I purchased my 02 True Blue Bolt (972 of 4726) in late Oct. I keep thinking that my door is ajar(it is not). I talked to a Ford service manager and he said that his Bolt was that way too. I hate the road noise. I want to hear the purr of the exhaust not the roar of the road. Has anybody fixed this? Thanks for any ideas. Love the Bolt, hate the roar.

 

Auto Maniac,
Welcome, all you need to do is put an aftermarket catback on it and you won't hear the road noise anymore... ...........JR

 

Dynamatting the doors will significantly cut down on road noise.

 

Hi,
I have a "03" that I got in October and notice a lot more road
noise than I expected. Also seems like the door is ajar.

 

When I first got my 03L, evertime I drove it I thought the doors were open. The amount of road roar amazed me for a new vehicle. All I can say is you get a little desensitized to it over time and less aware of it. I've read that some have put sound proofing material on the floor and especially on the back cab wall to lower the sound. But the good stuff is typically very heavy and expensive so you have to decide if adding some pounds to an already pretty heavy truck is worth your peace of mind or not.

 

Look at the bottom of the passanger door where it meets the cab, I bet it is sticking out about 1/4 inch like mine and alot of other Lightnings. I believe that this keeps the seal from sealing properly therefore allowing us to thear the roaud noise. just my $0.02 cents.

 

LOL. I know what you mean. When I speak to people on the cell, they always ask me to 'roll the window up', I just laugh and say it is up. With time you'll get used to it. I don't even notice it anymore. You can always sound proof the whole cab.

 

There are fair size vents low in the back wall of the cab on both the driver's and passenger side. They have very thin rubber flaps on them and have no sound deadening between them and the plastic panel that covers the seatbelt assembly. A lot of what you hear comes right up that seatbelt cover panel. You can seal the vents off, but you'll be surprised at how much harder it it to close the door. You'll wind up closing it twice every time. You can see the vents if you look between the cab and the bed. They are about 3 x 8 inches.