Rattle from day 1 finally gone

John 070 · 01-06-2011, 06:50 PM

I realized that the annoying rattle that I've had since day one is gone. The rattle which the dealerships said, "no rattle found, vehicle performing as designed." The one that existed for 49 mos., well I realized it was gone after getting my windshield replaced.

imho if the windshield is improperly installed in Regensberg, BMWNA should remove it and reinstall it. Maybe there's a SIB regarding it, who knows?

arctic330i · 01-06-2011, 07:27 PM

It's funny, to me rattles drive me CRAZY but the SA here and some of my friends could care less about them. I just can not stand to have something that I can not find/fix!

Glad you resolved yours

ToothDoc · 01-06-2011, 07:35 PM

Yeah, my MB ML500 squeaked everytime I hit a decent bump and I knew it was from the windshield (the seal was probably bad). It was so bad that at times, the window alarm would go off all the time randomly. When I went in 3 times, I think MB finally just disabled my alarm so I couldn't lemon it. Well, finally, when the windshield needed replacement, the new seal was done properly and it didn't squeak at every bump. Frustrating... not to mention, alignment was off from the factory and the dealership would just inflate one side of the tires to correct alignment. How cheap is that? Needless to say, I never went to Lynnfield MB in Massachusetts again and I got out of MB forever (well, at least for a while)

viperssd · 01-06-2011, 09:15 PM

I don't have a squeak, but my rear window has a 2-3" area that goes across horizontally that distorts everything (ie, super tall or super short). Really really annoying.

lcs · 01-06-2011, 11:30 PM

Anyone have rattles from the airvent? I have rattles on the center passenger vent when I go over uneven roads. Gets really annoying.

ibo · 01-07-2011, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by lcs

Anyone have rattles from the airvent? I have rattles on the center passenger vent when I go over uneven roads. Gets really annoying.

+1 on this...drives me nuts...

to be fair, this competes with the rear parcel shelf...so at times i'm not sure which i hate more...

osukf09 · 01-07-2011, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ToothDoc

Yeah, my MB ML500 squeaked everytime I hit a decent bump and I knew it was from the windshield (the seal was probably bad). It was so bad that at times, the window alarm would go off all the time randomly. When I went in 3 times, I think MB finally just disabled my alarm so I couldn't lemon it. Well, finally, when the windshield needed replacement, the new seal was done properly and it didn't squeak at every bump. Frustrating... not to mention, alignment was off from the factory and the dealership would just inflate one side of the tires to correct alignment. How cheap is that? Needless to say, I never went to Lynnfield MB in Massachusetts again and I got out of MB forever (well, at least for a while)

pretty sure I have this problem in my e90. Unfortunately I dont want to have to replace the windshield just to fix it...

VWtoBMW · 01-07-2011, 03:02 PM

I noticed my 2011 E92 is far quieter than my 2009 E90 was when it is below freezing out. The E90 was squeaking and creaking inside like crazy until the car warmed up.

ragingclue · 01-07-2011, 03:04 PM

I made my rattles go away by taking out the mufflers. It was the only way.

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ToothDoc Second Lieutenant 5 Rep 241 Posts Drives: 997.2 TTS, CLA 45 AMG Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicagoland iTrader: (0)	Yeah, my MB ML500 squeaked everytime I hit a decent bump and I knew it was from the windshield (the seal was probably bad). It was so bad that at times, the window alarm would go off all the time randomly. When I went in 3 times, I think MB finally just disabled my alarm so I couldn't lemon it. Well, finally, when the windshield needed replacement, the new seal was done properly and it didn't squeak at every bump. Frustrating... not to mention, alignment was off from the factory and the dealership would just inflate one side of the tires to correct alignment. How cheap is that? Needless to say, I never went to Lynnfield MB in Massachusetts again and I got out of MB forever (well, at least for a while)
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