Squeaky Doors
02-01-2007, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by dawi' post='386307' date='Feb 1 2007, 06:16 PM
If anyone gets told otherwise by their dealer then I suggest they fight it hard as this issue is so well publicised it would be difficult for them to wriggle out of it, in whatever country (they are, after all, a global company!).
For example, has anyone in Europe tried to get replacement RFTs after 15,000 miles due to excessive noise and poor ride characteristics.
Not a problem to get them in the US!
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02-02-2007, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by dawi' post='386307' date='Feb 1 2007, 06:16 PM
I might be imagining this but I thought I read somewhere that this also had been a problem on the E39! 
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02-02-2007, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by skyetripper' post='386725' date='Feb 2 2007, 04:41 PM
I had 4 e39's before the e60, including the M5 in the photo (sob sob!!!), and yep, the doors squeaked more than the guests at a cheese convention. Much as I am a big fan of BMW and the '5' in particular, I don't understand why I can get in my wife's toyota and not have a single squeak, but BMW can't sort out the b@**dy door seals!
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BMW do seem to have an overkill of rubber seals around the doors though - presumably to make the interior ultra quiet. Conversely it seems to have the opposite effect with the "mouse effect" noises...
02-02-2007, 10:26 AM
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I have a coating of teflon along all my seals now. They replaced them 4 times under warranty and the teflon is the 'latest' way to solve the problem. 3 months in and no creaks so heres hoping.
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Originally Posted by JayJay' post='386781' date='Feb 2 2007, 07:26 PM
I have a coating of teflon along all my seals now. They replaced them 4 times under warranty and the teflon is the 'latest' way to solve the problem. 3 months in and no creaks so heres hoping.
02-02-2007, 12:23 PM
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I am angry with BMW. I have a 530 XI, built in August 2006. I have been to the dealer 5 times to solve the sqeaky door syndrome. Not yet. They changed the seals but the problem came bake again. I hear a ratling noise as well. I was told that it comes from the hood. They adjusted the hood adjuster but the noise keeps coming back again.
I also feel that the car is not solid and other noises come and go (from the drivers belt, from the rear sunshade)
Probably I have to sell this car. I am very angry with BMW.
Originally Posted by skyetripper' post='385779' date='Jan 31 2007, 03:32 PM
Anybody got any top tips for curing the squeaky door syndrome? I thought this would be a thing of the past with the e60 models, but apparently not.
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I also feel that the car is not solid and other noises come and go (from the drivers belt, from the rear sunshade)
Probably I have to sell this car. I am very angry with BMW.
02-02-2007, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 4wheelsMD' post='386835' date='Feb 2 2007, 11:23 PM
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I am angry with BMW. I have a 530 XI, built in August 2006. I have been to the dealer 5 times to solve the sqeaky door syndrome. Not yet. They changed the seals but the problem came bake again. I hear a ratling noise as well. I was told that it comes from the hood. They adjusted the hood adjuster but the noise keeps coming back again.
I also feel that the car is not solid and other noises come and go (from the drivers belt, from the rear sunshade)
Probably I have to sell this car. I am very angry with BMW.
I am angry with BMW. I have a 530 XI, built in August 2006. I have been to the dealer 5 times to solve the sqeaky door syndrome. Not yet. They changed the seals but the problem came bake again. I hear a ratling noise as well. I was told that it comes from the hood. They adjusted the hood adjuster but the noise keeps coming back again.
I also feel that the car is not solid and other noises come and go (from the drivers belt, from the rear sunshade)
Probably I have to sell this car. I am very angry with BMW.
"Monday, monday" did someone sing...
No problems with my E60!
PS. Did you see my post number 4?
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