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Car Forum / BMW Cars / May 2005Help!! E46 rear suspension mounting failure!
Hi My 2000 323Ci E46 has developed a squeak whenever i pull away or change gear. I finally decided to get underneath to see if I could locate the problem. I located the squeak to what I think is the near side mounting for the rear anti roll bar (i'm no mechanic so i could be wrong about this). The mounting looks like it has torn itself from the body. I'm sure i've read somewhere that this is a common fault on the E46. If so is there a recall or a standard way of fixing this? I'm sure it will need welding. Can anyone advise? Thanks Richard Contact your dealer - it can happen on models produced up to feb 2000 and is normaly covered by BMW > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Thanks > Richard Thanks for that. > Contact your dealer - it can happen on models produced up to feb 2000 and > is normaly covered by BMW [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> Thanks >> Richard Richard, I've had 2 occasions when bmw have carried out "work" on the rear suspension, i seem to recall anti roll bar being mentioned.. Some sort of minor clunking noise, they have picked it up when doing other work on the car. Its a 320Ci Convertible, May 2001. It's been convered under the warranty, but twice? sounds to me like a common fault. Glen. > Thanks for that. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >> Thanks > >> Richard I just left the car at the dealership. It looks like they will be asking BMW for authorisation for remedials to be carried out. The subframe mounting has torn away from the body!!! > Richard, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> >> Thanks >> >> Richard has anyone had a problem with the e46 rear subframe mount(dif carrier ripping from boot floor my car is a saloon 328 that has quite hig miles(132000)on a 1998 reg i noticed a clunk/squeak coming from th rear when i inspected the car the pasenger rear mount has rippe partly from the floor i did not by the car from a main dealer an have only part main dealer service history. i have been told this i common fault with e36/e4 cars and bmw should fix it. is this true > has anyone had a problem with the e46 rear subframe mount(diff > carrier) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > common fault with e36/e46 > cars and bmw should fix it. is this true? I've never heard of it on a UK car before, but it's certainly a known issue on the US 325i. Common would be the wrong word for it though, more of an issue on cars with track time.  SignatureWho needs a life when you've got Unix? :-) Email: john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk, John G.Burns B.Eng, Bonny Scotland Web : http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk - The Ultimate BMW Homepage! Need Sun or HP Unix kit? http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/unix.html Common problem. Look at this forum: http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=157603 Hope this helps. SignatureG. Tarantino - Switzerland 1997 BMW 535 (149,000 miles) 1997 Audi A4 Q (149,000 miles) 2001 BMW 325 xi (83,000 miles) > has anyone had a problem with the e46 rear subframe mount(diff > carrier) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > common fault with e36/e46 > cars and bmw should fix it. is this true? The problem is known on E46 produced before 02-2000 and BMW repair them for free. Wery few cars are affected by the problem and from 02-2000 the problem is solved. |
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