Hi,
New Mazda owner here
Very happy so far - still figuring some stuff out, but am concerned about tire/road noise. I'm coming from a 2011 Pilot that was very, very loud and chose the CX-9, in part, because it was reported to be very quiet. The Pilot was on Michelin MXV4 tires, which were quiet enough not be heard over the road noise
And it is - mostly. Took it on a rode trip to kick everything off and was surprised by how much tire/road noise there is on the highway.
It's much like regular tire hum, but much higher pitched. Occurs at highway speeds only, and I can hear it over the radio when driving alone. When driving with the radio off it's quite distracting.
I'm on the Duelers and the sound is intermittent - but only because it doesn't stop happening very often.
Any thoughts? I searched this forum, and others, and see no mention of it. Believe it or not, I'm actually hoping something it wrong so it can be fixed.
Are the Dueler's unidirectional? The tires my Pilot came with were, and the idiots had put them on backwards....
Help, and thank you in advance!
New Mazda owner here
Very happy so far - still figuring some stuff out, but am concerned about tire/road noise. I'm coming from a 2011 Pilot that was very, very loud and chose the CX-9, in part, because it was reported to be very quiet. The Pilot was on Michelin MXV4 tires, which were quiet enough not be heard over the road noise
And it is - mostly. Took it on a rode trip to kick everything off and was surprised by how much tire/road noise there is on the highway.
It's much like regular tire hum, but much higher pitched. Occurs at highway speeds only, and I can hear it over the radio when driving alone. When driving with the radio off it's quite distracting.
I'm on the Duelers and the sound is intermittent - but only because it doesn't stop happening very often.
Any thoughts? I searched this forum, and others, and see no mention of it. Believe it or not, I'm actually hoping something it wrong so it can be fixed.
Are the Dueler's unidirectional? The tires my Pilot came with were, and the idiots had put them on backwards....
Help, and thank you in advance!