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chris_h_465 · Oct 30th, 2007, 09:33 AM

This is driving me mad!!! I have had my MCS for just over a month and it has now spend a total of 3 days at the dealer trying to rectify two really annoying rattles. The first seems to be coming from the light cluster in the roof and the second from the drivers air vent. So far the dealer has added some sound deadening in the roof and replaced the vent but to no avail. I am almost at the point of taking it back to the dealer and asking for a new one. Has anyone had similar problems?

TomUK23 · Oct 30th, 2007, 01:07 PM

I've had my JCW MCS for 4 days and 800 miles and I have a rattle in the centre of my dash, Had the same thing in my old cooper which went back twice for this problem. All they managed to do was put the dash back on at an angle and not cure the rattles(they did put the dash right at a later service). I'm not too fussed with my new rattle I guess i've learned to live with them and the car more than makes up for it

FergusM · Oct 30th, 2007, 01:59 PM

My car rattles..in dealer 3 times for them so far...and still rattling.. build quality on the dash is shocking !

DerekH · Oct 30th, 2007, 03:36 PM

My rattles have been fixed 3 or 4 but few days on another one has appeared

iain cooper · Oct 30th, 2007, 03:55 PM

unfortunately you need to live with the rattles, they are inbuilt during production and there is no way a dealer will be able to fix them.

FergusM · Oct 30th, 2007, 04:02 PM

Nope, I did not pay that amount of £ to have something that rattles. Mine will be going in again and again and again to the dealer. Only way BMW will learn not to cut coners if they end up with big bills for work dealers have to carry out.

iain cooper · Oct 30th, 2007, 05:30 PM

I agree with everything you say Fergus and the best of luck.

I do not have the time or the patience............ one of the reasons I too paid a vast amount of money for what I thought was a quality product.

TomUK23 · Oct 30th, 2007, 09:22 PM

Good luck!

chris_h_465 · Oct 31st, 2007, 09:17 AM

I phoned the dealer yesterday and had a good grumble to the guy that sold me the car. I soon got a call from the service manager appologising profusly and asked for me to bring the car back in and they assured me they would address the problems.

I think the sound from the headlining/light cluser may actually be the windscreen seals as I have read on other threads that this has been a problem on the R56. Whatever it is I am of the same mindset of FergusM. I payed nearly 20k for this car on the basis is what solidly built as ultimatly under the skin it is a BMW.

peter1201 · Nov 4th, 2007, 05:39 PM

Fully agree with you Furgus.

I have suffered rattles and whistles and the car will keep going back until they are solved. I too do not agree that after paying the amount we do we should have to put up with it. Rattle free or my 24K back please

One rattle to go - creaking in the speedo area which really drives me crazy - I can even hear it now when the music is on full blast

tnhh · Nov 5th, 2007, 07:23 PM

We had rattles in the speedo area and the storage compartment lid. Took it into the dealer last week and they spent a couple of hours on it. So far so good, no rattles since then!

Lolance · Nov 12th, 2007, 09:37 AM

My dooper had a loud rattle at low revs, took it to the workshop and they took the dash out bit by bit and tested the car until they could find the problem. Turns out it was foam not attached to the dash (or summit??). No problems since!
Seems like there's quite a few problems with dash build quality for the R56, expected better from BMW.
Good luck with yours!

FergusM · Nov 12th, 2007, 01:16 PM

Well mine are all cured !

...took car to Mikey (NewMINIStuff.com) for the stereo upgrade and bluetooth kit and now have zero rattles !

ScoobyDoo · Nov 12th, 2007, 03:22 PM

Am I the only R56 owner that has never had a rattle?

Scourgebk · Nov 14th, 2007, 12:52 AM

Rattles and squeaks seem to be part and parcel of owning a MINI.... which I found out since June...

After speaking to some of my MINI buddies, I was told that the MINI dashboard was a 2 piece thingy.... And the cause of this rattling was because the front edge of the dash was not flushed entirely with the front windscreen

The solution to this was to remove the dash and place a stretch of tape (make sure it is thick enough) and position it where the dash meets the windscreen. I had not have the time to remove the dash but instead slipped a thick enough piece of paper and.... presto, the rattling stopped.

This also proves that there indeed was a gap between the dash and the windscreen. Try it out!

Scourgebk · Nov 14th, 2007, 06:45 AM

Oops

sorry as I was making reference to the R53. Not sure about the R55 or R56 though.

KenL · Nov 14th, 2007, 05:22 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Scourgebk (original)

Rattles and squeaks seem to be part and parcel of owning a MINI.... which I found out since June...

After speaking to some of my MINI buddies, I was told that the MINI dashboard was a 2 piece thingy.... And the cause of this rattling was because the front edge of the dash was not flushed entirely with the front windscreen

The solution to this was to remove the dash and place a stretch of tape (make sure it is thick enough) and position it where the dash meets the windscreen. I had not have the time to remove the dash but instead slipped a thick enough piece of paper and.... presto, the rattling stopped.

