John P

I'll figure out a way to paste it down. This is the fifth replacement windshield on this car (NJ commuting is hell), and with my luck this fluttering rubber thing will shatter it!

Grossgary, you're a genius. Check this out (if you can make it out): http://www.inpayne.com/temp/gap.jpg The moulding is loose right where the noise is coming from. The stuff is very flexible. I have to road test it, but I betcha that it's vibrating like a reed in a flute when the slipstream hits it just right. I'll take my wife for a ride this week and have her watch it. It's gonna be tough keeping her on the hood at that speed, but it's worth a try.

Hey, I appreciate everybody helping out the newbie, thanks.

That would be too weird, but it actually fits the symptoms! I really does sound like it's coming from behind the dash in the glove box area, which could be anything around that area. Is there a reason it would only show up after six years? Or could it be that I had a new windshield put on just a few months ago - hmmmmm. I'm gonna check the windshield moulding, maybe it's loose.

...or maybe it's that cat that's been trapped in the air cleaner for the last month. That soap trick is interesting...

Ah, but when I set the alarm, and then made the alarm go off, the noise came from the horns under the grill. This thing never made a peep! Banshee screaming into a loudspeaker! Yeah, like that! Yes, I see a wire connected to it. I'll have to duck my head in deeper to see if there's more than one connection. My impression was that the screech is mechanical - either a slipping belt, or maybe (please no) something in the transaxle rubbing on something. But when I saw this thing, I started doubting myself.

Hi folks, new kid here with a question. The car is a 2004 Outback, basic model. Lately I've been getting a horrendous screeching sound from under the hood when I hit passing speed on the highway - 65 to 75 MPH (okay, that's actually cruising speed here in northern NJ). It's not constant, and it's not predictable. So I look under the hood where I think the sound is coming from - the rear right-hand side near the firewall, and I see this thingie: http://www.inpayne.com/temp/thingie.jpg Looks exactly like a horn, but it's not THE horn - that's in front of the radiator. It's not part of the alarm system, 'cause I can't get it to make a noise by setting or tripping the alarm. So what the heck is this thing, and could IT be making that awful screeching sound? Thanks!