BMW Door Seals Are Utterly Awful
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Mabye BWM should consider door seals as the replacement parts like windshield wiper, change it every 10,000 miles.
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Q: BMW sound like old wooden ships???
A: BMW = Bavarian Made Wood...
You guys can't complain until you have been to the dealer since April multiple times, lube, lube, eplace, clean, lube...hey guess what's next in the sequece???
Answer: Buying Lexus GS 300....trading 530 soon.
A: BMW = Bavarian Made Wood...
You guys can't complain until you have been to the dealer since April multiple times, lube, lube, eplace, clean, lube...hey guess what's next in the sequece???
Answer: Buying Lexus GS 300....trading 530 soon.
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Originally Posted by kscarrol' date='Sep 8 2005, 10:38 AM
Go get them replaced.? Had mine done a couple of months, totally silent today...
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that can actually worsen the problem as in my case and other members as well. Any other solutions...aside from cranking the music up and accepting it's BMW quality.
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Originally Posted by pharding' date='Sep 7 2005, 09:36 PM
BMW has utterly awful door seal design.? My expensive 545 with 12,000 miles, creaks like a 17th Century wooden ship.? The BMW door seal design is pure sh1t.? One should compare the design of BMW door seals to Audi door seals.? BMW puts the door seal against the metal of the car body.? With Audi the door seal contacts another door seal attached to the car body.? I am a big BMW fan, but I cannot stand the creaking sound.? BMW has agreed to replace the door seals on my 545.? Good for them.? BMW is infatuated with high tech automobile features, yet their door seals, which are basic to any car, are the absolutely worst of any automobile manufacturer.? If BMW does not fix the awful, prehistoric, crude door seal design, in 07 I will be driving a Benz or Audi.
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Originally Posted by Freewilly' date='Sep 7 2005, 09:58 PM
OMG, please don?t compare a BMW with an Audi.? My girlfriend drives an A4, it?s the worst car I ever seen.? Window noise, door seal crack, bumper crack (with no accident), 3 out of 4 windows won?t open (happen at different time), inside panel fall out, rear view mirror fade? and so on.? And this car is only a little bit over 4 years.?
Another friend?s information panel looks like a rainbow, because almost ever single warning lights show error.? He sold the car before it reach 5 years.
I love the Audi exterior design, but the quality of this brand I will never trust.
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Another friend?s information panel looks like a rainbow, because almost ever single warning lights show error.? He sold the car before it reach 5 years.
I love the Audi exterior design, but the quality of this brand I will never trust.
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I disagree. My A4 has had no problem with the interior and exterior materials. The door seals are very good and a very robust design. Audi's are generally heavy and well constructed. That said, the mechanicals are suspect as I've had the tranny and power steering pumping replaced in the 1 year.
My issue with the Audi is the poor handling and rubbery feel of the suspension. I'll address this with an E60 in my driveway real soon. Not too worried about the door seals.
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I've had this problem for months now but have been waiting for a new software release to enable MP3 playback before I schedule an appointment to get everything fixed. I read cleaning them with water might help which I did but it didn't help. There's 2 rubber seals though, one on the door and one on the actual car frame. Are both replaced? Which one or both is/are the problem?
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My driver side door has develeoped a creaking sound at 13,000 miles. Its the same sort of creak my 85 BMW doors had when it was FOURTEEN years old. Any idea what could be causing this in a new car with such torsional stiffness?
That quote is from the MBZ board I stop by...looks like it's not just BMW / Funny thing when I had my 545 in for new seals I was in an X3 that creaked like crazy!
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Originally Posted by Freewilly' date='Sep 8 2005, 08:19 AM
Mabye BWM should consider door seals as the replacement parts like windshield wiper, change it every 10,000 miles.
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