Creaking dash?

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Pacemaker1000

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Getting the odd creak/cracking noise over rough roads. I have the wood dash from the ivory pack and whenever I push the trim around the heater control or even the chrome bezel around each individual control it creaks. Now I can't work out if this is the actual flimsy trim or the trim rubbing against something. But probably the former.
Does the aluminium surround do the same thing?
Can it be removed and padded?

I think it's a bad/quality design given the rest of the soft touch dash
 
Welcome to BMW build quality aka 'lightweight material design'

I get noises from the dash over rough roads.. Learn to live with it as taking things apart only makes it worse in my experience (and from what others have posted).
 
Can't say I've noticed this in mine with the Carbon Alluminium trim, in fact the car is totally silent which I'm relieved about as it was the one thing I was worried about with potential roof rattles, touch wood Ok upto now.

Tim.
 
Only a week to go until i swap in my 330d m sport convert with all the rattles in the world, mainly in the roof when it is closed foe a 2.0 m sport Z. I have opted for m sport suspension deletion hoping that it will give me a bit smoother ride on the rough roads in my area!
I just turn the cd up on rough roads!
 
guys
if you push anywhere on the centre dash trim does it creak like hell?
wondering if it is material based. the wood effect one feels very thin and flimsy. almost so you would think if you removed it, it would creak in your hands( hope that makes sense)
whereas the centre console is thick and chunky

as we are on the subject of creaks i had an issue with the centre armrest creaking every time i touched it. fixed with a spot of clear roof seal grease on the locking tab
 
Are you sure it is not the plastic panel below the stero. That creaks like mad in my car but I don't know how to remove it to get some lubricant behind it.
 
I had a creaking noise from the dash that sounded like it was coming from around the instrument cluster particularly on rough roads. I eventually found it was the black plastic trim covering the A pillar rubbing on against the dash at the bottom edge. A quick squirt of Silicone Spray seems to have sorted it though.
 
Unfortunately this is one of the two gripes I have with the car, firstly the runflat tyres and secondly the number of vibrations/creaks from what is supposed to be a high quality car.

As some have mentioned I am trying to learn to live with them. Thankfully other than this I really do like the Z overall.

It does not help that where I live the road surfaces are akin to driving across the surface of the moon after an asteroid strike :headbang:

On the rare occasion that I find a smooth piece of tarmac the car is quiet and refined so I should perhaps be thankful for small mercy's :D

Cheers

Morry
 
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