[ejazbmw]

mine doesn't make nosies like that but my brakes make sounds too i just live with it.

[Sara]

OK.. so here's what's going on.

After a week of hearing this noise and hoping it would go away, I brought it to PEAKE BMW as a walk-in. They were very nice and the main tech went for a test drive with me where he heard the sounds. Took the car into the shop and I waited about 15 minutes. He came into the lounge and assured me that I wasnt hearing things but he "at a glance" couldnt find or see anything wrong. He told me to make an appointment where I could leave it for a couple days for them to take the car apart. So next Friday, she goes back in.

I made notes of everything everyone stated on this thread and told him one by one the suggestions. He ruled out tires, he ruled out brakes. So Im just as confused as he is. Its safe to drive as of now but Im going to limit my driving.

[Tom K.]

Originally Posted by Sara504

I'm at BMW now. The tech and I went for a test drive. Said he has never heard anything like this before. He took the car into the shop. Waiting patiently....

Let us know what it turns out to be. Hopefully, no chipmunks as some of the "cute lil critters" once took a liking to my E46's under fender ambient temp sensor wiring. Repair costs exceeded $300.

Tom

[ENGINE er]

If you brake hard and let go of the steering wheel does it pull one direction or the other?

[mike3000fl]

two different actions are in play here. brakes and suspension.

everyone has talked about brakes, lets discuss suspension. obviously when you brake, the nose of the car dives and compresses the suspension....

does the car make this noise when you bounce it while parked? open your door and stand on the door jamb, jump and rock the car....

bad strut maybe? friction/binding between suspension components? Bumpstop? could it be a bushing?

[Sara]

Originally Posted by mike3000fl

two different actions are in play here. brakes and suspension.

everyone has talked about brakes, lets discuss suspension. obviously when you brake, the nose of the car dives and compresses the suspension....

does the car make this noise when you bounce it while parked? open your door and stand on the door jamb, jump and rock the car....

bad strut maybe? friction/binding between suspension components? Bumpstop? could it be a bushing?

Good theory. I will test this out and let you know tonight.

[B-737]

the car is in neutral with the clutch down im assuming when the videos were shot, i wouldnt rule out the drive train

[Trojan4evr]

could it be shocks or dampers?( just throwing it out there)

[Sara]

Originally Posted by B-737

the car is in neutral with the clutch down im assuming when the videos were shot, i wouldnt rule out the drive train

Originally Posted by Trojan4evr

could it be shocks or dampers?( just throwing it out there)

As much as I dont want anything of those to be true I will mention all of this next week when I bring her in for "surgery"

[achien]

there is no way someone can rule anything out just by visual inspection (except brake pads or rotors).

if the sound comes when you hit the brakes, then it is related to the mechanism which activates the brakes.

from hearing the sound on your videos, the car definitely doesn't sound right and you were right to take the car in ASAP.

Originally Posted by Sara504

OK.. so here's what's going on.

After a week of hearing this noise and hoping it would go away, I brought it to PEAKE BMW as a walk-in. They were very nice and the main tech went for a test drive with me where he heard the sounds. Took the car into the shop and I waited about 15 minutes. He came into the lounge and assured me that I wasnt hearing things but he "at a glance" couldnt find or see anything wrong. He told me to make an appointment where I could leave it for a couple days for them to take the car apart. So next Friday, she goes back in.

I made notes of everything everyone stated on this thread and told him one by one the suggestions. He ruled out tires, he ruled out brakes. So Im just as confused as he is. Its safe to drive as of now but Im going to limit my driving.

[mike3000fl]

Originally Posted by achien

there is no way someone can rule anything out just by visual inspection (except brake pads or rotors).

if the sound comes when you hit the brakes, then it is related to the mechanism which activates the brakes.

from hearing the sound on your videos, the car definitely doesn't sound right and you were right to take the car in ASAP.

wrong, suspension compresses under braking, could also be suspension components.

[achien]

not from the symptoms Sara indicated. if this is suspension related, the noise will be more pronounce in hard braking (since the noise of the car will "dive" more).

anyway, there is no point to speculate until they check the car in detail.

Originally Posted by Sara504

It happens more on a slow braking vs hard brake

Originally Posted by mike3000fl

wrong, suspension compresses under braking, could also be suspension components.

[John 070]

Here's something I've always wondered about. Say you drive on a driveway that's not paved, just stones. The stones stick to your contact patch, so when you leave, the stones go flying everywhere. Where can they potentially go? Say they're not all large, but some are small? The reason I bring it up is once I noticed leaving someone's stone driveway that there were lots of rocks stuck to my tires. No joke, 2 hours later at a convenience store, I found some of the rocks under my car. When we got to our destination yet another hour later, more rocks. Always made me wonder if objects could get caught up somewhere and eventually fall out. Maybe they go where they shouldn't?

[Schm]

I kind of doubt it could be mechanical issues with such a new car, but often in the desert our pads get squeaky because of all the dust that blows around although I doubt that's much of a problem for yall in norleans

[rovensail]

I heard this noise on your sound clips, but do you hear the noise under the glovebox at all?

[Sara]

Originally Posted by Schm

I kind of doubt it could be mechanical issues with such a new car, but often in the desert our pads get squeaky because of all the dust that blows around although I doubt that's much of a problem for yall in norleans

Exactly which is why it cant be the pads... I think

[Sara]

Originally Posted by rovensail

I heard this noise on your sound clips, but do you hear the noise under the glovebox at all?

No. I dont hear anything under the glove box. Why? What would it mean if I did?

[AddictedToBavarian]

Originally Posted by Sara504

Im bumping this because Im dropping the car back off tomorrow. They will have it all weekend. Im writing everything down and giving the techs a list of everything I want them to check..

Any other suggestions??

I bet the BMW techs are going to love it when you show up with a list of suggestions from forum members. Lol

I'm a tech and I *hate it when someone tells me how they think I should fix something.

[Sara]

Originally Posted by 328xi0wner

I bet the BMW techs are going to love it when you show up with a list of suggestions from forum members. Lol

I'm a tech and I *hate it when someone tells me how they think I should fix something.

Well thats you.

[gary88]

Stop running over poor chipmunks

[Sara]

Originally Posted by gary88

Stop running over poor chipmunks

lol

[gunnerxq]

I've got it!!!











Just haven't figured it out yet.