mrcaveney Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 (edited) I discovered a horrendus problem with my wife's 2009 Journey. When you put the rear windows down at freeway speeds, the pressure variations start to hurt the ears, creating an unbearable sensation and then the whole car starts to shake. As soon as you put the windows up, the shaking and pressure on the ears stops. When it first happened, I thought we were losing a tire. I could not figure it out. Last week, I was on the freeway, and put the rear window down for the dog. Everything started happening again, The shaking is violent, not mild. This time I looked into the sideview mirror, and I saw the rear door sheet metal vibrating like jello!! Would love to know if others have seen this. I am taking this to the dealer this week, but i wanted to see if there are others. Just go on the freeway, leave your front windows closed, and open the rear window (1 or 2). Edited April 4, 2011 by mrcaveney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmwoodie Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Did you see this thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryl Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 It is called "wind buffeting" there is a section in the manual that refers to it & yes it is very annoying & hard on the ears Svehn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcaveney Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 It is called "wind buffeting" there is a section in the manual that refers to it & yes it is very annoying & hard on the ears I will look that up. However, in my experience, the car cannot be driven with the back windows down. I am not talking about annoying, I am talking about painful for the ears, and as to the shaking, it felt like it was shaking the car apart!!! I cannot believe this is a simple wind buffeting problem. This is a serious design flaw, with some lipstick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgefan Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I will look that up. However, in my experience, the car cannot be driven with the back windows down. I am not talking about annoying, I am talking about painful for the ears, and as to the shaking, it felt like it was shaking the car apart!!! I cannot believe this is a simple wind buffeting problem. This is a serious design flaw, with some lipstick! Hey there, just my two cents ALL vehicals do this, it is not a design flaw, simply the movment of the wind. All of my vehicals (differant manufactuers)I have owned over the years have done this at some time or another which I will list below. 88 Chrysler LeBaron GTS 93 Toyota Celica - sometime with the sunroof open 95 Ford taurus 97 Dodge Dakota Crew cab 97 Dodge Intrepid 99 Potiac Sunfire 01 GMC Jimmy 08 Avenger and likely my soon to arrive next week 2011 Dodge Journey. pseudus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug D Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 It is called "wind buffeting" there is a section in the manual that refers to it & yes it is very annoying & hard on the ears +1! The solution is to open one of the front windows a crack to relieve the pressure. My Ram can do this as well if the conditions are right but it's not usually as noticeable. At any rate I rarely just have one window open - usually all of them or none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1pig Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 every vehicle i've ever had did this to varying levels..... you should try a crown victoria with a partition.... the whole car vibrates. pseudus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterflyanne Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 majorly annoying! The window vents, do they have to go on all 4 door windows? or just the back ones? or just the front doors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramfrank Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 The quick answer is: Don't drive at highway speeds with only the rear windows open. And RTFM before complaining about something that almost every vehicle does and which is documented in your manual. pseudus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhareFred Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Let's see. Your driving a vehicle that looks like a rectangle. The rear window is almost straight up and down. You introduce air under pressure into the rectangle from one source and want to know why it's buffetting?! Open the front window an inch, open your back window, you will be ok. You can't keep adding pressure to the vehicle and not let it out. OR use the AC or vent system.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains123 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 All cars I been in do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 The op posted this 4 years ago. I think he got the message. 11journeybama and pseudus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramfrank Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 or a new vehicle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ZINGA Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Holy old thread... I giggled when the OP said he was taking it to his dealer. Because of all creatures in the universe, dealer techs have the ability to rewrite the laws of physics... all my years in college studying for my degree in physics were wasted! jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Apparently he did not like the responses he was getting. Since he only posted twice and "It's a serious design flaw"!!!! Kinda like having to push a @#%^$ defrost button twice..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlDirty Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 Wait! Why would I have to push it twice? @ jkeaton. Does that help any more then a one tap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 Inside joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolly Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 It also depends on which finger you use! jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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