being in SW Fl, I use the ac 95% of the time. I've had my new Fit for a month, and for the first time, lowered the rear windows, at 40 - 45 mph.
The wind "buffetting" in car was unbearable! Raising the windows so they were about 1/4 open, made it go away.
Has anyone experienced this?
It really is unbearable.

 

aerodynamics..............

 

I assume you are lowering the rear windows only. I've never had a car that didn't buffet badly in that configuration. Some worse than others.

 

It's a balancing act with the windows. If you put the front windows down, you need to put the back ones down the same amount or a bit more or else you get the air right in the face. I've never driven with *only* the backs down though. Every car is different.

 

I've driven lots of cars where I had just the windows down, with no problems.

Try your Fit with just the rear windows down. You won't believe it!

 

i keep my rear window lowered with front. I smoke, this prevents a white christmas in the back seat

 

Drop the rears all the way, lower the front passenger window about 2", and all should be fine.

 

Try that at about 60 mph. It will easily drive you to insanity in under a minute. It would be a very effective method of "enhanced interrogation".

 

That is a VERY common NORMAL occurrence with a FIT.

 

Honda "engineers" should hang their heads on this one.

Years ago, when I worked at a Car dealership, we had a factory "engineer" in to figure out a problem with a truck. He had an attitude, and thought he was hot sh#%.
A fellow worker said to him. "Soo, you say, you are an engineer"
Engineer said "That's right"
Friend said "How do you spell it?"
Engineer said "engineer"
Friend said "wrong. It's spelled 'it' "

He had an enhanced attitude after that! lol

 

this problem is not as bad on jdm fits i bet. remember we got a longer nose and ass stateside.

 

Isn't this common in most 4 door cars?

 

Yes, I am a windows guy, too. And yes, I have noticed it in the Fit, but it is not as bad as previous cars I have owned. With the Fit, I can adjust the windows to eliminate it. I think it was a 92 Plymouth laser that I first noticed the wind buffeting phenomenon or was it the Jeep - anyway it has been around for quite awhile, depending on the model. I remember talking about it several vehicles ago as " air conditioning is the new normal" (I used to live in Pennsylvania where car air conditioning was rare until the 80's). Chalk it up to air conditioning and aerodynamics, I'm guessing it is not a priority to test with the windows down since the benefits to fuel mileage is so great. And yes they used to say it was better for mileage to leave the windows "up" and use the air, although in the past two years I have seen studies that now say the reverse. I use the vent feature with the blower when ever I can.

 

#hatchbackproblems

You should be impressed that the insulation on the back is so good.

Slightly related my back window got broken out not too long ago on vacation and I was excited to be able to roll just the back windows down without the buffeting for a few days

I usually just roll my fronts down a few inches and it goes away.

 

I'm not an engineer. I'm barely a "car guy."

But I can tell you, that I've driven plenty of cars in the past too... and few have had this exact same problem. Whether they were SUVs, vans or four door sedans, this "issue" would appear with some varying degree of intensity.

Simplest solution, crack a front window with the rears wide open. Or crack a rear window, with the fronts wide open.

These are the kind of statements that make me think you're the arrogant one.

 

The Fit is particularly bad for that but it you play with the height of the fronts and rears you can get it to go away. I have the OEM window visors and they help quite a bit.

 

lol this problem exists in every car outside of a Jeep Cherokee or a Humvee.

Cars are designed in the tunnel with the windows closed, not open.

 

Improper window configuration may cause an epileptic Fit (pun intended) if both fronts or rears are opened separately. Creates a throbbing, brain-numbing air pulsation at a frequency diabolically designed to make you try every possible window-opening combination that won't blow you away or make you deaf.