Loud cabin noise in a 525d
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Originally Posted by Techno79' post='892870' date='May 28 2009, 09:14 AM
Just heard back from the BMW dealer and they said it was down to a loose grommet which was not sealing the sound insulation in the cabin. I can't see how a grommet prevent so much sound coming into the cabin but does it seem plausible to anyone?
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Take it for another drive and screw them down on the price ... I'd still have a smash repairer look it over too.
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Took the car for another drive and the car sounds like it should so it seems fixed. The grommet was under the steering wheel, when I challenged him, he even showed me the technicians email to him which confirmed what he said. Anyway, the car seems as you'd expect for 7k mileage and 7 months old but still going to try to haggle as much as I can. Will also get an independent vehicle check done too.
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I hope its fixed, because it obviously caused you some concern and there is nothing worse than spending a lot of money for a car you are not totally happy with. You will constantly obsess over the noise and it will drive you nuts. I am sure there are plenty of other cars out there, but if you are happy with the repair then good luck and happy motoring
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Originally Posted by dieseltouring' post='894295' date='May 29 2009, 10:25 PM
I had the exact same problem with a dislodged grommet on a car a few years back. Surprising how much noise gets into the cabin from such a small thing.
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Sorry topic is woken up again, but I have loud problem in my 520d cabin and this is very annoying. (I felt not driving e60, many car has more quite cabin ) Some of you wrote grommet causes it, can you send me a picture where is the grommet ?
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