[Coconut]

Here are various rattles with fixes that I encountered over my 7 month of ownership.

1. Rattle that sounded like a loose spring coming somewhere from the passenger area, perhaps the B-pillar seatbelt area as I originally thought. This was the first rattle I noticed when I took delivery of the car. You could hear it 80% of the time even just coasting on a smooth road. Isolated the sound by tapping on the passenger seabelt receptacle. The spring that keeps the red release button seemed to be misaligned inside. I gave it a few hard slaps hoping to realign the spring and it worked!

2. 1 month into ownership and about 800 miles a plastic on plastic creaking sound started coming from the driver side vent to the left of the iDrive 8 screen. It soon happened all the time when going over medium bumps. Finally isolated it the curved ID8 screen. I cut out a piece of 0.5" x 0.5" x 1" black rubber from a jackstand pad I got at Harbor Freight and wedged it behind the ID8 screen and dash. There's a small flat area right behind the curved screen where the eye tracking hardware would normally be. This fixed it.

3. 4 months into ownership a sound could be heard coming from the dash/HUD bezel area. It sounds like a small screw was loose and rattling around. This would happen when going over fairly rough roads on the freeway. After remove the HUD bezel, center channel grill, engine cowl, engine cover pieces with no luck I finally found the issue. It was a large plastic sticker from the factory under the headliner touching the metal roof. I found this out when I noticed the same rattling sound when closing the driver size sunvisor. I remove the sunvisor, pulled down the headliner a bit near the windshield and ripped off the sticker. This fixed the issue.

4. 5 months into ownership with ~3k miles the most annoying plastic creaking sound started coming from the rear deck. Within 2 weeks it would happen all the time going over the slightest road imperfection. I isolated it to the long plastic vent between the clothed rear deck and the rear window. If you grab the vent and push it towards the front of the car you can hear it creaking. I took apart the entire rear interior to get to that plastic vent. I used some 3mm thick closed cell foam from Resonix where the plastic vent touches the metal rear deck. This solved the issue.

[sAmstur]

The thing that annoys me the most out of all the weird raddles i'll get in this car is when pulling on the driver side door to close it makes a sticking sound. It's hard to explain but its like there is some form of adhesive back there and unless its boiling hot outside it feels and sounds like you're ripping duct tape off (maybe not duct tape but you get the idea).

[TJZ67201]

Originally Posted by sAmstur

The thing that annoys me the most out of all the weird raddles i'll get in this car is when pulling on the driver side door to close it makes a sticking sound. It's hard to explain but its like there is some form of adhesive back there and unless its boiling hot outside it feels and sounds like you're ripping duct tape off (maybe not duct tape but you get the idea).

Yes!! Almost like as if they stuck the door-pull onto the door with adhesive tape. Very non premium sound/experience. I’m thinking about taking apart the door card to fix that… shouldn’t have to do that on a car this expensive. I would expect this out of a twenty-teens GM product, not BMW

I have had 2 interior rattles. The front speaker with loud music + pumped in engine sound and the rear parcel shelf, here is my fix:
https://g87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2002040

I still love the car. Just wish we didn’t have to deal with petty bullshit like this on a premium brand vehicle.

[sAmstur]

I've been thinking the same thing. If i wanted just a fast car i could've gone with many other options for this price point. I was honestly considering bringing it back to the dealership to be fixed. Do you think that's something they'd be able to fix under warranty or would they just tell me tough luck?

[TJZ67201]

Originally Posted by sAmstur

I've been thinking the same thing. If i wanted just a fast car i could've gone with many other options for this price point. I was honestly considering bringing it back to the dealership to be fixed. Do you think that's something they'd be able to fix under warranty or would they just tell me tough luck?

Really depends on the dealership or the shop foreman. It’s worth a shot tbh, even for just a check in / free oil change

[XC3LLR8]

Pulling the door closed sounds like I'm squeezing Styrofoam. It's done it since day 1 and I assume it's sound deadening material in the door panel.

[ap2x]

Coconut was this the 3rd sound you had?

https://youtube.com/shorts/MRSsWZl5tlk?feature=share

[Coconut]

Originally Posted by omar1

Coconut was this the 3rd sound you had?

https://youtube.com/shorts/MRSsWZl5tlk?feature=share

No, the rear vent sounded more like plastic popping/breaking, like if you were to snap a plastic fork in half.

[fortysecond]

Originally Posted by Coconut

Here are various rattles with fixes that I encountered over my 7 month of ownership.

2. 1 month into ownership and about 800 miles a plastic on plastic creaking sound started coming from the driver side vent to the left of the iDrive 8 screen. It soon happened all the time when going over medium bumps. Finally isolated it the curved ID8 screen. I cut out a piece of 0.5" x 0.5" x 1" black rubber from a jackstand pad I got at Harbor Freight and wedged it behind the ID8 screen and dash. There's a small flat area right behind the curved screen where the eye tracking hardware would normally be. This fixed it.

I've actually scheduled an appointment with my dealer regarding this. I decided to let. them try. and fix it. Technician that. I'm working with. at. the service on a regular basis seem to be responsive so I decided to take my chances. on that.

The source of rattling (like wire harness not properly affixed is scratching other plastic part). seem to be right behind IDrive 8 exactly behind the driver facing camera. If iDrive is pressed light towards windshield sound disappears.

[AdiSinghV12]

Is anyone experiencing a reoccurring rattling sound from the reading light console over bad roads ? And any fixes if anyone’s figured out ?

