Buzzing fluffing sounds when driving above 80mph

[LL75]

Anyone has this soft buzzing and fluffing sound around the bottom windshield area when driving above 80mph. This is in my DM R1T. I also have an r1s that doesn't do this.

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[COdogman]

 

[Chewy734]

I have a soft buzzing sound behind my head and by the roof at those speeds. What’s a fluffing sound?

 

[LL75]

I have a soft buzzing sound behind my head and by the roof at those speeds. What’s a fluffing sound?

Best way to describe it is fabric in the wind.

 

[Electrified Outdoors]

Could it be the triangle window? I installed a piece of insulation there and that stopped a lot of wind noise in my R1T. The R1S (April 2024 build) did not need this fix.

 

[DRJ564]

Check the covers that go over the drainage channel on the roof. One of mine came unglued at the front and made it flap in the wind. There is only a foam block with sticky on both sides that holds the front leading edge down.

Edit: this is the cover that goes over the channel that has the mounts for the roof racks.

 

[LL75]

Check the covers that go over the drainage channel on the roof. One of mine came unglued at the front and made it flap in the wind. There is only a foam block with sticky on both sides that holds the front leading edge down.

Edit: this is the cover that goes over the channel that has the mounts for the roof racks.

I'm hearing it on the base of the windshield area and not roof area. Although, i will check the roof when i get home later.

 

[DRJ564]

I'm hearing it on the base of the windshield area and not roof area. Although, i will check the roof when i get home later.

When I took my R1S in for service, I rode with the tech when I dropped it off. I told him the wind noise sounded like it was coming from the triangle on the drivers window. He told me it was coming from the top of the windshield, I didn’t believe him at the time, “whatever, just fix it”. They replaced the silver strip at the top of the windshield and also fixed that cover. I can’t hear the noises anymore even though I’m still in disbelief where the noise was coming from ?.

 

[Joe Hoffman]

I had the same flapping/vibrating noise at high speeds, although mine happened around 45-70, stopped at 75+.
I tried fixing via many changes to the drivers window and triangle window. No improvement.
Then I added some foam to the space between the plastic over above the air intake filter. Solved it 98%.
To access this, open the frunk lid and remove the plastic (?) cover between the frunk and the windshield. This is the same cover that you remove to access the cabin air filter.

I posted a detailed description of this fix, including pictures. Search for it.

 

[iansriv]

Haw far above 80? Joking.

I do not have that sound above 80. I do hear some wind noise around the upper RHS of the passenger area at above 80. I plan to stuff some of that recommended foam all over the windshield and windows. My friend has had his R1S up to 100 and reports no such noise. We also drove a loaner R1T just a hair above 80 and no noise.

My advice is to call it in and ask a mobile tech to come ride with you.

 

[FLTANK]

Best way to describe it is fabric in the wind.

OP - Great description- I’ve been nagged by a flapping/fluttering sound from the drivers side for a while now that I finally solved today. In my case the noise would start at around 45mph and stay fairly constant at any speed above that point. I was very confident that the source was coming from the roof just behind my head. After trying many of the other solutions such as adding foam around the windows and door seals, the triangle window and the roof channels I was about to give up when I stumbled across an older reddit post ()
that suggested checking the plastic trim on the underside outer edges of the truck for loose bolts. Given how sure I was that the sound was originating from above my head I never considered that but decided to check it out today. Unlike some prior mentions all of the bolts were perfectly tight but there is a floating panel with no bolts that is held in place by the front and rear panels on either side. That panel was very loose and I found that the retaining clips along the edge were not properly secured so it had a ton of play in it. Even after reinstalling it correctly it was still very loose so I added some tape to secure it further and went for a drive and lo and behold the flapping sound was finally gone. Odd to me they wouldn’t just throw a bolt or two in that panel given how long it is but I will say the passenger side is much more secure so maybe just an anomaly. I’m also very surprised how much wind noise can travel but just thought mentioning my experience could be helpful.

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