Tailgate knock/rattle eliminated!

[thedweeb]

oh yea

[SlowRider]

Originally Posted by joeboch348

Don't know about you guys but I have friends that like to bust balls about "mr fancy car". Can't have any rattles when they're in the car or I never stop hearing about it.

Same problem here, the solution is to point out everything that makes your X5 better when you're riding in their cars.

[duboy]

are the two ledges of the liftgate supposed to rest on those two bump stops when closed? i can sort of see in between the panels when it was closed, and there was a good 1/4"+ of room between the bump stop and the ledges on the liftgate. i tweaked both sides so now the liftgate does rest on them, but the sides are a little bit off so the passenger side is out a bit more. Thanks!

[1stE53]

Originally Posted by duboy

are the two ledges of the liftgate supposed to rest on those two bump stops when closed? i can sort of see in between the panels when it was closed, and there was a good 1/4"+ of room between the bump stop and the ledges on the liftgate. i tweaked both sides so now the liftgate does rest on them, but the sides are a little bit off so the passenger side is out a bit more. Thanks!

Yes they are. There is supposed to be some presure when closing the gate. I adjusted mine in the summer and now that it is cold out, the rattles came back with a vengance. I will make time tonight to fix them; Merry Christmas Honey, your car is now rattle free . I will also take a look at the centre latch, thank you very much for that bit of information.

Will changing the rubber seals around the door help enough to justify the cost? I condition them with zymol seal conditioner, is that enough?

[duboy]

Originally Posted by 1stE53

Yes they are. There is supposed to be some presure when closing the gate. I adjusted mine in the summer and now that it is cold out, the rattles came back with a vengance. I will make time tonight to fix them; Merry Christmas Honey, your car is now rattle free .

thanks for the info. I can confirm that my rattles for the most part are gone after adjusting the bump stops. later this weekend I will adjust the tailgate too and hopefully that will cure all the noise back there.

[g60renshaw]

I can confirm that following a cold winter and a few more months driving I still have absolutely zero rattles from my tailgate having replaced the little striker plate as I detailed before.
Hope this helps some more people as there are now another few on the UK forum who have found the little plastic cap missing...

Jay

[maci234]

Originally Posted by g60renshaw

I can confirm that following a cold winter and a few more months driving I still have absolutely zero rattles from my tailgate having replaced the little striker plate as I detailed before.
Hope this helps some more people as there are now another few on the UK forum who have found the little plastic cap missing...

Jay

Do you have a picture of what you replaced so i can maybe try the same mysely thanks for your time

[giodog2000]