Pathfinders and Windy Days

[tkpath]

Have a 01 Path. Is it me or does this car not like wind at highway speeds? Car control seems more susceptible to wind than other SUVs I've owned or driven. Funny as the thing seems smaller/more hunkered down than most.

 

Also, any chance that silly rear window spoiler comes into play at higher speeds (into play in a way you don't want it to)?

[Trialsin26]

I don't know about the spoiler but my PF does the samething on windy days. Maybe the soft suspension? I guess I'll find out if I ever install my new shocks.

[jj big shoe]

The rear window spoiler is more for diverting air across the rear glass to help shed rain water while you drive, not for NASCAR-type aerodynamics. A spoiler on a Pathy would be about as useful as the silly looking one's people slap on the trunk of their civics. Neither goes fast enough to really have one come into play.

[big_johnson]

Not to mention the fact that civics are FWD, so putting a spoiler on the trunk would decrease traction if it actually worked. But to answer the original question, my pathy seemed to do better on windy highways after I installed new shocks and struts. The OEM ones are pretty soft (at least on the 96-99, don't know if they changed anything or not for the 99.5+)