5 Door people warping sound?

[lowkey]

Was driving yesterday decided to open just the rear windows a tad.
I guess the aerodynamics of the car creates a vaccum or suction resulting in a 'sonic' wave type sound that is not too plesant on the eardrums.

Has anyone else noticed this?
Is this normal for our cars or 4 doors in general?

[Tankota]

It seems to be a normal trait, our Saturn Ion does it too..

[lowkey]

Tankota - Thanks. I wonder if the window visors would help at all. :iono:

[pennystocks]

Yea, my 4 door sedan does it too. Drives me nuts.

[SmellyTofu]

All cars do that. Just open the rear windows a bit. The buffering noise won't be there if you don't open it too large (i.e <10cm). Otherwise opening the front windows helps reduce the buffering noise a bit.

Side visors won't help it that much except where it covers the window and even then, depends on the shape of the side visors.

[falker]

yeah that happens with all cars...

[boxerboy]

I have not had a problem with that noise in my tacoma or my wrx. The hatch Yaris is pretty bad. The Lexus RX 300 is bad. I was wondering if a visor would help.:iono:

[stuffy]

the buffering is especially bad with the yaris when one rear window is down all the way, like others have mentioned, it goes away if you crack open a front window a bit

[fearturtle44]

Happens to me and it is worse with the Yaris than my other cars. But I only use to knock out the hot heat while the A/C is starting. I almost never have my back windows down for any other reason.

Kevin

[David81]

Yeah i get that sound too when i have the windows down a bit. It goes away if you have it 1/4 down or 3/4 down.

[jdgriswald]

Here's a techincal explanation of Buffeting:
http://www.deskeng.com/Articles/Applications/Reducing-Wind-Fatigue-and-Summer-Headaches-20041201213.html

[Yaris Revenge]

My Vibe is really bad about that. Roll down the rear windows alone, and it feels like Cthulhu is tryin' to set up camp in my brain. I have window vents also... no change whatsoever. Only way to stop it is to crack the front windows.
~YR

[foddy2000]

All you need to do is open up the windows more then just a tad...

[Chris07LB]

yeah that happens with all cars...

exactly....