2004 Lincoln Town CarUltimate; Sedan

[TAYOLinc]

Hello All,

I am hoping that you can help me with your suggestions. I have a 2004 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate Sedan. However, once on the highway I can hear wind swich from the cabin/inside the driver side of the car. I have had this now for a while, and I have purchased 3M seal tape to close the constant continuose wind swoosh or noise when I am on the highway.

Also, sometimes once I put the ignition in the car, the sound system losses its stereo sound, exept this mumbled sound with no.

 

[oktowncar]

Welcome

Sounds like the door hinge needs to be rebuilt/replaced ( New pin, bushings, etc )
Weather stripping around the door may also need to be replaced

Do you have the OEM stereo or an aftermarket unit?

 

[TAYOLinc]

Welcome

Sounds like the door hinge needs to be rebuilt/replaced ( New pin, bushings, etc )
Weather stripping around the door may also need to be replaced

Do you have the OEM stereo or an aftermarket unit?

Thank you for your inputs. Yeah, I have replaced the weather strippings arround the door. Though I love the car, I really drive it. My other car is BMW, but I love the change in comfort when I drive the Town Car. It just gave you an air of luxury and easy handling, while BMW is just hard-core german machine hard drive. Plus BMW TAKES PREMUIM gas, while Town Car takes ordinary.

The stereo is OEM.

 

[oktowncar]

Thank you for your inputs. Yeah, I have replaced the weather strippings arround the door. Though I love the car, I really drive it. My other car is BMW, but I love the change in comfort when I drive the Town Car. It just gave you an air of luxury and easy handling, while BMW is just hard-core german machine hard drive. Plus BMW TAKES PREMUIM gas, while Town Car takes ordinary.

The stereo is OEM.

The stereo issue could be blown speaker(s), bad amp, loose wire. etc

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[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

I had the same wind-noise problem with my Cartier when I got it. The driver’s door was mis-aligned.

Outside the car with the door closed, does the top of the driver’s door align with the top of the passenger door? The top of the two doors should be a straight line.

From the back of the car sighting down the side, is the lower section of driver’s door (i.e. below the window) flush with the passenger door? Or does it “stick out” slightly? It shouldn't. Is it flush from top (just below the window) to bottom? It should be. It it’s “sticking out” at the bottom, the door isn’t aligned properly.

The doors have three rubber seals: One on the body around the opening, another on the door itself that seals to the body at a different location from the former. A third seal runs at the roofline, from the windshield to the passenger’s door @ bottom of the window.

And, the horizontal lip at the bottom of the doors slips into a rubber seal on the body under the threshold when the door is closed.

All told, it’s a fantastic, redundant system the likes of which I’ve never seen. If all the seals are in good condition and the door is properly aligned, the only wind noise you get at highway speeds will be from the (unfortunately non-aerodynamic) door mirror.

Also, if the stereo is an Alpine unit, those are notoriously unreliable. If so, replace it with an identical Soundmark unit.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

My 2003 Cartier