You are a lifesaver. I believe the issue is that the hand brake cable somehow starts rubbing against the housing/piping (maybe due to a minor misalignment) producing a rattle/metal hitting metal sound. This problem started happening yesterday in my BMW 320i model and I was able to diagnose and fix it today, thanks to this video. One thing to note is that in my case, I fastened the left side of the housing/piping and about 70% of the rattle went away; then I fastened the right side and the sounds went away almost completely. I had my wife drive while I placed my finger on the housing to feel the vibration and it was significantly reduced after fastening both the housing.
So from what I can tell, these 2 metal pipes are the casings for the left and right hand brake cables. There is a mount attached to the gas tank, accessible from below the car, that can break and allows these cables to rattle against the crank shaft under acceleration. This solution would secure these from the top and hopefully prevent contact, and to solve by fixing the clip would also prevent this. Can anyone confirm? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gKMgR_ucJxM.html
Thank you for the video! It worked for me for the most part. Only on WOT does it make the noise now. Still a lot better than it was before and beats paying $600 that the shop was trying to charge.
Just to let you know its actually a clip under the car that is broken and needs replacing, this is not the right way and they are not hoses they are your parking brake cables.
That’s what I thought artist but that’s not the case I went months thinking it was the break cable against the drive shaft . When I finally fixed it , the sound was still happening , and sure enough I fallows this videos instructions and boom problem solved !
There is a clip under your exhaust and fuel tank that will break over time and allow the cables to rub on the drives haft. This is a perfect hack as replacing the clip is cheap ($8 part) but ridiculously complex.
Bmw aka the rattle car. I had a nasty one around the instrument cluster. Drove me crazy was planning to sell my 70k 4 series again not normal that cars in this class rattle so much. On the past there was a website indicating all the known issues on BMw, basically it was the same info dealers had. I was surprised how many data ther was on rattles and noises. Bmw aren't you testing your cars? Finally BMW started a legal case and the website was forced offline. NEWTIS it was called.
3 weeks with that f"#$ng noise, i was becaming crazy! Totally lifesaver and moneysaver, just take care with the piece of plastic where you tie the zips, those are life knife i got a lot of small cuts!
Yeah I need to do this, I started noticing on hard turns and hard acceleration a noise from the rear HVAC vent. I also noticed that the plastic vent tubing seemed to be moving left/right with ease. So I shoved it further back to see if that would help as well.
I did that Definitely helps acceleration noise but with time there is noise when you hit every bump🫢 that aluminum think moving every time and i put 4 Instead of two to tight it up stringer Still doesn’t help
Is this related to the handbrake cable clip? I just got to hear this kind of sound yesterday. Many of my F30 friends group said it could be the handbrake retaining clip. But the sound came under armrest as you mentioned. Thanks a lot.
Replacing that clip includes removing exhaust and dropping the gas tank which isn't something I'm capable of doing in a home garage. Sooo greatful for this hack!
The actual part, which breaks over time, is found above the exhaust. This video shows you how to swap it out. It is a little labor-intensive and you will need some tools and a few jack stands. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G8aT1yZiGUw.html
@@marvenbk1961 The way I did it in my video actually replaces the part that's broken. If you took it to your BMW dealership, they would do what I showed in my video
@@justinbuice yes it’s on your channel fa real but is not everyone can fix it like the way you show it to,an the way you show it is the right way,an the dealership will cost about $2000 to fix,so if i can fix it the way this guy show us I will an say me some money I dnt have.
@@YARDIEVYBZTV The way I showed it is the correct way and only cost $8. ANY other method of fixing it besides what I showed is only a "bandaid" repair.
@@justinbuice yea I have the same problem with my 2016 328i xdrive f30 an when I pull off the a.c vent inside the car the way his own look with then split so he can reach his,i cannot see mines because carpets cover mines so I dnt know what to do, if am supposed to cut the carpet like his,to get to the two little grey wire an I even go an buy the strap to tie strap them,I am thinking about slitting the carpet same as his to reach the grey wire them🥴
I did it, it helped but unfortunately the cables are still loose under the car and keep moving and making a knocking sound especially over bumps, I guess I have to solve it once and for all by replacing the plastic clip with a metal one.
i hope you are still using this channel, can you confirm that this is the sound that you were getting or this is something different ? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8vGiWT8vW2c.html
