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Hatchbacks Honda Fit Honda Fit Noise - wind, rattles
86 messages, Last post on May 02, 2009 at 6:13 AM
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Replying to: marksan (Aug 24, 2007 7:20 pm) |
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thanks, backy. no. i owned a couple cars (accord, ml320) w/ abs before my fit and never had an issue like this. if it's not too much trouble to explain, why would the abs do this?
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Replying to: marksan (Aug 24, 2007 8:10 pm) |
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I bought my Sport MT in March, and have about 4400 miles on it. My work commute is 12 miles each way on the Interstate, where I travel at about 65 to 75 mph. I notice that when I'm in 5th gear the gear shift vibrates when I accelerate. If I take my foot off, it stops, but put my foot back on and it starts - it makes a really annoying buzzing sound that I normally don't notice if I've got music turned on loud enough to mask it. But if I'm driving in relative quiet, there it is, totally annoying. I can see the shift actually move as I take my foot on and off the accelerator. Anyone else experience this problem? It seems noticeable only in 5th gear. |
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Wonder if anyone else has the same problems I am having noise and handling problem while driving my Fit, with my rear seat windows down. I prefer to not use the AC if I don’t have to and drive with my windows down. But I don’t like the wind blowing in my face so I have always drive with the front seat windows rolled up but the back seat windows rolled down. Of course you will get some wind noise and popping sounds as you drive When driving my FIT, when I leave the front seat windows up and roll down the back windows, the cars actually begins to shake and vibrate and a popping noise starts up and becomes so loud at 60 mph that you voice is distorted and your ears start to hurt. Once you start to roll down a front seat window the sound immediately goes away. My car was only 3 days old when I was on the expressway and decided to roll down only my backseat windows and as soon as I did the noise began and shaking started, I thought the back end of the car was coming apart. I immediately pulled over and could find nothing wrong. As soon as I got back up to 50 mph the noise and shaking started again. A little experimenting determined that it only happened when the front seat windows were rolled up and the rear seat windows were rolled down, I suspect it has something to do with the pressure changed in the car from the wind blowing in the cars back seat passenger windows. I asked the dealer about this problem and he said all Honda’s do that and the fix is to roll down a front window just a crack. While that does work, it also creates a whistling sound that drives me nuts when I am driving. I am wondering if any other FIT drivers have this problem. My model is a 2007 Fit Sport
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I haven't been in a car in a long time that doesn't reverberate when you roll down just a back window. Just the way it is.
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Aug 30, 2007 12:33 pm) |
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I think it has to do with the more aerdynamic shapes of cars these days. I don't recall this being an issue at all with my 1966 Chrysler Newport, nor on any of the cars my family had while I was growing up. To be honest, I don't remember it being a problem on my boxy, 1981 Sentra, but I know for sure it was happening by the time we got around to my 1991 Sentra which was a bit sleeker. I understand what's happening. It's like blowing across the top of a soda bottle to create a tone. The air passing over the open window is causing the air inside the car to resonate. It may only happen with rear windows because the front windows generally have the side mirrors to break up that airflow right at the front edge of the window opening. |
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Happens in my car. happens in my mom's 2003 prius too. when the pressure on one ear is almost the same as the negative pressure on the other ear, your brain gets uncomfortable. It's like turning up your home stereo pretty loud, then switching the + and - terminals on one of the speakers. |
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