Speaker rattled woes
My wife and I got this 2025 i4 eDrive 40 last year in November. It was an Irvine BMW Dealership service loaner with 5k miles on it. Got an extremely good deal on it.
The problem… the driver side and passenger side speaker grills rattle. Been driving me insane. I’ve taken it to Irvine BMW 4 times for the issue. They said they couldn’t reproduce it. I gave them a list of tracks and volume levels that causes the grills to rattle. On the 4th dealership visit, they decided to get a BMW NA Representative to look at it. A week later, BMW NA says they can’t reproduce it.
Frustratingly, I took matters into my own hands.. I started pushing on the grill while affected music played. I noticed that if I push moderately hard on a corner piece by the set position switches, the rattle went away. It actually stayed away. Until it got warmer outside. The issue comes right back on hot days, and it’s a pain in the butt to try and get it to stop. It’s so obnoxious. I think if I had taken the car in on a hot day, they would’ve noticed it immediately. I have very sensitive ears, but I notice it immediately while others don’t.
Attached is a photo of where I’ve had success pushing on the metal grill.
Advice?? I’m about ready to take the car to an audio labs shop and pay them to fix the issue BMW should’ve fixed. What are my options? Can I still reach out to BMW NA for this issue? The car is amazing except this one exceptionally frustrating issue 😭