Sunroof rattle
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Replaced what? The whole roof section? or the moving parts of the mechanism? My sunroof has rattle going over bumps when open since day one. I had the dealer look at it during my first service and they told me all they could do was lube everything which helped only a little. This is my only gripe with my car. Their claim is that due to the design, rattling is inevitable. I've had two MINI's with a similar exterior opening sunroof and neither of them rattled.
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My '13 C2 991 (june '12 build) is getting this fixed right now. They have to replace a defective roof rail. The hardest part of getting dealers to fix this type of rattle is reproducing it easily, especially if its something that can only be heard on a road test. On the sunroof its easy. Open it it up all the way then give a little shake on the rear corners of the glass. On mine one side was rock solid and the other was making an obvious rattle. I think the dealer decided to replace both rails anyway. Ill post again once fixed.
Edit: Just got my car back. They didn't need to replace a rail, just tightened a rail and lubed it up. Drove it for 30 min or so over NJ's war torn roads and not one rattle.....it's good to finally find a dealer that can fix this kind of stuff.
Edit: Just got my car back. They didn't need to replace a rail, just tightened a rail and lubed it up. Drove it for 30 min or so over NJ's war torn roads and not one rattle.....it's good to finally find a dealer that can fix this kind of stuff.
Last edited by Justin N; 09-23-2013 at 08:24 PM. Reason: Update