romanbasi

Now you have my attention as well....... 38 MPH is the EXACT same speed that we have the most notable production of the buffeting. I about fell out of my chair just now when I was reading your post and noted the MPH. However, as for the fix, I really don't see a better way to negotiate with GM unless we allow them to attempt to fix the vehicle first. I have not taken the issue any farther than my local dealership at this point. If the fix doesn't correct it, then I fully intend on taking the issue to the next level. As I disclosed earlier, I am an Attorney in Illinois. That doesn't make me any better than anyone else, just a heck of a lot easier to cause some real problems that won't cost me a lot of real money.

From what we experienced, in October 2014 - we test drove 2 of the 2015 Yukon Denalis. One of them absolutely had the buffeting and it was so bad we couldn't continue the test drive. The 2nd one did not have it at all. We then test drove and bought the 2015 Escalade ESV and it did NOT have it. This was October 28th, 2014. However, on January 7th, 2015, the Escalade was left outside all day from approximately 7:00 AM until around 9 or 10 PM. The day was an extremely cold Illinois day, temperatures in the single digits. The ride home that evening was horrible - I attributed it to the cold tires as the tire pressure was extremely low. As the tire pressure came up, the buffeting did not go away, and from that day forward, the buffeting has been terrible. My current status is that my local dealer test drove it, noticed the buffeting and agreed to the roof fix, but we have not heard back that the parts have arrived so that it can be scheduled. So to answer your question, while I think they may be prone to it, something definitely happened to ours on January 7th, 2015 that caused this (My guess is the cold temperatures may have caused the separation) Prior to that date, the vehicle was silent on the inside.

Update - Car was at the dealership for 1 day - they drove it themselves and heard and felt it. They are ordering the parts for the headliner/roof fix. I'll keep you posted.

I have a new 2015 Escalade ESV (purchased October 2015 and built in Arlington) and it started the buffeting sound about 1 month ago. It now has approximately 6000 miles on it. The effect is getting worse every day and physically hurts my ears going over a railroad track. Before we purchased it we test drove a denali and the buffeting was so bad, even the salesman who was riding in the back noticed it and thought it might be the tires, so we got another one and tested it and we did not hear it, but we still ended up choosing the escalade. I have an appointment in 3 days with our dealership (not same dealership as where it was purchased) and I am curious to see what happens after reading all these posts. Not that it matters - but I am an attorney and own a 5 lawyer firm, so hopefully it won't get that far, but this problem seems to be very widespread. If I have missed anything and should be telling them something, please let me know (there are 40 pages on here - so it's entirely possibly I missed something important). Thanks for all the information!!