This also proves that there indeed was a gap between the dash and the windscreen. Try it out!

Is this for the R56 MINI?

Where do you stick the paper? Doesn't sound a very pretty solution though

peter1201 · Nov 14th, 2007, 06:36 PM

Well my R56 MCS is back at Heathrow Mini. Last weeks fix didn't do the trick - The creaking is not so loud but it's still there. I hope it can be fixed this time because I have had enough now, if it can't be fixed then it's time to say goodbye. I cannot, and frankly will not live with it. Neither would I entertain - having spent the sort of money we spend on these cars - accept that forcing a piece of paper in between the dash and the windscreen to be an acceptable solution.

Heathrow Mini have been great, they understand the problem even if they can't fix it and I am sure they will try their best, the people there are great, and I have always been given a courtesy car - but it's not my car, I would recommend them to anyone, for sales and service.

I've driven enough R56's now to know that their are cars out their that don't rattle and creek, and they have all been Heathrow's courtesy cars so they have not been looked after as mine has - all perfectly rattle and creek free. My next car - an R56 (or perhaps an R55??) MCS and perhaps JCW if the insurance company let me :-), and yes, it will be from Heathrow !!

Scourgebk · Nov 15th, 2007, 07:53 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by KenL (original)

Is this for the R56 MINI?

Where do you stick the paper? Doesn't sound a very pretty solution though

Quote: Originally Posted by Scourgebk (original)

Oops

sorry as I was making reference to the R53. Not sure about the R55 or R56 though.

As per my later posting...

KenL · Nov 15th, 2007, 08:29 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Scourgebk (original)

As per my later posting...

Ahh, right.

The dash in my 2002 R50 MINI was a joke

Oct 30th, 2007, 09:33 AM	#1
chris_h_465 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Local Time: 09:55 AM Posts: 15 Offline	Squeeks and Rattles This is driving me mad!!! I have had my MCS for just over a month and it has now spend a total of 3 days at the dealer trying to rectify two really annoying rattles. The first seems to be coming from the light cluster in the roof and the second from the drivers air vent. So far the dealer has added some sound deadening in the roof and replaced the vent but to no avail. I am almost at the point of taking it back to the dealer and asking for a new one. Has anyone had similar problems?

Nov 12th, 2007, 03:22 PM	#14 (permalink)
ScoobyDoo Back in a first gen. My Classifieds Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: DBRally Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 1,419 Offline	Am I the only R56 owner that has never had a rattle? http://www.dbrally.net

Nov 14th, 2007, 05:22 PM	#17 (permalink)
KenL MINI2 Master Join Date: May 2002 Location: Edinburgh Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 5,210 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Scourgebk (original) Rattles and squeaks seem to be part and parcel of owning a MINI.... which I found out since June... After speaking to some of my MINI buddies, I was told that the MINI dashboard was a 2 piece thingy.... And the cause of this rattling was because the front edge of the dash was not flushed entirely with the front windscreen The solution to this was to remove the dash and place a stretch of tape (make sure it is thick enough) and position it where the dash meets the windscreen. I had not have the time to remove the dash but instead slipped a thick enough piece of paper and.... presto, the rattling stopped. This also proves that there indeed was a gap between the dash and the windscreen. Try it out! Is this for the R56 MINI? Where do you stick the paper? Doesn't sound a very pretty solution though Red/Black R56 Cooper

Nov 14th, 2007, 06:36 PM	#18 (permalink)
peter1201 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 31 Offline	Well my R56 MCS is back at Heathrow Mini. Last weeks fix didn't do the trick - The creaking is not so loud but it's still there. I hope it can be fixed this time because I have had enough now, if it can't be fixed then it's time to say goodbye. I cannot, and frankly will not live with it. Neither would I entertain - having spent the sort of money we spend on these cars - accept that forcing a piece of paper in between the dash and the windscreen to be an acceptable solution. Heathrow Mini have been great, they understand the problem even if they can't fix it and I am sure they will try their best, the people there are great, and I have always been given a courtesy car - but it's not my car, I would recommend them to anyone, for sales and service. I've driven enough R56's now to know that their are cars out their that don't rattle and creek, and they have all been Heathrow's courtesy cars so they have not been looked after as mine has - all perfectly rattle and creek free. My next car - an R56 (or perhaps an R55??) MCS and perhaps JCW if the insurance company let me :-), and yes, it will be from Heathrow !! Last edited by peter1201 : Nov 16th, 2007 at 03:09 PM.

