Anyone one out there with a Honda Odyssey 2003 with noise in the passenger side windshield area. ??

Question

Thanks for someones answer. but this noise only seems to appear when the temperture drops to a minus 20 does not need to be windy to make the noise

Answer 1

Honda has two service tips on wind noise on that model Odyssey. The first is if the noise is coming from to top rear of the passenger front door and the noise is heard in strong crosswinds then they recommend lowering the passenger door window and 'bending' the upper rear corner of the window frame inward 2.5mm to put more pressure on the sub-seal. use a block of wood between the door and the jamb as you push on the rear upper corner of the window frame. Obviously you don't want to get carried away or use a hammer or anything, just use enough force to move the top of the frame inwards.

the second tip has to do with the roof rack if you have one on your car. the roof rack rails have a rubber insert in the track. Those inserts cannot have any gaps between the sections, that is, they need to butt together. if there are gaps you can get a wind noise. The rails they refer to are the cross rails that go side to side rather then the ones that goe front to rear. I've also seen it where the roof rails are reversed when they were installed and that will cause the noise as well.

Before bending the door try this: you can use masking tape to tape all around the passenger door where there are gaps between the door and the body. Also tape around the window where it meets the window frame and the door. Then drive the car. If the noise is gone, then you know the noise is from the door frame or seal. You can then remove the tape one section at a time and drive it; when the noise comes back that's where the air leak is. if the noise doesn't go away with everything taped off then the noise is from the roof rack, the mirror or possibly the antenna.

hope that helps