A few months back I put a new Bando belt, a gates tensioner w/pulley and a smooth idler pulley on the Fusion. Cured the startup chirping
however, now I'm hearing a 'noise' that I don't know if it was there before or not. It almost sounds like air whooshing/whistling, but it directly correlates to RPM and not engine load, mostly noticable between 2 and 3k RPM. I really only notice it when I drive the car with the radio off, which I don't often do. I showed the noise to my wife who drives the car most often and she looked at me like I was crazy; she didn't hear a thing and said that all cars sound that way. She's pretty atune to these things also, so her input helps. Just curious because I'm taking the car in for a recall and wonder if it's worth paying to have looked at. I've also heard that new belts, and even different brands of belts can make different noises; I believe the GatorBack belt was even touted as being the 'quiet' belt.