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Originally Posted by London5
Firstly thank you to X5world for putting in intouch with X5girl and thanks X5girl for putting me i touch with a good independent BMW garage.
I've had my Front Thrust Arm Bushes Replaced however my front end creak continues.
When I move the wheel from left to right slightly when parked
Under braking slowly
When pulling away slowly
When driving slowly over uneven ground .
The slowly bit probably being because it can only be heard when driving slowly
The noise only comes out after the car has been driven for about 20mins (generally in traffic) i.e its fully warmed up.
Any ideas? Sway Bar Links based on searches?
Thanks for your help,
B
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Mine sounded like an old wooden ship too.
Dealers replaced lower control arm bushes, no difference. Took it back again and they replaced anti-roll bar bushes and that has gotten rid of most of the creaking over uneven road, bumps etc.
Can still detect a bit of a creak while turning (if aircon and radio are off). Also get a little creak from the rear which can be heard again with the aircon and radio off. Still get a bit of a click in the steering especially when parking and when parked with the engine off - suspect this is the U-joint. Dealers simply claimed that they can't detect it and that it's normal (yeah I know, both cases can't be true, if it's normal you can obviously detect it).
Suspect I won't get rid of these without replacing all remining bushes, ball ends, link rods etc. I usually work on my own cars but I don't fancy tackling these as you need special tools.
Annoying, wish I brought the VW or Porsche instead. Not because I don't love the look of the X5 and way it drives (overall) but because the build and component quality suck. Have had an immesurable number of problems, turbo replaced twice in the last year, electrical problems the dealers haven't been able to resolve over the past year etc.