I just stumbled upon a quick and easy way to reduce wind noise. I changed my wiper blades! The rubber sail on top of the original blades apparently was causing some noise. I just switched to Bosch Micro Edge Excel's yesterday, and noticed how much quieter the wind noise is.

 

I do not have any wind noise isssues with mine, no matter how fast I am driving or how windy it may be.

 

Maybe Canadian wind is different. There have been a few who complained of wind noise and attributed it to possibly the long antenna or a lack of a weatherstrip across the top of the windshield, neither "fix" seemed to help much, if any.

All things are relative though. My other car has a lot less wind noise than the HHR. Also, I listen to talk and comedy radio sometimes, with music going it's no big deal.

Overall, the HHR is pretty quiet. I was just amazed at the amount of reduction in noise by just changing the wipers.

 

Thanks!

I'm from Canada and I get the wind noise.
I'l go pick up some new wipers and try it.
Need new one on the driver side anyway.( misses in one spot)

 

Yeah, let me know if you think the same thing.

 

will do man

 

Hmmmm.. No wind noise here either... But I'll know what to try if it develops.

 

What one thinks is noise could be normal to someone else. Might be worth a try. Buy some new blades to try. If it gets better leave them on. If not save them for when the stockers wear out. Good tip.

 

I think the wiper blades are designed like that so they do not lift off the windshield at high speeds. The new wipers may not work as well in the rain at 70 MPH.

 

I drive in reverse. No wind noise at all.