rear window open causes roof vibration

[TN Gal]

We finally had 3 passengers for the first time and noticed that if one of the rear windows is open or cracked without the others being open, there is a noisy vibration happening on the interior roof. You can see it shaking. Anybody else notice this?

 

[Sms0358]

That happens with any car...

Explained: That Weird Throbbing When You Open One Car Window

Why is the wind buffeting so bad when one window is rolled down in your car?

www.caranddriver.com

 

[bcjenkins]

Some have reported that they have needed to apply pressure on the roof near the climate controls to solve any rattling. Maybe you should do the same to make sure it’s firmly clipped into place?

 

[LiquidUte]

I had never experienced this buffeting at all in any of my cars until the current Lexus RX that i'm in. It does this really bad - intolerably bad. Either both second row windows need to be completely closed, or both have to be at least cracked. I thought it was just a design flaw on the RX, but that's too bad I'm still going to be experiencing it with the Telly.

Yes, as bc said above, some people have reported their headliner coming detached from the ceiling at one of the clips by the climate controls for the second row. Some have been able to solve it by pressing up on the headliner and getting the clip back into its place.

Sounds like this is probably a combination of the buffeting phenomenon and the loose headliner clip.