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Originally Posted by chilliwilli (Post 629841)

The sound was driving me nuts...even if the music was turned up, just the fact that it exists annoyed me. I tried several methods including the felt pads on the rubber mounts. It worked but not for long so I convinced the CEO to drive one day as i literally sat in the trunk and was able to pinpoint the culprit (at least on my X). Turned out to be the latch. I've heard from several people that this is due to poor factory trunk compartment installation with some of the X5's...some even have their rear hatch mis-aligned.

I set out to find a thick felt pad that i could cut and cover both sides of the latch (upper)...i ended up using the small felt-pad dots. I cleaned the latch with rubbing alcohol and stuck 2 pads on each side. A little extra effort may be required when closing the hatch but it did the trick...been two weeks now and i haven't heard a sound :D

If anyone wants, i can take some pics but it won't be till this weekend as the truck is garaged during the week.

yes... please share some pics. the noise is driving me insane !

Oh Please

I don't need to read this about our X5s.

Owned an Infiniti FX45 that had a rear gate creak or pop noise. Anything that caused body flex would trigger it.

I must have OCD because it drove me to sell the POS.

Seldom open the rear hatch on the X5...maybe that helps.

From now on I will never open the rear gate. lol

um, the x5 hatch problem is fixable.

for the other obvious problem, a good psychologist will be able to help...

good luck

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Originally Posted by anas (Post 630784)

yes... please share some pics. the noise is driving me insane !

As i mentioned, i simply cleaned the surface with rubbing alcohol for best adhesion...then i put 2 pads on each side. Haven't heard a sound since! :D

Inside-tailgate
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5...einside.th.jpg

Outside-tailgate
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/717...outside.th.jpg

I had the rubber bump stop, RealOEM.com BMW E53 X5 3.0i TRUNK LID/REAR WINDOW, (part no. 38) next to the latch missing. The dealer replaced it and no more noise.... thank God!!!.... Got it done under warranty...

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Originally Posted by chilliwilli (Post 631586)

thank you sir , i will try to do it , thnx for your help :thumbup: