BMW acknowledge rattle is number 1 new mini problem

[Mr Top-Off]

Have you got a squeaky sound coming from the dashboard area?

I got mine fixed by the dealer, they removed the windscreen, then refitted it again. This also worked on a friends mini.

[Fozzy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stiggy (original)

My intermittent rattle is in the lighting cluster in the ceiling. My Cooper D is very quiet otherwise!

Me too...I pounded mine with my fist....seems to have worked!

[Fozzy]

Quote: Originally Posted by iain cooper (original)

the problem with interior rattles is that most of them are built in at the factory.

to fix them a mechanic has to strip the interior parts..........trim, dash, instruments, etc
( and then put it all back together )

this is a hit or a miss at the best of times, and in most cases the car will come back to you worse than it went in !!

it takes these trained mechanics ( and I use this term loosely ) all their time to do a basic service on your car without messing it up, so imagine what they are like stripping out your dashboard !!

I had a few rattles with my cooper, but I just learned to live with them, but it certainly makes me think twice before I'd fork out 22K for a JCW !!

shame..................

I did, the exhaust note drowns out any rattles

[probinson]

Quote: Originally Posted by paule3 (original)

I have a vibration/buzzing sound that appears at around 1500 rpm, it comes from just behind the rev counter. I've been meaning to get it sorted but haven't had any time off to risk loosing the car for a few days.

I have discovered exactly this problem in my 57 plate mini cooper D - can you tell me how you managed to solve the fault? It vibrates at 1500rpm but only when driving. I can't find anything when I stick my head under the bonnet. I would appreciate any help you can offer. p robinson - probinson@warkscol.ac.uk

[sony]

I'd leave rattles/buzzing well alone. Most of the time you can live with them quite easily, and the dealers would only make the matters worse and/or scratch something!

[skipper]

Mine is getting a new evaporator (Aircon) part will take 2 days to fit hopefully sort out dash rattle on my MCS. There was a rear rattle turned out to be grease needed on set latches.