Wind buffeting sound

[heytexas]

Hello everyone.
I picked up my 2025 Bronco Big Bend brand new June 2nd with the painted hard top. When I first drove it I noticed a very loud wind noise coming from a very specific spot in the cabin - the rear passenger window/hard top area. I pointed it out to my sales person and he said take it home, take off the roof, realign it and it should fix itself.

It didn’t.

When I called the dealer they told me it’s a bronco, it’s going to be loud. My father had a lifted soft top Jeep before with 37s on it, and my Bronco is much louder with stock 32s non SAS. I had to bring it into the service department for 2 fixes - weatherstripping was literally falling off the Bronco and letting water into the cabin, and the buffeting sound. 3 days later I picked it up, and they never looked at the wind buffeting issue. Told me to come the next day at 11, came the next day and they had no one to look at it, told again to come another day.

Came to pick up my plates and told the manager about my issue, he escalated it and got my a new service guy and he told me to come the next day..

Finally I got someone from service a technician to drive with me and they noticed the issue immediately. He called it “turbulence” but it kind of sounds like wind buffeting or cabin pressure buffeting.

they said they would have to drive some other broncos and contact ford to get answers. Now it’s been almost a month with no word or update.

I get it broncos are removable roof off road vehicles but dear lord it’s been the worst experience driving a vehicle I’ve ever had. At speeds over 40+ the car is unbearable to drive for me, I already have an inner ear disorder and this has just been a sucky purchase so far. If I didn’t have the wind buffeting issue the road noise is 100% manageable.

I hate regretting something I just purchased.

Has anyone had a similar issue and gotten it fixed by ford?

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[raptorusmaximus]

that sound isn't noticeable if you take the doors and top off....

 

[helifino16]

Regardless of the difference in tops, mine has ALWAYS been noisy above 40 MPH. It does sound like the passenger window is cracked open.

There's been a couple of posts on here with people trying all manner of insulation strips that they claim correct the issues. It all sounds like WAY too much effort - so I just keep it under 40 MPH (lol)

 

[Brian_B]

Could be the window needs adjustment too - beyond the auto-rebound thing most people do with the switch, there's an entire adjustment procedure to set how far up the window goes when it's "up" and to set the drop when the doors open. Yours may not be up far enough and it's causing issues.

Could also be weatherstripping issue, or the top not aligned quite right and something sticking out. These Broncos have all sorts of things that will cause noise. Just wait until things start to rattle. If it's something you aren't willing to live with, it just takes a lot of patience and trial and error to figure these things out. Unless you have a very good dealer or the problem is obvious...

If it's buffeting, often cracking another window will alleviate the pulsing sound - but i realize that's just a short-term thing while you get the thing figured out.

 

[bassist]

I mean…it’s a Ford.

 

[brkdncr]

You bought a convertible brick. The Land Rover would have been the quiet model.

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