Nov 15th, 2007, 08:29 PM	#20 (permalink)
KenL MINI2 Master Join Date: May 2002 Location: Edinburgh Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 5,210 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Scourgebk (original) As per my later posting... Ahh, right. The dash in my 2002 R50 MINI was a joke Red/Black R56 Cooper

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Oct 30th, 2007, 01:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
TomUK23 MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Milton Keynes Local Time: 09:55 AM Posts: 171 Offline	I've had my JCW MCS for 4 days and 800 miles and I have a rattle in the centre of my dash, Had the same thing in my old cooper which went back twice for this problem. All they managed to do was put the dash back on at an angle and not cure the rattles(they did put the dash right at a later service). I'm not too fussed with my new rattle I guess i've learned to live with them and the car more than makes up for it

Oct 30th, 2007, 01:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
FergusM MINI2 Senior My Classifieds Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Glasgow Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 688 Offline	My car rattles..in dealer 3 times for them so far...and still rattling.. build quality on the dash is shocking !

Oct 30th, 2007, 03:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
DerekH MINI2 Master Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fraserburgh Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 827 Offline	My rattles have been fixed 3 or 4 but few days on another one has appeared

Oct 30th, 2007, 03:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
iain cooper MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: near Glasgow Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 275 Offline	unfortunately you need to live with the rattles, they are inbuilt during production and there is no way a dealer will be able to fix them.

Oct 30th, 2007, 04:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
FergusM MINI2 Senior My Classifieds Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Glasgow Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 688 Offline	Nope, I did not pay that amount of £ to have something that rattles. Mine will be going in again and again and again to the dealer. Only way BMW will learn not to cut coners if they end up with big bills for work dealers have to carry out.

Oct 30th, 2007, 05:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
iain cooper MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: near Glasgow Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 275 Offline	I agree with everything you say Fergus and the best of luck. I do not have the time or the patience............ one of the reasons I too paid a vast amount of money for what I thought was a quality product.

Oct 30th, 2007, 09:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
TomUK23 MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Milton Keynes Local Time: 09:55 AM Posts: 171 Offline	Good luck!

Oct 31st, 2007, 09:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
chris_h_465 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Local Time: 09:55 AM Posts: 15 Offline	I phoned the dealer yesterday and had a good grumble to the guy that sold me the car. I soon got a call from the service manager appologising profusly and asked for me to bring the car back in and they assured me they would address the problems. I think the sound from the headlining/light cluser may actually be the windscreen seals as I have read on other threads that this has been a problem on the R56. Whatever it is I am of the same mindset of FergusM. I payed nearly 20k for this car on the basis is what solidly built as ultimatly under the skin it is a BMW.

Nov 4th, 2007, 05:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
peter1201 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 31 Offline	Fully agree with you Furgus. I have suffered rattles and whistles and the car will keep going back until they are solved. I too do not agree that after paying the amount we do we should have to put up with it. Rattle free or my 24K back please One rattle to go - creaking in the speedo area which really drives me crazy - I can even hear it now when the music is on full blast

Nov 5th, 2007, 07:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
tnhh MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 7 Offline	We had rattles in the speedo area and the storage compartment lid. Took it into the dealer last week and they spent a couple of hours on it. So far so good, no rattles since then!

Nov 12th, 2007, 09:37 AM	#12 (permalink)
Lolance Dooper Scooper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sleazeford Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 454 Offline	My dooper had a loud rattle at low revs, took it to the workshop and they took the dash out bit by bit and tested the car until they could find the problem. Turns out it was foam not attached to the dash (or summit??). No problems since! Seems like there's quite a few problems with dash build quality for the R56, expected better from BMW. Good luck with yours!

Nov 12th, 2007, 01:16 PM	#13 (permalink)
FergusM MINI2 Senior My Classifieds Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Glasgow Local Time: 10:55 AM Posts: 688 Offline	Well mine are all cured ! ...took car to Mikey (NewMINIStuff.com) for the stereo upgrade and bluetooth kit and now have zero rattles !

Nov 14th, 2007, 12:52 AM	#15 (permalink)
Scourgebk MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kuala Lumpur Local Time: 05:55 PM Posts: 19 Offline	Rattles and squeaks seem to be part and parcel of owning a MINI.... which I found out since June... After speaking to some of my MINI buddies, I was told that the MINI dashboard was a 2 piece thingy.... And the cause of this rattling was because the front edge of the dash was not flushed entirely with the front windscreen The solution to this was to remove the dash and place a stretch of tape (make sure it is thick enough) and position it where the dash meets the windscreen. I had not have the time to remove the dash but instead slipped a thick enough piece of paper and.... presto, the rattling stopped. This also proves that there indeed was a gap between the dash and the windscreen. Try it out!

Nov 14th, 2007, 06:45 AM	#16 (permalink)
Scourgebk MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kuala Lumpur Local Time: 05:55 PM Posts: 19 Offline	Oops sorry as I was making reference to the R53. Not sure about the R55 or R56 though.

Nov 15th, 2007, 07:53 AM	#19 (permalink)
Scourgebk MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kuala Lumpur Local Time: 05:55 PM Posts: 19 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by KenL (original) Is this for the R56 MINI? Where do you stick the paper? Doesn't sound a very pretty solution though Quote: Originally Posted by Scourgebk (original) Oops sorry as I was making reference to the R53. Not sure about the R55 or R56 though. As per my later posting...

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