plastic creaking noise when going over bumps

troyer16 · 05-03-2011, 05:37 PM

Hey all, this is a little hard to explain but on my e90 whenever i go over a bump or unlevel road or lets say from road to driveway, i can hear plastic what sounds like creaking or cracking inside my car. It sounds like it is coming from all the doors. very annoying, anyone know what it could be?

johnnyboi418 · 05-03-2011, 06:34 PM

I get that too! I am curious about it also.

PINeely · 05-03-2011, 07:13 PM

Rubber weather stripping in the door sills. Condition the weather stripping with a vinyl and rubber conditioner and wax your door sills and it should go away. The creaking you hear is the sill rubbing against the rubber.

biosundr · 05-03-2011, 09:02 PM

+1 with regards to the rubbing against the door frame.
I used WD-40 and that just cleared it up. Sounded like a new car. There was some concern whether WD-40 was OK for use on rubber. Checked the WD-40 web site and confirmed that it was OK for treating rubber.

michaelalex17 · 05-03-2011, 09:03 PM

get wurth rubber care

afong · 05-03-2011, 09:20 PM

I had the same problem since day one, dealer replaced so many parts for me but each time only keep silent less than a month and noise will come back again.

It's about 20 months I had the car since new, dealer replaced the rain channel twice on both side, the gloss black trim beside the door, the rubber weather strip, but the noise still there. I tried to use WD40 and the noise completely gone, but dealer said I shouldn't use anything on them because it will only make it worst. That is why they changed the rubber weather strip for me last coz they claim I putted WD40 on them.

Anyways, noise still there and it's annoying it happen on a car at this price.

evicfinite · 05-03-2011, 10:00 PM

can you post a picture of where i need to put oil for the creaking noise, seems i have this issue too...

chromisdesigns · 05-03-2011, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by biosundr

+1 with regards to the rubbing against the door frame.
I used WD-40 and that just cleared it up. Sounded like a new car. There was some concern whether WD-40 was OK for use on rubber. Checked the WD-40 web site and confirmed that it was OK for treating rubber.

I wouldn't put oil on rubber door seals. Get some seal dressing instead.

Frank Bauer · 05-03-2011, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evicfinite

can you post a picture of where i need to put oil for the creaking noise, seems i have this issue too...

What he said cause this is making me MADDD..

username604 · 05-03-2011, 10:18 PM

my dealer's shuttle x5 has the craziest creaking. I thought there was a tent set up on the backseat, but i checked and alas the car was empty 'cept for me and the driver.
I couldn't help but think i'd have to sell my car if it made that much noise.

troyer16 · 05-09-2011, 06:53 AM

bump for photos

asifjahmed · 05-09-2011, 08:21 AM

Get some "Gummi Pflege" - that really keeps the door seals nice and supple. Gets rid of the creaks and I think it seals out road noise better too!

Link:
http://www.autogeek.net/1z-einszett-...are-stick.html

Avatar77 · 05-09-2011, 09:02 AM

I just tried some Gummi Pflege on my car, didn't work (but I dont think the doors are the issue in my case - wish it were that simple). Nonetheless, I think the "real stuff" is not the einszett, it's the Autosol. Search bavauto.com for AS 6500.

troyer16 · 06-02-2011, 05:05 PM

bump again for photos please

magungo · 06-02-2011, 05:51 PM

I took my car in for service and the sheet said they lubed all the door seals. It fixed my problem.

mundo74 · 06-02-2011, 05:58 PM

There is a service bulletin that put a piece of felt where the entire shift console meets the verged dash. Right next to the ashtray. I had the most annoying creaks and once I did it it is now gone.. Btw it the passenger side of the console

DeMobBoss · 12-06-2011, 05:57 PM

So glad someone has talked about this already. I've had my E90 for only a short while and its only a few months old. But before I picked up the car from the dealership in Parramatta I noticed they have a habit of parking their vehicles on the top deck of the building for them to 'SUN DRY'.
Sure enough eversince I've had the car both the drivers and passenger side door card compenents, but mainly the internal door sills and the door seals, seems to squeak quite inrusively (even with the stereo on) even over any midly bumpy road (the Msport suspension doesn't help!).
After paying this sort of money for a car like this its an absolute disgrace! We also have an Audi A5 sportback of roughly similar cost but not a single peep from it since the day my partner had it and we've had it for over a year now.
I'm tempted to hand the Bimmer back to the dealer and say "You bloody sundried so you bloody well fix it!" but just in case they piss it up even more I was wondering before I do that - has anyone tried any of the above mentioned remedies and have they had any success with one or other of them more than the other?
Cheers muchly in advance!

Ninjaoz · 12-09-2011, 02:59 AM

I had a similar problem with my new car, anyone has a quick solution for it?

B-737 · 12-09-2011, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asifjahmed

Get some "Gummi Pflege" - that really keeps the door seals nice and supple. Gets rid of the creaks and I think it seals out road noise better too!

