[barriectaylor]

Hi, I just purchased a 2007 Mazda 6 Sportwagon. The dealer graciously threw in a Hood Deflector. On my first highway trip, I noticed "static" coming from the radio. I turned off the radio and still got "static". I brought the car back complaining of wind noise coming seemingly, from the bottom middle of the windshild.

The dealer says it could be coming from many areas and is not covered by the warranty.

He suggested that it might be from the "Mazda" wind deflector!

I searched this forum aboout this issue and there is some Canadian talk about it being a wind noise problem.

What is the latest on this? Has Mazda come up wth a better design that works? Is Mazda doing anything about this? Is it a choice of wind noise versus stone chips?

Thanks for any input.

 

[barriectaylor]

Bug Deflector Update

Hi again. I took off the bug deflector and did a test drive. No (at least a lot less) wind noise. The bulk of the noise is then caused by the "Mazda" delfector.

Has anyone come up with a fix for the wind noise, or at least some ideas to help reduce it ?

All comments appreciated !

Thanks, Barrie

 

[MonoxideChild]

i dont think anyone on here even has a deflector on there car. lol. so i dont know if your gonna get much help.

wanna sell yours? wind noise or not. lol. that might look kinda different on a 6. or do u even have a pic of it on your car?

 

[Egierda]

i dont think anyone on here even has a deflector on there car. lol. so i dont know if your gonna get much help.

wanna sell yours? wind noise or not. lol. that might look kinda different on a 6. or do u even have a pic of it on your car?

My car came with one. I took it off within 6 hours of getting the car home, lol.

 

[barriectaylor]

Hood Deflector

Here is a picture. I am sure it has saved me from stone chips, so I am reluctant to leave it off. I am between a rock and a hard place in that I don't like the noise, but I prefer noise over stone chips.

Thanks, Barrie

 

[Egierda]

Get the car 3M bra'd.

 

[MonoxideChild]

man, that is kinda sweet. must be a canada 6 thing. lol. ive never seen one of those in person. but after seeing the pic, i know a member on 6crew.com has one.

any good sources to get these cheap that anyone knows about?

 

[barriectaylor]

Ask Egierda for his !

 

[Mz6GreyGhost]

They're Canadian special, and the US dealers won't carry them (probably due to some legal bullsh*t!)

I always wanted one for my '04, but it was too expensive to get one shipped from Canada.

 

[GinRummy]

I just attached one to my '04 GT yesterday, sorry bout the shitty pic, iphone is crappy camera. Bought the deflector at Sundance Mazda in Edmonton for around $80.00 with gst. I am in the process of filling in and painting all the rock chips on the front of my hood that this would have saved me from over the past 2 years as you can see the primer spots in the one foto.

 

[barriectaylor]

Have fun with it. Let me know if you find that you get "more" wind noise than without the deflector.

Thanks Barrie

 

[GinRummy]

Hey Barrie,
I haven't noticed any more noise than usual since adding it. The car is a bit noisy inside to begin with especially on crappy roads but I don't care. Of all the cars I've owned, mustangs, camaro, escorts, lol, it is by far my favorite.

Any advice on a chip we can add up here? Having trouble finding one in Edmonton, all the performance stores seem to be geared toward my nemesis, trucks.