F30 - "knocking" sound from steering/absorber
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redeu3;847938 said:
Just tested the steering with engine off on my car which was delivered end of Aug 2013. Knocking sound is there but its soft. Maybe drive more and monitor if the sound gets worse then will ask them have a look at it.
hahahah will take some photos... most people working in bavaria never drive a F30 daily.. so cant really blame them..
but i agree, they should listen to me sometimes...
its the thrust bearing on the top mounting of the front spring.
but i agree, they should listen to me sometimes...
its the thrust bearing on the top mounting of the front spring.
splee;851277 said:
the noise in the video is not the one i am talking about. the video noise is just a over tolerance on the steering column which just need some tightening at the universal joint or some call it the york... i believe there are some thumping noise as you hit certain humps at some speed.
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Check in with your service guy, my new steering rack (new part code) arrived and wasn't informed until I asked them. They did a swap for me and the knocking noise is now gone. Apparently some owners still experience further knocking a while later even after the swap.
Another thing is that the service center can't do a proper job of alignment if you have aftermarket wheels without bmw's original rims with 5 dimple holes next to the wheel bolts as mounting position for their proprietary alignment system. They hung the system on whatever wheels you have and 'try' to get a decent job done. At least mine seemed fine even when they say it wasn't 100%.
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Check in with your service guy, my new steering rack (new part code) arrived and wasn't informed until I asked them. They did a swap for me and the knocking noise is now gone. Apparently some owners still experience further knocking a while later even after the swap.
Another thing is that the service center can't do a proper job of alignment if you have aftermarket wheels without bmw's original rims with 5 dimple holes next to the wheel bolts as mounting position for their proprietary alignment system. They hung the system on whatever wheels you have and 'try' to get a decent job done. At least mine seemed fine even when they say it wasn't 100%.
Another thing is that the service center can't do a proper job of alignment if you have aftermarket wheels without bmw's original rims with 5 dimple holes next to the wheel bolts as mounting position for their proprietary alignment system. They hung the system on whatever wheels you have and 'try' to get a decent job done. At least mine seemed fine even when they say it wasn't 100%.
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Check in with your service guy, my new steering rack (new part code) arrived and wasn't informed until I asked them. They did a swap for me and the knocking noise is now gone. Apparently some owners still experience further knocking a while later even after the swap.
Another thing is that the service center can't do a proper job of alignment if you have aftermarket wheels without bmw's original rims with 5 dimple holes next to the wheel bolts as mounting position for their proprietary alignment system. They hung the system on whatever wheels you have and 'try' to get a decent job done. At least mine seemed fine even when they say it wasn't 100%.
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Bro alantiong
Mind sharing which SC you fix the bearing, technician name and your car number? I've called up my SC in Wheelcorp and the technician is really helpful to check on this solution but a bit info from you will make everything easy. Please don't afraid about the car number as this will goes into the system what have your car been fixed. I am trying to escalate this to the next step so every victim here able to get it solve. Thk
Mind sharing which SC you fix the bearing, technician name and your car number? I've called up my SC in Wheelcorp and the technician is really helpful to check on this solution but a bit info from you will make everything easy. Please don't afraid about the car number as this will goes into the system what have your car been fixed. I am trying to escalate this to the next step so every victim here able to get it solve. Thk
alantiong;851161 said:
I just took the car in to FM Autohaus in KK here last week, what they said to me was they cannot fix the issue, there is no parts available yet from bmw Germany, it is a worldwide problem, so nothing they can do till bmw comes our with a solution, and that was it. Is this answer acceptable to you all? To me basically they are saying, 'I will just push this to bmw, I won't even want to try to fix it.'
This was the 2nd time I had it looked at, cause the first time they said it was my h & r springs that caused the noise and asked me to change back to original springs, I knew they have mis-diagnose the issue. Just to prove to them it isn't the springs, I changed it back to original, of cause they didn't reimburse me for the cost in changing back, they even charged me labour for first inspection. Asking refund on anything is just near impossible.
I really don't know why I bought this car from them.
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This was the 2nd time I had it looked at, cause the first time they said it was my h & r springs that caused the noise and asked me to change back to original springs, I knew they have mis-diagnose the issue. Just to prove to them it isn't the springs, I changed it back to original, of cause they didn't reimburse me for the cost in changing back, they even charged me labour for first inspection. Asking refund on anything is just near impossible.
I really don't know why I bought this car from them.
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Hey Guys, I just sent in my car for a steering rack replacement. Was suppose to collect in soon but they called me up saying that they're having problem with the coding for my car.
Any of you guys whom had the steering rack changed had to update a new software? Apparently this consist of my i-Drive and it seems that I need to update the ECU as well. Is it because there is set of calibration instruction for different EPS? Tried to ask them why they need to update the ECU, but they kept insisting it's like your iPhone that it needs to be updated. -_- They don't even know how to explain to me why is there a need for update.
Also, just a curious question. I thought all new N47 ECU are locked even from BMW dealers? That is why the new PPK comes with new ECU instead of flashing the ECU like old PPK. Just curious as they need to update my ECU as well.
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Hey Guys, I just sent in my car for a steering rack replacement. Was suppose to collect in soon but they called me up saying that they're having problem with the coding for my car.
Any of you guys whom had the steering rack changed had to update a new software? Apparently this consist of my i-Drive and it seems that I need to update the ECU as well. Is it because there is set of calibration instruction for different EPS? Tried to ask them why they need to update the ECU, but they kept insisting it's like your iPhone that it needs to be updated. -_- They don't even know how to explain to me why is there a need for update.
Also, just a curious question. I thought all new N47 ECU are locked even from BMW dealers? That is why the new PPK comes with new ECU instead of flashing the ECU like old PPK. Just curious as they need to update my ECU as well.
Any of you guys whom had the steering rack changed had to update a new software? Apparently this consist of my i-Drive and it seems that I need to update the ECU as well. Is it because there is set of calibration instruction for different EPS? Tried to ask them why they need to update the ECU, but they kept insisting it's like your iPhone that it needs to be updated. -_- They don't even know how to explain to me why is there a need for update.
Also, just a curious question. I thought all new N47 ECU are locked even from BMW dealers? That is why the new PPK comes with new ECU instead of flashing the ECU like old PPK. Just curious as they need to update my ECU as well.
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Hey Guys, I just sent in my car for a steering rack replacement. Was suppose to collect in soon but they called me up saying that they're having problem with the coding for my car.
Any of you guys whom had the steering rack changed had to update a new software? Apparently this consist of my i-Drive and it seems that I need to update the ECU as well. Is it because there is set of calibration instruction for different EPS? Tried to ask them why they need to update the ECU, but they kept insisting it's like your iPhone that it needs to be updated. -_- They don't even know how to explain to me why is there a need for update.
Also, just a curious question. I thought all new N47 ECU are locked even from BMW dealers? That is why the new PPK comes with new ECU instead of flashing the ECU like old PPK. Just curious as they need to update my ECU as well.
