
there. Found out this was added only a few weeks before the QC went into production due to wind noise and leaking.
I had a new door put on soon after I bought my truck due to a minor accident and found out how the door windows
are seated and what problems there are. This was already present before this and it happens on both rear doors.
It's not really that noisy but if you take a long trip and get tired of listening to music you'll start hearing it
after a few miles of quiet.
Jeff Durling
'01 4x2 QC SLT+
TX QC2000 wrote:
> I just returned from an extended 3000+ mile trip from
> TX-CA-TX. The QC performed great, especially in the
> mountains of Taos, NM., and I got to meet the famous
> Ron Wong in So. California!!
>
> During the trip, my truck developed a constant and
> annoying buzz sound which seems to be coming from the
> passenger side A-Pillar vicinity. It only starts to
> buzz @ speeds at or greater than 65 mph and seems to
> be wind-related in part, b/c the noise will stop
> momentarily when I pull up along side an 18 wheeler,
> and will resume after I've passed the truck. I know
> it is not from the car antenna b/c I took it off for a
> while to see if it eliminated the noise -- it didn't.
> Also, I know it is not caused by the windshield wipers
> b/c when I turn them on, the noise is unaffected. The
> only other possibilities I can think of are the side
> mirror and/or the Weatherflector -- but I don't get a
> similar noise on the driver's side of the truck.
> Nothing else seems loose outside the truck, under the
> truck, inside the engine bay, etc.
>
> Ron Wong mentioned that he's heard this noise on his
> 5.9L QC also, as has someone else on the Edmunds
> board. Has anyone else experienced this noise and
> know of a solution to same? Thanks in advance.
>
> =====
> '00 Quadcab SLT+ Garnet Red 4x4 (AWD) 5.9L 46RE 3.55 LSD. For list of modifications to my QC, see my profile:
> http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Vof5jrNb0pR1M/
>
> For pictures of my QC & Accessories: http://www.geocities.com/txqc2000
>
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