[sandrik93]

Originally Posted by Coconut

Here are various rattles with fixes that I encountered over my 7 month of ownership.

1. Rattle that sounded like a loose spring coming somewhere from the passenger area, perhaps the B-pillar seatbelt area as I originally thought. This was the first rattle I noticed when I took delivery of the car. You could hear it 80% of the time even just coasting on a smooth road. Isolated the sound by tapping on the passenger seabelt receptacle. The spring that keeps the red release button seemed to be misaligned inside. I gave it a few hard slaps hoping to realign the spring and it worked!

2. 1 month into ownership and about 800 miles a plastic on plastic creaking sound started coming from the driver side vent to the left of the iDrive 8 screen. It soon happened all the time when going over medium bumps. Finally isolated it the curved ID8 screen. I cut out a piece of 0.5" x 0.5" x 1" black rubber from a jackstand pad I got at Harbor Freight and wedged it behind the ID8 screen and dash. There's a small flat area right behind the curved screen where the eye tracking hardware would normally be. This fixed it.

3. 4 months into ownership a sound could be heard coming from the dash/HUD bezel area. It sounds like a small screw was loose and rattling around. This would happen when going over fairly rough roads on the freeway. After remove the HUD bezel, center channel grill, engine cowl, engine cover pieces with no luck I finally found the issue. It was a large plastic sticker from the factory under the headliner touching the metal roof. I found this out when I noticed the same rattling sound when closing the driver size sunvisor. I remove the sunvisor, pulled down the headliner a bit near the windshield and ripped off the sticker. This fixed the issue.

4. 5 months into ownership with ~3k miles the most annoying plastic creaking sound started coming from the rear deck. Within 2 weeks it would happen all the time going over the slightest road imperfection. I isolated it to the long plastic vent between the clothed rear deck and the rear window. If you grab the vent and push it towards the front of the car you can hear it creaking. I took apart the entire rear interior to get to that plastic vent. I used some 3mm thick closed cell foam from Resonix where the plastic vent touches the metal rear deck. This solved the issue.

Number 2 is what I still need to fix. Started a few months ago. Also depends on road surface. When it perfectly resonates, it gets pretty bad.
Two others that I have found.
1. The "elbow rest" on the driver side door panel where the plastic meets the leather"ette", the plastic can be pushed in and it creates a fairly annoying creaking sound. Not an issue if you don't touch it, but during driving, my elbow usually ends up right about there. Yet to find a solution.
2. This one is a mystery to me. Can't even describe the noise. Kind of a whooshing "windy" noise coming from the dash/engine bay area at high speeds on the highway. Couldn't isolate it to any panels inside the car. Thought it was a side mounted front license plate but no luck there (same driving without it). I'm gonna see if I also have a plastic sticker under the headliner. Maybe that's it...

And of course, no need to mention the right rear suspension.

[Paulm2]

The number 4. Could you send a photo of how you fixed it? Please have the dam same issue

[Avi8er]

Originally Posted by Coconut

Here are various rattles with fixes that I encountered over my 7 month of ownership.

1. Rattle that sounded like a loose spring coming somewhere from the passenger area, perhaps the B-pillar seatbelt area as I originally thought. This was the first rattle I noticed when I took delivery of the car. You could hear it 80% of the time even just coasting on a smooth road. Isolated the sound by tapping on the passenger seabelt receptacle. The spring that keeps the red release button seemed to be misaligned inside. I gave it a few hard slaps hoping to realign the spring and it worked!

2. 1 month into ownership and about 800 miles a plastic on plastic creaking sound started coming from the driver side vent to the left of the iDrive 8 screen. It soon happened all the time when going over medium bumps. Finally isolated it the curved ID8 screen. I cut out a piece of 0.5" x 0.5" x 1" black rubber from a jackstand pad I got at Harbor Freight and wedged it behind the ID8 screen and dash. There's a small flat area right behind the curved screen where the eye tracking hardware would normally be. This fixed it.

3. 4 months into ownership a sound could be heard coming from the dash/HUD bezel area. It sounds like a small screw was loose and rattling around. This would happen when going over fairly rough roads on the freeway. After remove the HUD bezel, center channel grill, engine cowl, engine cover pieces with no luck I finally found the issue. It was a large plastic sticker from the factory under the headliner touching the metal roof. I found this out when I noticed the same [...]

Did the noise described in point 1 sound like the one in my video?

https://youtube.com/shorts/N_8OCcNPX...01A1euG5TI5RHf

Yesterday I hit the passenger's buckle several times and also let the red button click, but I can't hear any noise.

I have this very strange noise coming from the area of the passenger seat / B-pillar, which unfortunately only occurs sporadically and is very difficult to reproduce and find.

It occurs very irregularly and is probably very temperature-dependent. More frequent now in the cold season.

It seems to occur more frequently after a long period of inactivity.

It feels like it's coming from the passenger side, but sometimes I also get the impression that it's coming from the rear. I've been to the dealer with it three times over a period of almost a year. It is never reproducible there during the test drive. Based on my cell phone video, the seat has already been removed, the sunroof dismantled (a loose rail was suspected there) and the underbody was also examined. On the underbody, they found out that the heat protection plate (see photo) was apparently vibrating right at the transition to the plastic trim - was immobilized with plasticine and was the great hope. Unfortunately also unsuccessful.

I am in despair. The noise occurs sporadically and is probably also temperature-dependent. Mostly on uneven road surfaces such as cobblestones, asphalt crossings, etc.

Any idea what part of the car could cause this weird noise ? Has anyone had the same problem and been able to find it?

Thanks