Greybird Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 While driving my newly acquired pre owned 2018 Dodge Journery Crossroad on an excursion to nowhere,all the windows were in the up position. I happen to put the right rear passenger window down & immediately experienced a loud buffeting ,banging noise in the rear of the vehicle.I pulled over & stopped the vehicle to visually inspect for any causes,seeing none,I continued on.I put the window up,the symptom ceased.I put the right rear window down,the condition appeared again. I spoke with the salesperson & was told the condition does exist in several different brands of vehicles.I had my doubts...I spoke with a Chrysler service dept.tech & was told basically the same thing. Options? Remedies, if any? ….Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 well, it will tell you in your car manual all about it, just keep your rear windows up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summer Solstice Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 I will agree with what the salesperson has told you. My Journey does this if you only try to roll down the back windows. My Chevy Impala does the same thing and so did the Ford Marquis that I had. It is something that I do not remember being a problem on older cars but I have experienced it across different brands over the last dozen years. Its irritating and disappointing but it is not a fault of the vehicle. It is, in my experience, a common problem. With the Journey, I use the auto climate control and have been quite happy, once I have learned it's idiosyncrasies. jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armando G Posted September 20, 2019 Report Share Posted September 20, 2019 Are you referring to the thumping sound when you roll your back windows down a bit? And not trying to be mean, but did you really go back to the dealer for this? Here's a full explanation of that deafening sound if you're interested. It's all physics... https://jalopnik.com/why-do-slightly-opened-car-windows-make-that-awful-soun-1447498738 jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 Sorry but thats normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavalLacrosse Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 Totally normal, (not that it's pleasant by any means) This is the case for nearly all high-quality modern cars, trucks, SUV's Minivans. Older cars did not have this issue because of poorly sealer doors/panels. Just learn the ideal amount of front window needed to kill the reverberations: usually an inch cracked in the front is enough to null out the pressure surges, and provide a mild breeze in the cabin. (opening the sun roof too, has the same nullifying effect) jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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