voip1

How many of you have had squeaks/rattles on your new W205s? I do understand a high percentage have issues with wind noise around the A pillar, a large # of owners of the current generation BMW F30 had similar problems but they were completely sorted by the 3rd year of production.

Unfortunately my F30 has squeaks/rattles that the dealer has never been able to sort, and that is disappointing on a $50K car.

So, I'm wondering how common that problem is on the W205 before I get close to making a decision between leasing a 2016 F30 LCI or a W205.

Thanks.

omg516

Zero squeeks or rattles. I do have the wind noise though, it's actually at the dealer as we speak getting checked out. Hopefully they will be able to address it rather than telling me that it's normal.

voip1

Wind noise around the mirror is almost always mis alignment of the mirror pod and the supporting components on the A pillar... at least in high end German autos.. which also explains why some cars have the problem and some don't.

Sol01

There is another thread further down . there are quite a few reported rattles and squeaks


https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...1-rattles.html

StanNH

Although every complaint and defect, both major and microscopic, is routinely reported and discussed here, I think the actual number of cars being produced with serious problems is relatively small.

I've already owned two C300's in seven months, the first one having experienced many of the issues we're all too familiar with. Still, even with the very serious MB-Tex plasticizer issue, few of the problems I've seen could be called major.

I have had experience with six different C300 sedans ... two of my own and two loaners I had for at least a few days. I've also taken two others for extensive test drives. So, of the six different W205 cars I've driven, none exhibited any rattles or squeaks. In fact, none of them suffered from the excessive wind noise that seems to plague so many of the owners on this forum.

On the other hand, all had some degree of misalignment of the rear bumper, and a couple of the early builds had loose sunroof shades and bad fuel door alignment.

Regarding rattles, these cars do seem to transmit any noise from loose objects really well. A loose item in the trunk or on the floor can create a rattle or squeak that sounds amplified throughout the cabin. The trunk particularly can behave like a sound chamber in sending noise, from anything not tied down, into the car.

Overall though, I have found these cars to be essentially rattle free.

ManiacGT

Put on some tunes and turn 'em up. Works for me. Albeit my car is silent (for the moment).

bguybrad

my car is squeaking. seems like the front suspension or something. i put vogtland springs on it. can i still take it to the dealer?

ManiacGT

rofl, I doubt it. Well, that's not entirely true, yes you can take it to the dealer, but the bits you changed could make the surrounding components void of warranty.

bguybrad

yeah, kinda figured that.