GR Yaris Warranty status on wind noise from seal

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Sure I remember somebody on here mentioning that they had the seal on the drivers side rubber seal replaced at a dealership. My car is due for a service in a couple of weeks and I’m going to raise this as the noise has gotten noticeably worse recently.

Are dealers now accepting of the fact that this is a warranty issue and happy to replace it? As it’s a bit of a drive, be good if I could have everything sorted in the one visit, thanks.
 
My seal was replaced by dealership. Made zero difference - infact marginally worse perhaps. The seal won't fix it.
 
Thanks. Funny that just over a year later I’m still wondering about it. I’m certain it got worse and noticeably so, the dealership says it’s just due to frameless windows which is rubbish since my other car has them too and there’s no issue. I’ve pretty much given up and sounds like from your experience that’s all you can do.
 
Yep, similar teflon dealer response here. In fact they said they needed two identical cars in at the same time to verify that it was an issue with mine. Which of course is nonsense. Agreed, it's not inherent with "frameless windows".
 
I also had the window seal replaced under warranty about a year ago before my warranty recently ended and couldn't notice any difference whatsoever.

The issue began a couple of years ago, one day it just sounded windy from the front triangle area. So yeah I agree that something else is at fault here and I also don't know what to do next except live with it.
 
I've made peace with it now after 5 years.... sometimes it's there and sometimes it is not.... 😅
 
notfub said:
My car is going in next Tuesday to get parts replaced in an attempt to fix the drivers door wind noise issue. The dealers, North Road Garage in Builth Wells have been excellent so far. I'll reply with an update next week.
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Keep us posted. I wish we could put together an equivalent of a US style class action lawsuit thing. A design flaw for sure. I put up with it as she isn’t my daily driver but if she was, it’d drive me insane..
 
Just back from North Road Garage and they have cured the wind noise (y).

They changed 2 parts in the end (i had a quick glance at the warranty job sheet) and the door mirror seal and door aperture seal were the culprits in my case. I've no idea if these are revised parts but that's how they were described on the sheet. The door card and mirror were completely removed to replace the seals in question.

I cannot fault the guys at NRG in Builth Wells. For context, my 22 plate car is out of its initial 3 year warranty, and is now on the extended warranty. Since I bought my car (I'm the second owner), it's been serviced by NRG.

If the wind noise returns, I'll update this thread.
 
notfub said:
Just back from North Road Garage and they have cured the wind noise (y).

They changed 2 parts in the end (i had a quick glance at the warranty job sheet) and the door mirror seal and door aperture seal were the culprits in my case. I've no idea if these are revised parts but that's how they were described on the sheet. The door card and mirror were completely removed to replace the seals in question.

I cannot fault the guys at NRG in Builth Wells. For context, my 22 plate car is out of its initial 3 year warranty, and is now on the extended warranty. Since I bought my car (I'm the second owner), it's been serviced by NRG.

If the wind noise returns, I'll update this thread.
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Great stuff. Given that they have a close connection through running a Rally2 Yaris, that’s nice to hear!

Interested to hear if it stays quiet, fingers crossed.
 
notfub said:
Just back from North Road Garage and they have cured the wind noise (y).

They changed 2 parts in the end (i had a quick glance at the warranty job sheet) and the door mirror seal and door aperture seal were the culprits in my case. I've no idea if these are revised parts but that's how they were described on the sheet. The door card and mirror were completely removed to replace the seals in question.

I cannot fault the guys at NRG in Builth Wells. For context, my 22 plate car is out of its initial 3 year warranty, and is now on the extended warranty. Since I bought my car (I'm the second owner), it's been serviced by NRG.

If the wind noise returns, I'll update this thread.
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Any part numbers on that job card?
1781014324100.webp
 
GRavy_Baby said:
Any part numbers on that job card?
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As it was a warranty repair, so I didn't get any paperwork. The job sheet was a hand written description of the work done and I only had a quick look while in the hands of the staff at the service desk. There were no part numbers written on the sheet I was shown, sorry.
 
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