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07-16-2008, 09:17 AM

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BlueHorse

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I just went in the dealer who test drove the car. It turns out the rattles came from the dashboard, not steering column or steering wheel. The exact location is from inside the curved "roof" of the dashboard. You can duplicate the rattles by simply tapping/knocking the roof.

Problem not fixed yet, as I need to go in this Friday to discuss financials with service manager. My car just got out of warranty 3 months ago ;-(

Does anybody know if it is easy to convince BMW (or the dealer) to fix this for free, given my warranty just expired recently, and problem is most likely to have existed before.

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Originally Posted by BlueHorse' post='623578' date='Jul 14 2008, 11:00 AM

Looks like I have this problem too and have been trying to figuer where it came from. I thought it was from some loose parts in the upper steering column close the the steering wheel. I also tried to hold the odometer reset bar (that little bar from the instrument pannel glass and you can push down to reset the trip odometer), which seem to help tiny little bit, but can still hear rattles when going over rough road.

Are there other postings you have come across regarding this problem you can point me to? Anybody BMW service bulletin on this issue?

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07-16-2008, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by i<3e60' post='615900' date='Jul 3 2008, 06:56 PM

i have 04 530 with over 100k on it, and no rattles so far

wow, you drive a lot.

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07-16-2008, 11:03 AM

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I just purchased this 06 530i with 23K last month and as expected it doesn't have any rattles. No surprises there of course.

However, I gave my 02 E39 530i to my mother and even though it's approaching the 100K mark it's still as tight and rattle-free as the day I bought it. Good note: I thought it might feel a little 'aged' after driving the much newer car for a while, but driving it the other day made me realize that my positive impressions of its "quality vs. age" rating was genuinely accurate. Fantastic car! Except for a few marks on its exterior here and there you'd have no idea it was as old as it was unless you knew about BMW's.

It's one of the MANY reasons why I can't see myself driving any other car ...

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07-16-2008, 11:26 AM

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Just bought my car 2 months ago and have somewhat of a rattle coming from the passenger side rear when on rough pavement. Cant pinpoint cause im always driving. Dealer says if i cant find it, bring it in and they will locate & fix.