Link:
http://www.autogeek.net/1z-einszett-...are-stick.html

+3

gunnerxq · 12-09-2011, 09:48 AM

Just clean the doors really well, the seals everything. I had two problems the seals and the glass was making noise. So you have to put down the windows clean the top off the windows then clean where the windows go at the too of the doors. Don't stop till its perfectly clean. Now my car is quite maybe a little too quite

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troyer16 New Member 3 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2006 325i Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: ny iTrader: (0)	plastic creaking noise when going over bumps Hey all, this is a little hard to explain but on my e90 whenever i go over a bump or unlevel road or lets say from road to driveway, i can hear plastic what sounds like creaking or cracking inside my car. It sounds like it is coming from all the doors. very annoying, anyone know what it could be?
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johnnyboi418 Lieutenant 14 Rep 433 Posts Drives: e90 335i Sedan 09 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NOR CAL iTrader: (6)	I get that too! I am curious about it also.
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PINeely Lieutenant Colonel 1086 Rep 1,912 Posts Drives: 2013 535i, 2015 Tundra 1794 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jackson, MS iTrader: (2)	Rubber weather stripping in the door sills. Condition the weather stripping with a vinyl and rubber conditioner and wax your door sills and it should go away. The creaking you hear is the sill rubbing against the rubber.
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biosundr New Member 0 Rep 8 Posts Drives: 2009 335i x, 2008 335i E93 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New Jersey iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 335i Convertible [0.00]	+1 with regards to the rubbing against the door frame. I used WD-40 and that just cleared it up. Sounded like a new car. There was some concern whether WD-40 was OK for use on rubber. Checked the WD-40 web site and confirmed that it was OK for treating rubber.
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michaelalex17 Brigadier General 597 Rep 3,386 Posts Drives: Manual Wagon Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: CT iTrader: (4)	get wurth rubber care
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afong afong 2 Rep 78 Posts Drives: 09 335i & 11 X3 2.8i Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Richmond, BC iTrader: (0)	I had the same problem since day one, dealer replaced so many parts for me but each time only keep silent less than a month and noise will come back again. It's about 20 months I had the car since new, dealer replaced the rain channel twice on both side, the gloss black trim beside the door, the rubber weather strip, but the noise still there. I tried to use WD40 and the noise completely gone, but dealer said I shouldn't use anything on them because it will only make it worst. That is why they changed the rubber weather strip for me last coz they claim I putted WD40 on them. Anyways, noise still there and it's annoying it happen on a car at this price.
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username604 Colonel 124 Rep 2,554 Posts Drives: bmw Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: repair shop iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 BMW 335i [10.00]	my dealer's shuttle x5 has the craziest creaking. I thought there was a tent set up on the backseat, but i checked and alas the car was empty 'cept for me and the driver. I couldn't help but think i'd have to sell my car if it made that much noise.
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troyer16 New Member 3 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2006 325i Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: ny iTrader: (0)	bump for photos
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asifjahmed Private 6 Rep 94 Posts Drives: 2011 335is Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cincinnati, OH iTrader: (0)	Get some "Gummi Pflege" - that really keeps the door seals nice and supple. Gets rid of the creaks and I think it seals out road noise better too! Link: http://www.autogeek.net/1z-einszett-...are-stick.html
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Avatar77 New Member 0 Rep 19 Posts Drives: '08 328i Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Atlanta iTrader: (1)	I just tried some Gummi Pflege on my car, didn't work (but I dont think the doors are the issue in my case - wish it were that simple). Nonetheless, I think the "real stuff" is not the einszett, it's the Autosol. Search bavauto.com for AS 6500.
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troyer16 New Member 3 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2006 325i Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: ny iTrader: (0)	bump again for photos please
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magungo Private First Class 11 Rep 153 Posts Drives: Honda Civic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bellevue iTrader: (4)	I took my car in for service and the sheet said they lubed all the door seals. It fixed my problem.
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mundo74 Lieutenant 67 Rep 563 Posts Drives: F10M5 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: P.Pines, FL iTrader: (2)	There is a service bulletin that put a piece of felt where the entire shift console meets the verged dash. Right next to the ashtray. I had the most annoying creaks and once I did it it is now gone.. Btw it the passenger side of the console
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DeMobBoss New Member 4 Rep 27 Posts Drives: MY11 BMW 330d Msport Carbon Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Sydney, London iTrader: (0) Garage List 1971 Mercedes-Benz ... [10.00] 2011 BMW M330d 'DeM ... [10.00] 1982 Porsche 911S S ... [9.75] 2008 Subaru STI H6T ... [10.00] 2011 Audi A5 Sportb ... [10.00] 1982 Toyota FJ45 La ... [10.00]	Driving me nuts! So glad someone has talked about this already. I've had my E90 for only a short while and its only a few months old. But before I picked up the car from the dealership in Parramatta I noticed they have a habit of parking their vehicles on the top deck of the building for them to 'SUN DRY'. Sure enough eversince I've had the car both the drivers and passenger side door card compenents, but mainly the internal door sills and the door seals, seems to squeak quite inrusively (even with the stereo on) even over any midly bumpy road (the Msport suspension doesn't help!). After paying this sort of money for a car like this its an absolute disgrace! We also have an Audi A5 sportback of roughly similar cost but not a single peep from it since the day my partner had it and we've had it for over a year now. I'm tempted to hand the Bimmer back to the dealer and say "You bloody sundried so you bloody well fix it!" but just in case they piss it up even more I was wondering before I do that - has anyone tried any of the above mentioned remedies and have they had any success with one or other of them more than the other? Cheers muchly in advance! __________________ 8 sets of wheels and counting: www.YouTube.com/DeMobBoss Anyone know this madman?
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gunnerxq Lieutenant Colonel 213 Rep 1,783 Posts Drives: e90 "325i" Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New York iTrader: (1)	Just clean the doors really well, the seals everything. I had two problems the seals and the glass was making noise. So you have to put down the windows clean the top off the windows then clean where the windows go at the too of the doors. Don't stop till its perfectly clean. Now my car is quite maybe a little too quite __________________ Koni special active red, eibach pro-kit springs, Remus exhaust, stage 3 intake manifold,Stage 2 AA tune, BMW Short shift kit. Silicon intake pipe. M3 control arms front, M3 rear. ECS trailing arm with whiteline bushings. Purple powerflex subframe bushings. Yellow power flex upper shock mounts. Single mass flywheel OE weight.
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