EmuMessenger

Assuming some of us have owned vehicles outside the Honda family.

Does anyone else think the roof tilts-up only a very small amount, creating excessive wind noise?

On my old Maxima, G20T and Camry SE-V6, the roof seem to tilt twice as high, with a lot less road noise.

The noise is most frustrating!

Any thoughts?

VTECRRR

there's always wind noise! i just turn up the stereo! but you're right, it's not much of a vent tilt.

EmuMessenger

Thanks for the validation. Certainly, at 100 MPH, but I find it annoying ay anything above 40 MPH.

In my 96 Maxima, I could keep it open in the winter, on the highway, with my heated seats on and no heat.

Now, anything above 40 MPH is annoying.

Silver EL

do you guys notice that it sounds really loud when its tilting up?? it sounds like its low quality and cheap

TL Navi

i have experienced the same thing but then again the acura has other things that other models dont.Only answer i can think of for this would be a wind deflector

luvmy99

I have the wind deflector on my '99. It definitely reduces the noise level when opening the glass. I don't even bother with the tilt feature--I just open the glass 3 inches or so. It seems reasonably quiet to me. I'm not sure that I like the way it looks, though.
-JP

EmuMessenger

I am sure the deflector would work, but I did not need it on other cars and I do not care for the appearance.

Type S Lady

Same here, at 50mph it's still annoying, and I don't like the wind deflector. So I do just turn the stereo up.

2007AcuraRL

While the big plastic wind deflector add-on works, its a throw back concept to the 1980s and looks cheap on a supposed 'near luxury' vehicle. Most of the other companies have solve the problem (bimmer, for example) with a small metal flap that comes up just a hair in the front of the opening when the roof is open. It folds down and into the track and isnt seen when the roof is closed. And its barely perceptible from inside or outside the car when the window is open, but it does the trick. It cant cost more than a dollar in metal and a spring or too so it baffles the mind that Acura didnt come up with a design like this. I have always been disappointed with the TL sunroof for this reason.

EmuMessenger

Sorry for the problems, but glad I am not the only one to have this beef.

doopstr

I do this too. Works great when its raining. No rain comes in. I think the look is okay.