so my new 2002 legacy GT has a pretty loud wind noise coming from the dr window...in the forward corner where the small speaker is mounted (tweeter?)

If I push the vertical gasket seam tight against the window it gets quieter....but the slight gap there cannot be the issue as the pass. rubber gasket has the same gap and is quiet

Put some masking tape over the gasket on the outside of window (same vertical seam) and it quiets down

 

I noticed in the old owners records this statement on a dealer receipt "wind whistle left door..left door gussett out of adjustment...remove door panel and adjust gusset"

I assume the fix worked -- it was when the car had 11k

anyone familiar with this?

thanks

There was a service bulletin a few years back about wind noise from the drivers wing mirror. It was caused by the mirrors mount being too far in against the door and the test was to press against the inside where the mirror mounts and see if the noise got better, or even different, when you pressed it out a fraction of an inch as you were driving. If it made a difference then you fitted the thin plastic gasket subaru supplied and you put it under the mirror mount to pack it out from the car a fraction. A piece of cereal packet thick plastic it was from memory.

Oh, that was for an older model by the way, just thought it might be worth investigating.

There are fixes for it but a lot of the time the driver is what needs repaired.

By this I mean....

Stop closing the door by pushing the glass.

 

The gusset as it is called, can be replaced for around $100 in parts or you can take a rag and with the door open compress the rubber with a very large pair of channel locks. Do so gently but evenly. It will tighten the gap for a while. This may be what the dealer did at 11K. I never heard of the shim but that was before I was a tech.

My last OBW LTD developed this same problem in the same location. I also found that at speed, pushing the rubber gasket towards the glass right along the tweeter silenced the noise. I simply lowered the glass all the way down, and with my fingers, I squeezed both the outside and the inside of the gasket together somewhat. You'll feel its steel support inside of the rubber and all that's required is a slight bending of it towards the outside of the car. Don't go too far overboard with the squeezing to deform the steel inside the gasket to the point where the glass has difficulty raising. With a little experimentation you should be able to solve your noise problem. Mine occurred about 20 000 km and after fixing it as described, it never reoccurred for the next 100 000 km when I traded the car. Good Luck!

hmm, my 02 OBW has a slight noise on the P/S, i'll give this a check.