So many rattles!

[sardius]

Still new, it got 3000Km and man does this car rattle all over the cabin! Some are in the back, the infamous arm-rest creak, some in the front passanger side, et al. I just cannot pin point exactly where they are coming from.

[NYC6]

6 months on mine and I cant notice a rattle anywhere.

[Thud]

Switching to non-runflat tires greatly reduced the rattles for me.

[sardius]

Originally Posted by maxnix

Really? Does that mean your tires were rattling too?

OP, take it to the dealer, get a loaner and tell them you don't want it back until it is quiet like new.

Funny because I thought exactly the same thing. But I am afraid that they would do more damage than good if left too long in their hands. My first day at the dealership already damaged the 2 front-side jacking points and now I cannot use them.

[Castr_85M]

I got a 3 series loaner and i noticed how it does not rattle no where near as my 1er. I have the armrest squeak, rear seat rattle and the random rear headliner noises. Drives me nuts.

[fermat1313]

Originally Posted by sardius

Funny because I thought exactly the same thing. But I am afraid that they would do more damage than good if left too long in their hands. My first day at the dealership already damaged the 2 front-side jacking points and now I cannot use them.

Did you get them to fix it? If they have messed up jack points I would consider that a serious issue that needs to be resolved. Don't let the dealership get away with shoddy service!

[Sylon]

News flash! All cars rattle eventually. Driving, motion, bumps, vibration, engine, heat--all this shit causes the car to develop rattles. Cars these days are just snapped together plastic-fantastic, eventually the plastic will get jolted and start to rattle.


You should drive a Subaru for a while, you would go crazy with how much those things rattle.

[Atropos]

3k miles so far, no rattles at all. Sorry to hear that you're having troubles with it.

Granted, there are some questionably weird / shoddy little details in the cabin (lack of proper floormat hooks, cheap feeling buttons on the rear mirror), but I can't say I'm finding any serious problems yet.

[fwmcb]

17,000KM on mine and 8 months and the only time I have rattles in my car is when it comes time to clean the car out. Usually caused by my own junk.

[rsjean]

The only rattles I have after 9 months is the Passport radar detector and it's windshield suction mount.

[Tom K.]

No rattles after 2 1/2 years & 29,000 miles. And while my Passport Solo's suction cups occaisionally refuse to suck, they don't rattle either!

Tom

[JN2009]

I give a name to my 1 and it`s RaTT Hells but when I hit the gaz
all my frustration disapear .

[GreatDane]

After about a year and a half of driving and 13k miles, I've not experienced any persistent rattles. I do have the known A pillar creak when the car hits large potholes, but I do everything in my power to avoid such occurrences.

[Itanius]

I don't have any rattles, but I do have quite a few creaks and pops from various interior locations when hitting bumps.

[ennislaw]

Originally Posted by sardius

Still new, it got 3000Km and man does this car rattle all over the cabin! Some are in the back, the infamous arm-rest creak, some in the front passanger side, et al. I just cannot pin point exactly where they are coming from.

I've got a 2010 135i (Nov '09 build) with 4100 miles and it's really tight except for one exception (so far), a squeaking armrest that occurred at 800 miles, which I cured by spraying 1Z einszett Cockpit Premium into the hinges.

It appears build quality varies wildly from car to car, regardless of model or year. Did you order your car or purchase/lease it out of existing inventory?

pge

[BMW86]

If you have a door rattle I recommend you banging the door from the outside a few times whilst driving with the window down when you experience it. I did this the other day when it happened for the first time and no noise since Give it a try!

[tritonx]

These car are made for good roads, maybe you are just hearing the noise from our wonderful pavement. I feel and hear the smallest imperfection on the road.

[Cuz5150]

1 year, 2 months and 4600 miles= Zero rattles

checked tire pressure recently?

[AuxNuke]

I've had pretty much every rattle. I relentlessly bring them up with my dealer until they are fixed. Here's the recent ones:

- Center armrest creak / rattle: Mostly resolved now. Tech used grease, oil, a new armrest, felt, tape, you name it.
- Passenger and Driver side armrest / door pocket rattle: Driver side solved; broken clip. Passenger side, still occurs occasionally.
- Overhead rattle above drivers head: Resolved after tech used "insulation" between headliner and door sill.
- Glovebox piston rattle over bumps: Tech performed a SB on this one; mostly resolved.
- Rear seat rattle: Never resolved. Seems to come from the child restraint covers. I open and close them a few times every now and then; this seems to take care of it.
- "Air noise" from rear of driver, mainly when shifting: No resolution; tech cant reproduce it, probably thinks I'm crazy.

Had a 335i coupe before this; had less, but many rattles as well.
Good luck all!

[Raine]

No rattles. But the car feels like it just exploded every time I drive over an uneven bump.

Damn RFT!

[zamboni]

17K miles and hated the armrest creak moise, took it to dealer twice still can't resolve the problem.

[rori zahr]

dealer good a good job fixing rattle coming from the passenger side and dashboard. armrest rattle I solved it myself 6 months ago by spraying zaino paint sealant into the hinges! yes, it's an odd solution but it did silent the armrest for good:-)