The official rattle and noise thread:
So far I've isolated and fixed the following interior panels:
- Center hatch plastic trim that covers third brake light. Removed (just pulls straight out) and foam taped contact points. Whisper quiet.
- Cargo area lid too loose (where a spare might have been placed if we had one). I fixed this by leaving cargo ON TOP of the lid. It's really just an excuse to keep my clubs in the car. Club head covers keeps my bag nice and quiet too.
- Passenger side rear seat 1/4 window trim. Rattled just by tapping it with my finger. Simply pulled it back and slid a piece of felt in there. Nice and quiet now.
- Driver's side seatbelt slider trim. Unable to fix without removing seatbelt. Will let dealer tackle.
- Rear hatch squeaks when vehicle articulates. I adjusted the little feet to allow a touch more tension. All good now and the body panels are perfectly lined up too!
- Rear seat on passenger side, headrest portion rattles with no tension (person in seat) on the mount point. I do not have a remedy for this and the dealer wants the vehicle for a week to remove the rear seat. BOO.
I have what I believe to a realistic expectation of noise levels in a vehicle of this caliber. This thing is not only louder than anything my supercars have ever experienced other than my McLaren, it's worse than my G63 that this thing replaced....which we all know are rattle-boxes.
Anyways, post up any noises you have and how you or the dealer may have fixed them and hopefully we can keep people from losing their minds from small noises.




Overall I am pretty surprised on how much actual road noise there is from my car. My ‘17 S63 was amazingly quiet until you hit the gas. Obviously those are different cars. I know 21’s and thin tires don’t help.




- the biggest improvement I've made was to the doors and rear hatch. I did the "door seal mod" like I've done on countless other vehicles of mine and it made the absolute biggest difference with the hatch being most impacted positively. I don't remove the seals to slide the little clear tubing into the existing seal. I just find an existing relief hole in the factory seal and spray some WD40 into the hole and start sliding in the clear tubing.
Link of procedure done to F Series Ford but same idea -




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