Wind noise from the pana. roof?

[sfx3]

Wondering if this is the norm.

I have an 04. At highway speeds with the sunroof closed but sunshade open, there's quite a bit of wind noise (as if something was open) coming from the front of the sunroof. If I close the sunshade the noise is gone. Is it just regular wind noise?

[AzNMpower32]

Yes. It happens on all sunroof equipped vehicles, but it's louder in the X3 because 1) the X3 doesn't have a well-insulated quiet interior to begin with compared to other BMWs and 2) its a bigger moonroof and 3) it's a higher profile vehicle (SAV versus sedan).