[meruyailir]

I thought moving from Honda to BMW will free me up from having to deal with rattle. NOT!

I already have my 325 with the dealers for 3 days to get rid of this rattle coming from the driver side (somewhere in the B pillar or door). It sounds quite subtle but annoying. It occurs on bumpy roads. They have done according to the technical bulletin for B pillar noise but to no avail. They have opened up the door upholstery and applied sound deadening stuff, which also resulted in nothing.

Anyone solves door-side/B-pillar rattle other than those outlined in the bulletin? I've lost my emotional attachment to the car now that it gives me this rattle.

[e90driver]

My car has several rattles. It's a car. It has thousands of parts, they move, contract, expand, shift, rub. Some are bound to make a little noise. You'll never keep up if you try to get rid of every errant noise. Get major ones fixed, ignore the rest. 3 days at a dealership for a rattle is a bit excessive though...

[meruyailir]

Originally Posted by e90driver

My car has several rattles. It's a car. It has thousands of parts, they move, contract, expand, shift, rub. Some are bound to make a little noise. You'll never keep up if you try to get rid of every errant noise. Get major ones fixed, ignore the rest. 3 days at a dealership for a rattle is a bit excessive though...

Maybe I should learn to live with it. But sometimes it just bothers me, you know.

[KL2DC]

I have some faint rattle and faint suspension squeaks...haven't been able to track it down though. I will probably bring it up with my SA after the initial excitement wears down a little (coming up to 2 weeks)

[StevoSEA]

Originally Posted by meruyailir

I thought moving from Honda to BMW will free me up from having to deal with rattle. NOT!

I already have my 325 with the dealers for 3 days to get rid of this rattle coming from the driver side (somewhere in the B pillar or door). It sounds quite subtle but annoying. It occurs on bumpy roads. They have done according to the technical bulletin for B pillar noise but to no avail. They have opened up the door upholstery and applied sound deadening stuff, which also resulted in nothing.

Anyone solves door-side/B-pillar rattle other than those outlined in the bulletin? I've lost my emotional attachment to the car now that it gives me this rattle.

Have you had then check the seat belt retensioner-defective ones make an intermittant faint clicking noise. I had mine repaired about a month ago. Unfortunately the majority of all manufacturers consumer complaints are with rattles and squeaks (yes, even Lexus and Toyota!) I would not just live with them, though.Unfortunately you need to be persistant-which can be very time consuming (multiple trips to dealership)

[Bimmerista]

There is service bulleting for the B pillar rattle, something about inserting something-the dealer should know.

The only way to be truly rattle free in a car is to get rid of the car

I think i have the B pillar rattle as well (it is faint for now).

I am going to wait and probably just fix it at my next regulat appointment.

[Jongi]

I used to have a rattle near the air outlets in the center. Haven't noticed it in a while. i bet i will on the drive back home today.

[meruyailir]

Originally Posted by StevoSEA

Have you had then check the seat belt retensioner-defective ones make an intermittant faint clicking noise. I had mine repaired about a month ago. Unfortunately the majority of all manufacturers consumer complaints are with rattles and squeaks (yes, even Lexus and Toyota!) I would not just live with them, though.Unfortunately you need to be persistant-which can be very time consuming (multiple trips to dealership)

I happen to know quite well the owner of the dealer and so I'm having them hunt down the rattle until it's terminated. It's been 4 days now and they give me a 520 e60 for loan, not bad, more comfortable ride but very slow.

According to the service bulletins, it's the washer(s) that need to be replaced, not the pretensioner. I think they're gonna investigate on smaller items first before deciding to replace the pretensioner.

[ward]

honda's are quite well put together, I wouldn't expect a BMW to be much more rattle free than a honda