Hi all,

I've got the dreaded wind noise issue on my 2016 Octavia SE on the left hand (passenger) front door, coming from somewhere around the front third of the window at the top at 55mph+. It is not the resonating hum noise that some have mentioned, but a wind noise (like the window is slightly cracked open). I know there is often some wind noise in this car, but it's far more noticeable on the passenger side. I've been through a number of posts on here and so far I have tried:

1. Replacing the rubber door seal on the body of the car - no change.

2. Having someone run an electric air duster over the area - I can recreate the sound when pointing it towards the pointed tip of the scuttle panel. Suggests not the air coming up via the bumper grill some have mentioned?

3. There are no obstructions in the door seal on top of the car door, nor the seal that the window slides into.

4. I have done a window reset (holding down the button in an open and closed position) from the drivers side. No change. Does this need to be done from the actual door with the issues?

5. I have used electrical tape and taped up the following before doing a test drive:

   1. The internal door seal (the one along the bottom that comes halfway up the door by the hinges). No change.

   2. The edge of the windscreen

   3. The scuttle panel including the tip. No change.

   4. The panel gaps between the wing and A pillar and the wing and bonnet.. No change.

   5. The gaps on the wing mirror between the indicator and the mirror shell.

Aside from the final fix of having someone adjust the door latch to bring it a bit tighter (which I don't hold much hope with as the door doesn't seem to be out of line) - is there anything else I can try?

Pics posted in case someone can spot something unusual..

Edited 10 March, 20251 yr by wheelsonfire

Is the window glass original? If it has been replaced/smashed in the past, the metal gap in which the window sits can be uneven and allows too much acoustic vibration.

Aside from taking all door trim off and evening out the window slot (lots of work without guarantee of success), a much easier thing that you could try beforehand is to put a couple 10mm wide x 1mm-2mm thick sponge neoprene rubber strips (sticky on one side) inside the outer window seal grooves. This will press the window more firmly against the other window seals when the window is fully up. If this reduces your noise a lot, it's a cheap fix. If not, the precut sponge neoprene rubber is cheap so little harm done other than 10mins lost to put in / pull out the strips.

I had a similar problem on driver side (window smashed/replaced before I bought the car, I actually replaced the glass on both sides with original Skoda glass a short while later), except in my case it's above 100mph... autobahn runs. Now largely addressed for some years by the said neoprene strips, though still driver side marginally noisier than passenger side. I did replace the door trim and the window seals on the side where the window had been smashed, and noticed the window gap was quite uneven. In hindsight, I should have tightened it further and evened it out, but could not be bothered to take the door trim off again at the time.

Thanks dieselv6 - I'm not sure if the glass has been replaced as I haven't owned it from new, but that's another good avenue to explore. Thanks for the tip. Neoprene strips arriving in a couple of days!