# Humming Sunroof

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/humming-sunroof/121237>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** outback, subaru\
**Created:** [July 18, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humming-sunroof/121237 "2018-07-18T19:39:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kramr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@Kramr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kramr)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humming-sunroof/121237/1 "2018-07-18T19:39:32Z")

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After over 70,000 miles the sunroof in our 2011 Outback starting humming like a bunch of bees at speeds of 50 mph or more. I searched on the web for others experiencing similar problems and read an article by an owner that said his sunroof quit humming after he had it washed. So I washed the front of edge of the window and the seal and, to my pleasant surprise, the noise is gone.

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humming-sunroof/121237/2 "2018-07-18T22:01:53Z")

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Great, hope this info helps someone else.

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**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humming-sunroof/121237/3 "2018-07-18T22:11:34Z")

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I had the same problem and it required me to lubricate the slides. 2 years later, I had to repeat. But that was a Jetta.

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**Author:** ![ken2116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@ken2116](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken2116)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/humming-sunroof/121237/4 "2018-07-19T02:20:18Z")

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While you’re at it, have you flushed the sunroof drains recently? More on how to do this if anyone is interested (start a new thread).