Some of you out there are no doubt dealing with some rattles and buzzes – especially now that the weather has turned colder for most of us. One of the most common of these rattles is the dreaded window rattle.
I'm happy to report (with the help of a loyal reader) that there is now a fix! Apparently MINI has designed an additional buffer (to eliminate excess play) into all cars since 4/03 production. Further for those of us with cars produced before this date MINI has introduced a “Service Measure” to deal with the issue. You can actually take a look at the Service Measure yourself here.
<p>Thanks anonymous reader for the info!!!</p>
<p>I am having mine looked at today. I let you know how it turns out.</p>
<p>I have a sunroof that when closed sometimes buzzes and sometimes not.</p>
<p>And of course never at the dealer!</p>
<p>Anybody else?</p>
<p>RB</p>
<p>My sunroof buzzes and I have a dealer visit next Thursday. By the time the car heats up, it does seem to stop but I'm going to ask them to fix it. We can't be the only ones having the problem.</p>
<p>The sunroof rattle is an old one. Mine just started up again last week. It seems the felt tape from the previous fix (dealer installed) has given out. Worked for about a year.</p>
<p>As for the door rattle, I've got that too. Glad to know there is a fix. Going in for service on MLK day. I'll add it to the list. Thanks!</p>
<p>I'll try the felt tape….Thanks</p>
<p>RB</p>
<p>Thanks for this post, this has been bugging me for some time. Will have this taken care of at next dealer visit.
THANKS!!!!</p>
<p>Gabe, this is great. Nice to have an oficial looking piece of paper to hand to the dealer when requesting the fix. A while back you posted a story about the under-bonnet rubbing issue with a service measure number, tho' when I took it to the dealer they claimed not to know of it (and I even provided the number). Do you have a similar looking official piece of paper for that one too, so that I might take it to my dealer along with this one? Thanks!</p>
<p>If you talk to someone in service who won't look that number up or claims there is no such thing then you need to simply talk to someone else. And if that doesn't work talk to MINI customer relations directly. </p>
<p>Unfortunately some dealer's service areas aren't quite what they should be.</p>
<p>Excellent! Finally an official ack from MINI regarding this minor but nevertheless annoying problem. The windows in my wife's '02 Cooper CVT do rattle when the doors are opened. My '04 MCS (9/03 production) doesn't do this.</p>
<p>Will take a copy of the bulletin to our next service visit.</p>
<p>The window fix worked fine. No more rattles when the doors are open.</p>