I have noticed over the last few weeks a rather annoying rattle coming from the boot area on the drivers side. More noticeable going over uneven road surfaces and stopping. Took into BMW today who want £140 for an hours investigating to try and find the problem, and obviously further money for the fix. Have looked online and the common feeling is either the roof mechanism or a suspension issue. Has anyone had this issue and been able to fix it? If so, how much did it cost you? The noise only happens when the roof is up.
Rear Rattle
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:lol: Good old stealers. Just wish I knew and could tell you for nout.adann said:
Does it make the same sound with the boot roof tray up or down? Have you emptied the boot of every single thing that can be emptied?
Remove everything and road test again. Including the boot floor cover, tools, anything in the lockable box under the left of the boot floor.
I'd be surprised if it's the roof, I know the mech quite well after doing my own rattle hunting and its tight/very few components that can rattle.
Welcome to the World of E89 rattles.
My latest one this last week a plastic rattle over on the left. I have wedged a piece of rubber in the bottom corner between the dash and the cheap looking window frame trim that goes up the door frame. Fingers crossed that that is the culprit.
Noise I have managed to cure in past
1/Rear deck tapping in the corners near the flappy bits. Sounded like two sandwich boxes banging together. Glued rubber on the underside.
2/That wedge thing below the rear window that sits in the hole in the rear deck. Some fluffy stick on pads either side, not the wedge though, otherwise the window won't lift. It originally had some very thin felt on the wedge bit, but fell off.
3/The roof protector hinges broke so fixed with carriage bolts and nuts.
4/Every gap in plastic trim sprayed silicon.
5/Sun visors rattle, mirror cover inside rattles. Used some rubber pads on window frame to stop this.
6/iDrive screen motor gears rattle, cured with silicon spray.
7/Wedges the roof sits on covered in thin rubber.
8/Having seats too far back they bang against rear bulkhead.
9/Sometimes sound of loose washers in steering column.
10/Trim under dash rattles, silicon spray and wedged a piece of card where there was a loose electrical module, above drivers right leg.
11/ Bonnet rattle, adjusted the bonnet rubbers.
Anything left lose rattles, probably due the stiffer ride.
Sometimes dropping the windows half inch cured some noises. Think that is related to 7/.
I think the rear quarter light black bit butts up against a bolt head in the door window rubber trim. Poke a finger in and you can feel the bolt head.
Recently had all the rear bulkhead trim out to fit pass through storage, that was a quiet week with that all removed.
A more serious rubber mallet bumping sound in boot finally cured by, replacing the anti roll bar bushes with polybushes, then replacing the rear shocks with Bilstein and finally removing the right rear spring, washing the rubbers top and bottom, chalked them, refit and set the spring 90 degree anti-clockwise from original position.
Other than the rubbish steering, partly cured by fitting non-rft's and the notchy gearbox, it's a great car :roll:
My latest one this last week a plastic rattle over on the left. I have wedged a piece of rubber in the bottom corner between the dash and the cheap looking window frame trim that goes up the door frame. Fingers crossed that that is the culprit.
Noise I have managed to cure in past
1/Rear deck tapping in the corners near the flappy bits. Sounded like two sandwich boxes banging together. Glued rubber on the underside.
2/That wedge thing below the rear window that sits in the hole in the rear deck. Some fluffy stick on pads either side, not the wedge though, otherwise the window won't lift. It originally had some very thin felt on the wedge bit, but fell off.
3/The roof protector hinges broke so fixed with carriage bolts and nuts.
4/Every gap in plastic trim sprayed silicon.
5/Sun visors rattle, mirror cover inside rattles. Used some rubber pads on window frame to stop this.
6/iDrive screen motor gears rattle, cured with silicon spray.
7/Wedges the roof sits on covered in thin rubber.
8/Having seats too far back they bang against rear bulkhead.
9/Sometimes sound of loose washers in steering column.
10/Trim under dash rattles, silicon spray and wedged a piece of card where there was a loose electrical module, above drivers right leg.
11/ Bonnet rattle, adjusted the bonnet rubbers.
Anything left lose rattles, probably due the stiffer ride.
Sometimes dropping the windows half inch cured some noises. Think that is related to 7/.
I think the rear quarter light black bit butts up against a bolt head in the door window rubber trim. Poke a finger in and you can feel the bolt head.
Recently had all the rear bulkhead trim out to fit pass through storage, that was a quiet week with that all removed.
A more serious rubber mallet bumping sound in boot finally cured by, replacing the anti roll bar bushes with polybushes, then replacing the rear shocks with Bilstein and finally removing the right rear spring, washing the rubbers top and bottom, chalked them, refit and set the spring 90 degree anti-clockwise from original position.
Other than the rubbish steering, partly cured by fitting non-rft's and the notchy gearbox, it's a great car :roll:
