07-24-2022, 06:01 PM | #1 |
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Rattling sound passenger side
So sometimes I hear a rattling sound on the passenger side. I was going nuts thinking it was a door panel or something loose behind the panel. As it turns out, the passenger side headrest rattles. Anyone else experience this?
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If you've already done this, it might be something else. My Passenger headrest does "bounce" a bit, but I've never heard it make a noise.
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If so I would not accept that and make them fix it.
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I haven't noticed anything like that. I'm sure it's very aggravating though.
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07-24-2022, 08:28 PM | #6 |
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I'll try moving it to see if it stops…. If not, then I'll probably try to fix it myself. I don't want them taking it on a high mileage hell ride (you know what I mean), sitting in their lot for days for something like this. It sounds like cheap plastic rattling.
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07-24-2022, 09:27 PM | #8 |
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Oddly enough I just looked up "active headrest" couple days ago there's alot of components in there. May be helpful to look at video but I'm not sure if G30 is similar.
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Are you sure it’s not just some friction at the rods? I had what I thought was a rattle coming from the passenger headrest, but realized that it was more just a noise from where the rods meet the housing (sorry I don’t know the right words). I put a tiny drop of lube on a paper towel and wiped down the rods (after raising them as high as possible) and the noise disappeared. I have to do this every few months as the noise does return but it’s a painless fix.
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I checked it out a little closer today. The back and sides of the headrest is a plastic housing. If I tap on the sides, it rattles, whether it's all the way up or down. I did a google search and this has been an issue for many years...go figure. Several posts about this in the other forum.
Here's another post same issue. Mine is definitely the headrest and not the sunroof. https://g30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1717228 Last edited by 2022M550i; 07-25-2022 at 03:38 PM.. |
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If you wedge something on the bottom between the seat top and the headrest, does it stop? The headrests do not go all the way down to meet with the seatback flush, which annoys me. Maybe try wedging and wrapping a towel in the space just to see if it is related to the two posts going into the seat or something loose inside the headrest. I would think the towel would secure the posts, but would still leave the headrest guts exposed to rattling. Process of elimination I guess. Hope you get what I am suggesting.
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If I push down on it hard, the headrest seems like it gets seated....the noise stops unless I hit a serious bump. I'll see if I can get the housing off to get a look inside. Just have to figure out how to do that without breaking it. The video posted earlier will probably help. |
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It is what it is. If I ever have to bring the car in for something major, this will be on the list. |
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Something like this
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Had this same problem with my 540i. Then I changed that out for a 545e and guess what, the same problem. As above, if I hold my hand against the headrest then noise dissappears but this fix cannot be maintained.
IMO the problem is not with the headrest at all but where the backrest meets the seat at the bottom. It's as if whatever is holding these two in place, BMW forgot to torque the two nuts and the whole thing rattles when there is nobody in the passenger seat. My solution to this is whenever the passenger seat is empty to put the seat at furthest point forward in the cabin and set this position as seat set up No.2. When I do this the rattling dissappears. Awkward I know, but a necessity. |
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Brought my 540i in to the dealer when same thing happened. They said yea! all fixed now. Yea right! I wasn't two miles down the road and same noise coming from the seat. I believe that it's a design fault that has been inherited onto my 545e. Why should I try and fix it? The car is still under warranty.
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