M3 Steering Column Rattles

[LEE3]

Anyone experiencing any issues relating to random rattles coming from the steering column?

The pattern appears to anytime the steering wheel adjustment is triggered from a driver profile change the column will then click and rattle on every bump for most of the proceeding journey. If the car is driven without any driver profile change rattles do not occur.

 

[greasemonkey]

Yep I have the exact same issue. A few bangs and pushes round the steering column cowl usually solves it. Not quite annoying enough yet to schedule and appointment

 

[Cwmwd]

@greasemonkey & @LEE3 : Not to spread panic but this might be a known problem with a connector between the steering wheel and dash working it's way loose and has left some people stranded when it finally works it's way loose.

Epic Fail

 

[LEE3]

This sounds more like clicking plastic though and doesn’t appear to becoming progressively worse as if something is working more and more loose etc. I’ve had this with a RR Evoque before which went back six times with cabin rattles all around the steering column and rear view mirror housing. They always took it back with no arguments and in the end a mechanic said to us that he’s dealing with dozens of them it’s just a great deal of plastic fitted together that works loose when driving. It got to a point that it would reoccur on the very first pot hole you hit whilst travelling back from the service centre.

The epic fail link seems to relate to water leaking onto a connector resulting in a systems failure.