I was driving home yesterday and I had a rear window open but front windows shut. When I reached a speed of about 45 mph there car started to make such an awful racket it sounded like I had a rear puncture. The sound was a very deep droning noise and vibrated the whole car. I flicked open a front window slightly and the noise stopped instantly. I realised it was wind buffeting into the car.

After that I experimented with various window openings. If either or both of the rear windows are open and both fronts are shut the buffeting is there. If I open either front window slightly it stops immediately. The wind was pressurising the cabin so much it was actually making my ears pop!

It isn't really a problem as I can't see many occasions when I will have my windows in those positions but I was surprised by the severity of the wind. I guess driving a car with the aerodynamic profile of a large garden shed at any sort of speed will displace a large quantity of air lol. I do have wind deflectors fitted, could this actually exacerbate the issue?

Anyone noticed this before? Just for a bit of fun, try it out next time you go for a spin, if is anything like mine you will be very surprised. No longer FF owner but still interested. Present car Jaguar XE
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Previous car Td6 SE
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Previous LR- Disco 300TDi Auto

Most cars do this to a certain degree. Easiest fix is open the tilt part of the sunroof.

like DOM says . you get buffeting in most cars..

Yes, I have experienced buffeting in other cars, this was something very load and extreme, I actually had to swallow to make my ears pop due to the pressure build-up. Im not worried about it but was interested that's all. No longer FF owner but still interested. Present car Jaguar XE
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Previous car Td6 SE
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Previous LR- Disco 300TDi Auto

It's in the manual on the d3, probably is in the FFRR manual too - if you experience buffeting because of a rear window open, you need to crack open the opposite from window

its a standard feature Sir, they all do it  Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

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Just be grateful you don't have a mercedes- buffeting is an optional extra!