Driver's side door sounds hallow
 

Hey guys,

I did a search and couldn't find anything on this; when I close my drivers side door, there is a unsatisfying "hallow" sound, opposed to the passenger side. Passenger side closes with a nice "thud". Driver's side is a more hallow, cheap sounding-sound (lol). Not sure if this is normal. I'm bringing the car in on Wednesday for an oil change, so I'm definitely going to have this checked out.

I bought my car used with 17k on it, now has 19.5k. It's a '13, 6MT

The door is hollow. It's neither hallow nor holy. Unless it's consecrated, of course.

Drivers side gets used more and everything is a bit looser creating that sound.
Not a BMW or Lexus.

Ahhhh, alright. I've read a few folks have had the dealer install some sound proofing materials in their doors. Wasn't sure if the previous owner had the dealer fix a noise issue in the passenger door, and they just left the driver's side alone. Not a huge issue, just something I noticed today when I was cleaning my car.

Mine does the exact same thing. Passenger door gets used about 5% of my driver side so is all still nice and solid. If they did sound proofing then they paid for it. It isn't a warranty item that is for sure.

I noticed the same issue on Oct 31.

Could be demonic if it hasn't been consecrated. Ghosts in the machine

I added sound deadening to both doors. Road noise is not reduced significantly nor much. Not worth, but it does have a heavy thunk to it.

And in that case OP needs to burn his door at the crossroad under a full moon at midnight.
Or get a full Visconti tune, to be on the safe side.

Suggest an aftermarket header and exhaust, and new routine: start car, fast revs, and then close doors this will mask door thunk.

Yep, @FRSteve91 ....... don't bank on any warranty service.

You may consider adjusting the latch on the door, to see if you can get the "tightness" back ...... :iono:


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It's really not that big a deal. I was just curious if anyone else noticed this. I dont mind road noise. I honestly don't think I want any sound deadening, I enjoy the sound of my TRD exhaust :burnrubber:

Adding some CLD can make a huge difference. I added CLD and MLV to the BRZ doors, and they feel like Volvo doors now. I don't have a comparison video for the BRZ, but it's the same result I got with my old Outback, which I did take a brief video of:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sCsaaQ8tI[/ame]