05-22-2019, 10:52 PM | #111 |
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Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum as I just picked up my car a couple of months ago. Here goes for my first post.
I too have the clicking. I have been trying different things to find the cause of the clicking. I have been trying to leave the car in various drive modes when I shut it off. It seems as though the clicking doesn't occur if I revert back to the default efficient-sport-sport settings prior to shutdown. If I keep the engine in sport instead of efficient when I turn it off the clicking occurs almost each time. I will keep monitoring it to see if it's just by chance. However if someone can also try this that may help. Btw I left the car with the dealer and they couldn't reproduce the clicking so they did nothing. |
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05-24-2019, 04:55 PM | #112 | |
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The work order is in Italian, and the majority of the fault description was provided on a translated document I gave the dealer. I left an old phone with them with all of the videos as well. It took them two weeks to get the parts in stock and replace them. The Valvetronic motor they replaced was part number 11377603979, which matches what realOEM.com says my car should have. They also replaced a bunch of gaskets and a flange. They also did some software coding on my car because a bunch of the FDL work I had done is now gone, but not all of it. I still don’t have any Nav or backup warnings, but ASC is back , my mirrors don’t fold on command, and my presets are gone. Oh, and there was quite a bit of oil spilled on the turbos while the valve cover was off, and it was a smoky, oily mess when I got home. Nice. Time will tell if it’s fixed. |
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05-30-2019, 11:01 AM | #113 | |
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06-02-2019, 03:42 AM | #114 |
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Can someone please let me know if the injectors need to be removed to replace the valvetronic?? Dealer is saying that injectors had to be removed and they were over torqued beyond spec upon removal, thus need to replaced all 6 injectors..
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06-07-2019, 09:59 AM | #115 |
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I just noticed this clicking sound on my car this morning when I opened the door. I'm going to the dealer next Thursday anyways for an oil change, hopefully it happens again so I can film it for them. I'll keep people updated with my experience with this issue as well. Luckily still have a warranty.
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Injector noise is different, that's with the engine on and is normal. This is with the engine completely off. After sitting for the night, went out this morning and opened the door and clicking starts happening from the engine bay. |
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06-07-2019, 11:26 AM | #118 |
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I had mine fixed for this issue the other week - they replaced the servo motor. Since then it's been great. But this morning when opening my door, there was a related noise happening, but it was way more muted, like the motor just rotating over and over again. No loud clicks, but something going on and on under the hood, likely the servo motor. Still seems like something isn't quite right.
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06-07-2019, 12:59 PM | #119 | |
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edit: cost roughly out of warranty to fix??? |
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06-07-2019, 03:03 PM | #120 |
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My wife's X5 did this for several months, oddly, it seems (knock on wood) to have stopped as I have not heard it in quite awhile. BMW said it was normal!
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06-07-2019, 04:38 PM | #123 |
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This is an established issue with these cars.
Contact your BMW regional office if the dealer isn't helpful - BMW should fix this if the car is a year or two out of warranty. |
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06-09-2019, 05:35 PM | #124 |
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Figure I’d chime in since I started this thread. It’s been over a year now after the fix and I haven’t once had the noise come back. Good luck to those trying to get this resolved!
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06-13-2019, 10:05 PM | #126 |
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Anyone in Massachusetts have luck with their dealer on this? I brought the car in they couldn't reproduce it. They said they never heard it after I showed them a video I took. They told me if it was a problem there would be a CEL. I'm just curious if there is a dealer around that may have experience with this.
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06-16-2019, 11:59 AM | #127 |
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Just a small update. So I only witnessed the ticking sound once, and didn’t have my own video of it to show the dealer. So instead I just showed them the video from this thread and they said they’d look in to it. On Friday I got a call from the dealer saying a regional manager or something along those lines happened to be there and said they would dig a bit deeper. Tomorrow (Monday) I should hear back about what they plan to do. They’re being pretty cool about it all given that it can’t be reproduced easily.
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06-20-2019, 09:38 AM | #128 |
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Got my car back. Dropped it off last Thursday, picked it up yesterday. They didn't end up replacing anything, here is what they wrote on the service invoice :
"I Level attempt to duplicate concern. Not successful. Based on video* noise sounds like VVT motor ticking. TSE advise to create TSARA case. Created case #####. TSARA advise to program vehicle to update ILEVEL. After programming allow vehicle to enter sleep mode. Check for noise again. Good. Release vehicle at this time." *I showed the tech the video from this thread when I first dropped it off. |
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06-23-2019, 10:12 PM | #129 |
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That's, exactly what my SA told me ~
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06-23-2019, 10:26 PM | #131 |
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Shit ~~~~ this doesnt sound right.
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06-24-2019, 11:51 PM | #132 |
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It's not normal.
Mine was doing it every time I locked the car and was immediately diagnosed as the valvetronic motor. It was replaced and no issues since. Performance was not in anyway affected by the noise. But it was a machine gun click lasting 3-5 seconds. |
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