2025 AGT Crosswind Knocking Noise

[Smitzer]

I just finished a 3100’ish mile road trip along I-80 in my 2025 AGT, including travel through Wyoming and Nebraska and Iowa. Really good experience with comfort and charging.

One consistent problem, too:

Whilst driving at freeway speeds (or a little faster, maybe up to 85mph or so), a strong crosswind produced a constant knocking noise that seemed to emanate from the front corners of the dashboard, mostly on the passenger side, but occasionally also on the driver side.

I am certain it was not coming from inside the glovebox or from anything we were carrying in the cabin, and not from the visors. I’m also quite confident that it was not coming out of material I was carrying in the frunk. I had a companion in the passenger seat, seatbelt fastened. My roof is the metal variety. (These are all things I thought might produce noise and I think I’ve ruled out).

Anyone else here experience that? Any tips or suggestions on how to investigate or remediate?

 

[segbrk]

Are we talking a fast-paced noise like something flapping in the wind, or a slow beat? Metallic sounding or rubbery/plastic-y?

 

[Smitzer]

Are we talking a fast-paced noise like something flapping in the wind, or a slow beat? Metallic sounding or rubbery/plastic-y?

Fast-paced. Sounds more plastic-y. If it’s metal, there’s no ringing to it.

 

[segbrk]

Fast-paced. Sounds more plastic-y. If it’s metal, there’s no ringing to it.

Open your frunk and front door(s). Where they meet you'll see two flexible rubbery pieces that are supposed to notch together. If they aren't overlapping, you'll get a flapping sound from the wind.

Here's mine on the quiet side:

And on the flappy side:

Duct tape there was the start of an attempt to lock the pieces down to ensure that's what was causing it. Currently I have some residue-free duct tape and foam holding the two pieces steady and it has fixed the problem enough that I'm waiting for something else to pop up before having service take a look.

 

[Smitzer]

Open your frunk and front door(s). Where they meet you'll see two flexible rubbery pieces that are supposed to notch together. If they aren't overlapping, you'll get a flapping sound from the wind.

Here's mine on the quiet side:
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And on the flappy side:
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Duct tape there was the start of an attempt to lock the pieces down to ensure that's what was causing it. Currently I have some residue-free duct tape and foam holding the two pieces steady and it has fixed the problem enough that I'm waiting for something else to pop up before having service take a look.

Thank you. I’ll take a look and follow-up here.

 

[Smitzer]

I see nearly the same thing, with less gap on the flappy side, but it’s not tightly overlapped. This photo is after I tried to fit the flappy side back together, but it won’t hold (without tape or something).

Flappy (and re-tucked by hand)

Tight:

 

[Smitzer]

Shoot. Those were both the same photo (flappy, passenger side), and I don’t see a feature to edit my post. Here’s the proper “non-flappy” photo.

 

[lucidtouringman]

I'm about to tape this up...will share feedback shortly..!

 

[Smitzer]

I'm about to tape this up...will share feedback shortly..!

I look forward to hearing about your results. Also interested to know what kind of tape you used and how you applied it.

 

[lucidtouringman]

I look forward to hearing about your results. Also interested to know what kind of tape you used and how you applied it.

Gorilla All Weather Outdoor Waterproof Duct Tape, UV and Temperature Resistant, 1.88" x 25 yd, Black, (Pack of 1) https://a.co/d/1NJuqjh

I'm using gorilla tape ..this link is for black, but I'm using white but the product is the same. I cut a strip of about 3 inches long, held the overlap tight by applying pressure on the black piece that sits between the frunk and the door, and as they overlapped, I stuck my cut piece of gorilla tape to the joint. I had to wiggle the tape in via chopsticks as it's a tight fit for my hands and then used the second chopstick to apply pressure on the tape so it stocks nicely. Hope that makes sense I just did this at 1.30am so will take it for a spin tomorrow after I wake up and report back! Will also add some pics of what it looks like now.

Some other post was also talking about the foam piece under the hood vent fluttering but I didn't touch it yet cos I want to first see if the duct tape fixed the issue first.