i have a rattle which appears to be coming from the door pillar which meets the front screen i have removed the trim to expose the airbag but there is nothing there to provide the rattle, also the rattle is still there whilst the trim is off. My next peice to remove is the trim which looks like there is a speaker beneath it on the door where the wing mirror is. does anyone know how to remove this part

 

Are you absolutely positive that the rattle is coming from the door? I thought the same thing on my car, but found that it was actually coming from my sunroof (must be the acoustics in the car!). Just wanted to run that by you before you start taking everything apart.

 

yes im 100% i have spent a lot of time with my ear all over the car and you know how good womens ears are(when it suits) and she agrees!!!!!!!!

 

I dont think that part can be removed alone. you need to remove the whole door panel. Are you sure the rattle is not the door seals? lower your window about 1/4 of an inch, just barely cracked open and see if the rattle is still there.

If not... take a look at this. I think the speaker is part of the door panel.

Note: The Pic below is just to show the speaker cover. thats actually how you remove the outter side mirrors.



So if thats the case you need to remove the whole door panel.

 

Take a pic of what you want to remove and I'll provide you the instruction.

Best Regards

 

the peice of trim in the pic is the part i want to remove but there does not look like there is anything there to rattle. I have had new seals fitted and i have already tried with the window down

 

Did you see my file attachment? on post #4 at the bottom... those are instructions on how to remove the door trim.

 

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?act=Attach...e=post&id=22462

 

525iiii,

While driving, try to push the bottom of instrument cluster on the right to see if the noise still exist. I happened to mine, and it's gone now.

Best Regards

 

sorry should have said it is the passenger side