06-21-2012, 04:48 AM | #1 |
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Strange humming sound
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when I drive 110 Km/H (68 mi) I hear a strange humming sound in my car (F20 116i A). My car is in the garage right now and I received another car in replace. That is a F20 116D. I hear the exact same low humming noise in this car also. I wonder if anybody else hears this sound aswell because the BMW car dealer hears it but doesn't have a solution to fix this. They tried changing the wheels and rims but this didn't work. Thanks |
06-21-2012, 04:51 AM | #2 |
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If you're able to read and understand german (which I somewhat assume, dear dutchie ), you might wanna take a look at this thread in the german forum:
http://www.1erforum.de/der-neue-1er-...-h-117845.html It describes exactly the problem, some people have it, many don't. They've come up with several (not working) ideas and recently with something more solid. At least 1 car is afaik "under investigation" by BMW currently. Seems to be an airflow-problem in the lower front area causing chassis-vibrations.
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06-21-2012, 05:13 AM | #3 |
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It is also possible that it is a tyre design that is causing this. I had it in my existing 120i when I first got it. It disappered when I changed to new rims and tyres
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06-27-2012, 02:38 AM | #4 |
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Ι hear the exact same noise (to me it sounds like excesive tyre noise), above 110-120km/h. I have not talked to my dealer yet...I thought it was caused by the tyres. Now, I understand that it is somehting else...will wait and see.
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06-28-2012, 03:28 AM | #5 |
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oh oh, rear differential issues? It has happened before on some models, I think on the E36 it was quite common with that humming noise at around 110km/h, only cosmetic though, nothing wrong with the function of it.
Mine is silent so far |
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