E92 squeaky passenger seat

[acme]

Not the most major of issue, but rather annoying. My E92 M3 passenger seat when empty squeaks like mad! I’ve tried everything I can think of, every permutation of seat position including the back almost horizontal. I’ve checked all the bolts are tight and applied WD to anything I can see, any thoughts what it could be. I’ve never had a seat do it, or a rattle as loud, it detracts from the V8!

Any thoughts please, amusing ones too, and no it’s not pesky mice, I hope!

Cheers

[Tony B2]

Mine does it, too!

I think it must be something to do with the seat-back latch mechanism, as when someone sits in the passenger seat (so applying some pressure to the seat back) the noise goes away.

Have you looked on e90post.com? There was a long thread on rattle fixes, that might cover this, but it takes ages to read through all the posts.

[acme]

Many thanks for the reply, I'm glad it's not just me!

I haven't but I will have a look at it, I might also try leaving the seat folded forwarded and see what happens, not that I can drive like that!

[acme]

Just to add, like you when someone sits in the seat the noise goes away!

[M3consta]

Hmm, I have what sounds like exactly the same in mine too. Would be very interested if you have found a fix?

[Prinny]

Mine’s an M6, but I had a squeak too. basically, the right-hand bolster was rubbing against the centre console. Adjusting the lumbar in in the seat so it was ‘tighter’ & then storing it in the memory (so it didn’t move back upon lock/relock - figuring that one out took me a bit longer ) sorted it. Yours may be completely different, but it’s just a thought...

[acme]

Prinny said:

Mine’s an M6, but I had a squeak too. basically, the right-hand bolster was rubbing against the centre console. Adjusting the lumbar in in the seat so it was ‘tighter’ & then storing it in the memory (so it didn’t move back upon lock/relock - figuring that one out took me a bit longer ) sorted it. Yours may be completely different, but it’s just a thought...

Thanks for that, appreciated. Though I've moved the seat up/down/back etc in all permutations as I don't tend to alter the bolster on the drivers side I think I've not tried that on the passenger side, cheers.

In answer to the previous post I've booked it into my local BM dealer for a potential claim on the warranty, it's £162 for them to look at it and assess the issue.......

Ridiculous!

[Tony B2]

acme said:

Thanks for that, appreciated. Though I've moved the seat up/down/back etc in all permutations as I don't tend to alter the bolster on the drivers side I think I've not tried that on the passenger side, cheers.

In answer to the previous post I've booked it into my local BM dealer for a potential claim on the warranty, it's £162 for them to look at it and assess the issue.......

Ridiculous!

I will be really very surprised if this is covered by the BMW warranty. Trim, adjustments etc are specifically excluded.

Happy to be surprised, though, because I can then get mine in to be fixed!

[acme]

Tony B2 said:

I will be really very surprised if this is covered by the BMW warranty. Trim, adjustments etc are specifically excluded.

Happy to be surprised, though, because I can then get mine in to be fixed!

Agreed, the warranty document specifies trim is excluded, are seats trim, I rather fear they are.

Problem is both when I rang BMW & the dealer all they'd say is you need to bring it in for us to assess if it's a warranty claim, and if so you'll get your £168 back.....

Like yours mines almost perfect when someone's in the seat, so I've put a large book in to see if that makes a difference. Interestingly I picked up a mate over the weekend, a fairly big guy and I could still hear it, just....