Gap in Roof Seal

[sean7512]

I was driving the wife's 23 GT tonight and kept hearing wind noise, as if a window was open. It seemed to be coming from the glass roof. When I got home, I was inspecting the glass roof and noticed a gap in the rubber seal that goes around the edges of the glass. The gap is just above the front passenger side. I looked over my MME and I don't seem to have a gap anywhere, so I am pretty sure that is the issue. I will take a closer look tomorrow in the daylight, so I don't have to use my phone flashlight. Has anyone seen anything like this or know how involved a fix would be?

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[Shayne]

Hard to tell where on the car that picture is taken for me. Do you hear wind noise going around the car or air infiltration? Need someone to sit right where the noise is coming from while you drive it and see if they can feel any infiltration. Holding something light that will move by that location may help? May just be external turbulence or it could be infiltration. May leak if the later if the former the sound system is not bad. With no engine/muffler noise we hear different things. Around the passenger side mirror can be noisy for me at times.

 

[Mach1E]

I was driving the wife's 23 GT tonight and kept hearing wind noise, as if a window was open. It seemed to be coming from the glass roof. When I got home, I was inspecting the glass roof and noticed a gap in the rubber seal that goes around the edges of the glass. The gap is just above the front passenger side. I looked over my MME and I don't seem to have a gap anywhere, so I am pretty sure that is the issue. I will take a closer look tomorrow in the daylight, so I don't have to use my phone flashlight. Has anyone seen anything like this or know how involved a fix would be?

Here is a picture of mine in the same spot. And no, that gap isn’t normal.

cheap fix- fill the gap with a black silicone.

Expensive fix- pull and reseal the whole roof.

 

[sean7512]

Here are some better pictures I took this morning (just was frosty as the car was outside all night). I also noticed the seal pulling away on the front drivers side as well. Our other 23 GT does not have any of these gaps or issues.

Expensive fix- pull and reseal the whole roof.

This should be a free warranty issue given the car is only 6 months old.

 

[Mach1E]

Here are some better pictures I took this morning (just was frosty as the car was outside all night). I also noticed the seal pulling away on the front drivers side as well. Our other 23 GT does not have any of these gaps or issues.

This should be a free warranty issue given the car is only 6 months old.

Should be free yes, but not sure you want to open up that can of worms (pulling the whole roof off).

If it doesn’t leak, it’s cosmetic mostly.

The wind noise is pretty common, but unlikely due to the missing seal. The noise usually comes from the gap between the entire upper windshield and roof or from the side view mirrors.

Pulling off the roof and putting back couple make the noise better or it could make it worse depending on how they align it.

When I had my windshield replaced (crack from rock) the Safelight guy showed my how uneven the factory windshield gap was. He aligned it better and my wind noise probably cut in half.

Previously I had purchased and installed some foam cord to fill the gap. After windshield replaced I didn’t need that anymore.

 

[2FlyMache]

My 21 had wind noise like you described and I had the recall done for the windshield and the roof. The glass company didn't like the way it was originally installed as it had a large gap on passenger side. The reinstalled the entire roof and wind noise was gone. Gap is now less than 1/4" at all spots to windshield. Was originally scary to see the entire roof off car but it came back together with no issues.

 

[EMachE]

My 21 had wind noise like you described and I had the recall done for the windshield and the roof. The glass company didn't like the way it was originally installed as it had a large gap on passenger side. The reinstalled the entire roof and wind noise was gone. Gap is now less than 1/4" at all spots to windshield. Was originally scary to see the entire roof off car but it came back together with no issues.

The roof glass doesn’t have to be removed only more urethane added. The windshield is removed only

 

[2FlyMache]

The roof glass doesn’t have to be removed only more urethane added. The windshield is removed only

Per the recall instructions yes but my glass company didn’t agree with the gross misalignment so they redid it as part of the recall. Glad they did as it looks better and is super quiet

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