Roof Rack Whistling Noise

It s a thule square bar rack on a jeep grand cherokee.

Roof rack whistling noise.

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. Loud whistle noise from roof rack. 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. You can also add weather stripping where the car and rack touch to reduce the friction and sound.

A roof rack experiencing excessive wind noise and whistling can be fixed with a wind fairing aerodynamic crossbars or a diy wind deflector. A whistling noisy roof rack can become very annoying especially on long trips. Although wind fairings do not eliminate the noise 100 percent it does minimize it significantly to prevent you from being distracted while you are driving. It seems to be a common issue just wondering if i got the wrong rack.

I know you can buy a flushing but doesn t always work. This breaks up the vorticies that create the whistling noise in the first place and is easier than repositioning your rack. Now when i drive above 50mph i get a loud whistling noise somewhere near my moon roof. A flimsily placed bike roof rack can meet your car and rub against it as your drive creating noise.

Well tonight after coming home from the bar i got fed up with the noise pulled over and threw the. If the surface the wind passes over has a consistent shape the disturbance becomes tonal and at certain frequencies very annoying. Before you begin traveling pull the crossbars of your roof rack left to right to see if it s loose. Take a thin utility cord.

This whistling is caused by wind hitting the roof rack at high speeds and can be easily fixed in a few different ways. You can also wrap some 1 4 to 3 8 rope in a spiral around both bars. Can disrupt the airflow to break the noise got rid of all of the noise from my rack.