HELP! Windshield rattle!!!

ScheerSpeed · 02-26-2007, 09:27 AM

ok, so recently my windsheild/dashboard started to rattle, coming from the passenger side. and it it really starting to annoy me. i have searched, but had no results. can anyone help?

Juggs · 02-26-2007, 09:33 AM

take it to the dealer - stat!

STE92VE · 02-26-2007, 09:46 AM

I was going to say maybe it's some ice from the last storm in the NE, but I see you're in FL...Take it to the dealer and have it checked out.

MacAttack · 02-26-2007, 01:02 PM

Probably dropped some change or a pen back there in the vents. Did that before a few years back.

Still....take it to a dealer.

canucklion · 02-26-2007, 01:36 PM

take it to the dealer, and let us know what they find out pls!

Bemve · 02-26-2007, 01:48 PM

dealer pronto!

bronco · 02-26-2007, 02:15 PM

did you go to the dealer?

ScheerSpeed · 02-26-2007, 05:00 PM

update:

went to dealer and scheduled service appointment for tomorrow @ 745am. SA thinks something may have come loos einside the dashboard or something. or that the chassis might be flexing (the rattle only occurs when i go over uneven surfaces) and if chassis flex is the case i might get a free strut bar

canucklion · 02-26-2007, 05:09 PM

I recall another member getting a strut bar due to similar symptom

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScheerSpeed

update:

went to dealer and scheduled service appointment for tomorrow @ 745am. SA thinks something may have come loos einside the dashboard or something. or that the chassis might be flexing (the rattle only occurs when i go over uneven surfaces) and if chassis flex is the case i might get a free strut bar

ScheerSpeed · 02-27-2007, 11:11 AM

ok, so i took the car in today, and what ended up happening is that the OEM strut boar (the one that comes with the car and connects to the firewall) had come loose at the firewall. so the tech tightened it up and no more rattle

bsinclair · 02-27-2007, 02:06 PM

If you guys may recall. My dealer rinstalled a suspension brace across the top of motor between the struts about three weeks ago.
Voila--creak gone forever(well so far)
i love my car again
And it was warranty

canucklion · 02-27-2007, 02:32 PM

glad things worked out for ya, scheerspeed!

Driv3r · 02-27-2007, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScheerSpeed

ok, so i took the car in today, and what ended up happening is that the OEM strut boar (the one that comes with the car and connects to the firewall) had come loose at the firewall. so the tech tightened it up and no more rattle

Oh shit, dude do you think its from the Aventura/william lehman turn?? I hope mine doenst loosen lol

esquire · 02-27-2007, 05:11 PM

break out the superglue. just think how much better you'll feel when you fix it yourself at home instead of having the professionals at bmw do it for you.

ScheerSpeed · 02-27-2007, 09:50 PM

RATTLE IS BACK!!!! im going to yell!!

ScheerSpeed · 02-27-2007, 09:53 PM

i told them about the chassis flexing/putting the strut brace would help, but the guy said it made no sense

bmwexecutive · 02-28-2007, 01:14 AM

Probably all those kids you were with that were sitting on your windhshield drinking the other night. I think the fat kid loosened it up.

ScheerSpeed · 02-28-2007, 04:01 PM

scheduled another appointment for tuesday .... mentioned the strut bar fixing the problem to my SA, and he said he would run that by BMW NA and if they said it COULD fix the problem, then i get it 4 free

MonacoBimm · 02-28-2007, 06:01 PM

I have a rattle too. Im the drivers side. When I go through cracked or bumpy roads. It sounds like a clunking clunk clunkclunk rattle, that repeats really fast. And also when my car is dirty, and I go through uneven surfaces i hear the creaking sound. As if the chassis was flexing.

ScheerSpeed · 02-28-2007, 09:50 PM

mine does it clean or dirty

canucklion · 02-28-2007, 10:24 PM

keep updating this thread pls, I'm interested to find out the outcome of this situation!

ScheerSpeed · 03-01-2007, 11:13 PM

ok, will update the situation again on tuesday once i take the car in

P.S.
the rattle has been getting worse since i took the car in!!

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ScheerSpeed Major General 417 Rep 5,767 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	update: went to dealer and scheduled service appointment for tomorrow @ 745am. SA thinks something may have come loos einside the dashboard or something. or that the chassis might be flexing (the rattle only occurs when i go over uneven surfaces) and if chassis flex is the case i might get a free strut bar
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02-27-2007, 11:11 AM	#10
ScheerSpeed Major General 417 Rep 5,767 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	ok, so i took the car in today, and what ended up happening is that the OEM strut boar (the one that comes with the car and connects to the firewall) had come loose at the firewall. so the tech tightened it up and no more rattle
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02-27-2007, 02:06 PM	#11
bsinclair New Member 1 Rep 27 Posts Drives: 2006 325i Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: toronto iTrader: (0)	If you guys may recall. My dealer rinstalled a suspension brace across the top of motor between the struts about three weeks ago. Voila--creak gone forever(well so far) i love my car again And it was warranty
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02-27-2007, 02:32 PM	#12
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02-27-2007, 09:50 PM	#15
ScheerSpeed Major General 417 Rep 5,767 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	RATTLE IS BACK!!!! im going to yell!!
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02-27-2007, 09:53 PM	#16
ScheerSpeed Major General 417 Rep 5,767 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	i told them about the chassis flexing/putting the strut brace would help, but the guy said it made no sense
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02-28-2007, 01:14 AM	#17
bmwexecutive Banned 242 Rep 2,453 Posts Drives: 2006 330i Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: East Coast iTrader: (4)	Probably all those kids you were with that were sitting on your windhshield drinking the other night. I think the fat kid loosened it up.
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02-28-2007, 04:01 PM	#18
ScheerSpeed Major General 417 Rep 5,767 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	scheduled another appointment for tuesday .... mentioned the strut bar fixing the problem to my SA, and he said he would run that by BMW NA and if they said it COULD fix the problem, then i get it 4 free
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02-28-2007, 06:01 PM	#19
MonacoBimm Banned 44 Rep 1,859 Posts Drives: Sapp. Black 330i(2nd e90) Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Panama City, Panama iTrader: (1)	I have a rattle too. Im the drivers side. When I go through cracked or bumpy roads. It sounds like a clunking clunk clunkclunk rattle, that repeats really fast. And also when my car is dirty, and I go through uneven surfaces i hear the creaking sound. As if the chassis was flexing.
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02-28-2007, 09:50 PM	#20
ScheerSpeed Major General 417 Rep 5,767 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	mine does it clean or dirty
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02-28-2007, 10:24 PM	#21
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03-01-2007, 11:13 PM	#22
ScheerSpeed Major General 417 Rep 5,767 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	ok, will update the situation again on tuesday once i take the car in P.S. the rattle has been getting worse since i took the car in!!
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