Well I just traded in my 2001 E53 4.4 for my 2010 E70 3.0i. I kind of miss of the power of the 4.4i but I am enjoying the new E70 and hard drive based Idrive system.
After owning the car for awhile i noticed a loose screw sound from the the middle console Every time I stop or accelerate there is a loose screw or something rattling around ( Talking about irritating). I have finally had it. Since my car is out of Warranty I decided to fix this my self of at least investigate to see what the problem was.
After looking around on the forum i ran into a couple of removal guides. Here is mine.
Here is were i pried the plastic trim off with my screw driver.
After removing the trim with the idrive knob attached there where 5 screws (T30) i removed to get to where the noise was.
Removal of the 5 screws and lifting the shifter out
After the shifter out I saw the problem a coin has rolled into a groove. The flashlight is pointhing to where the coin was.
The shiny object in the middle is the penny
to get to the coin i put a piece of tape around my finger and fished it out. Here is the pic with the penny stuck to the tape.
Boy this was a pian but it was easy enought to do. The one thing that stood out to me since I have the newer idrive system is that
i did not need to remove the knob, other that that it was a piece of cake.
I hope this helps someone else out.
01-03-2013, 12:59 AM
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