To all,
There is a widespread issue with vibration problems in the BMW 5 series felt in the seats around 70-80 mph zone. People like me have replaced and rebalance tires and rims using hunter road force machine with no resolution! There is another defect that BMW cannot seem to get resolved. It is happening all over the world! It can be dampers, axle, drivetrain, etc you name it!
I sold my 535i xdrive because of this issue that will not go away after being back to dealer 10 or more times!
See for youself on google search:
BMW F10 :
https://www.google.com/search?q=bmw...ibration&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
In Spain:
http://translate.google.com/transla...efox-a&hs=ykH&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1440&bih=753&prmd=imvnsfd
In UK:
http://www.bmwland.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=121222
And many more!
Here are the posts from all over and certain private messages:
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Hey, Sorry for the delayed response, super busy. I brought my vehicle in and they said I had a slightly bent rim. They replaced it and although its a touch better I still have vibration on the highway/higher speeds. I was looking into what else it could be outside of what you've done and I found that this is the first year for the 8spd auto trans and the 4.4TT V8. Maybe they are working through vibration issues? Bad mounts/dampers? I plan on doing more research to see if anyone else thinks this may be the case. From where the vibration is coming I would say it's possible. Do you think that was your problem?
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I have a similar vibration in my 528 and can't get it fixed. I've had the tires road force balanced and still I have the issue. What model did you have? Did BMW ever issue a TSB?
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F10, 528, Vibration 80-120 km/h
Hello to All!
I have had one year process with BMW now to locate the problem of vibration in the speed of 80-120 km/h. There has been checked tyres many times, changed, and have been test driving. Nothing helps. And now BMW told me that this typical problem for F10 then and they will do nothing! Anyway I will start to collect people(with same problem) here in Finland if the BMW will finally do anything about the problem. Do you have same kind of problems with F10?
Yours
Miska
09-13-2011, 05:17 PM #16
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You are not the only one, there are issues of the 535 xdrive with weird vibration felt in the front seats from the rear wheels on highways between similar speeds (70-80 mph) as yours that cannot be resolved with new rims, tires, proper road force balancing. It is a design or manufacturing flaw. You can feel small vibes in the seat back and in the headrest that goes away below 70 and above 80 mph or so.
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I just picked my 535i last week. I drove to the airport and drove on the highway for the first time on Sunday. I had heavy vibration at 70-80mph. I do not have the sport package, just the standard wheels. Car has 110 miles on it. I was hoping I had a weight missing but this post scares the he'll out of me. Almost bought a e60 M5 and now I am hoping this is something simple to fix.
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Hi, i'm still reading these posts with interest as my own situation is starting to drive me crazy! Thought it would be helpful to update in case you want to advise your own dealerships to try the following - as it hasn't worked in my case...
My dealer continues to be v supportive in fact even more so since the head of the workshop and a salesman both have the same problem with their vehicles (both 530D with 18'' running continental ssc 3 run flats - as per mine)
There is a great deal of interest and my car is being used as the dummy to find solutions for the now 6 owners of vehicles supplied by the same dealership with same pbm. After logging pbm on PUMA, factory suggested swapping out my M Sport Alloys for a different model of 18'' wheel (it has 10-12 spokes) and equipping with summer Dunlop 245/65 R18 front and back instead of the larger rear vs front configuration I had previously. The summer Dunlops were out of stock and so they had a trial run with Michelins of same size. Although the initial effect felt better they were somewhat alarmed when the vibrations appeared all of a sudden and on inspection of rear nearside tyre is was extremely hot to the touch to the point that discolouring to a blue bruising on tyre wall.
In the meantime the Dunlops still haven't come in and they've had my vehicle for 10 days trying various tests (not sure what to be honest). I am due to move to winter tyres shortly and so they had an idea to equip me already and try another different model of alloy but same size as above. I have Dunlop Winter Sport 3D in above size and driving away from dealership 2 nights ago i was in a different car. Smooth. composed. Not a hint of vibration. A pull to the right has appeared however and this is documented elsewhere on this forum.
Interestingly I stopped for fuel as was completely empty. Filled up 80 litres (80kg) of weight and guess what? Not only has the vibration come back, but it starts at around 60kmph now. By 110 (111 to be exact) it's a shudder and is worse if anything. Seat, headrest, accelerator and steering to answer your q Baloo588.
All reported following day to dealership and helpful for them to know that additional weight in car over rear axle is having an effect. Car goes back in tomorrow for the summer dunlop test and since in the meantime another PUMA log has been made, response from Factory has been to check tension ° in a number of wheel and suspension components - which they will also perform tomorrow. i will of course keep you updated. I love this car - it's getting so fast now i've got 6K on the clock, but driving me totally mad as Chrisr111 said its like OCD. Anyone got any other suggestions i can ask my dealer to try? I'm aware I must start to sound like a lunatic...
There is a widespread issue with vibration problems in the BMW 5 series felt in the seats around 70-80 mph zone. People like me have replaced and rebalance tires and rims using hunter road force machine with no resolution! There is another defect that BMW cannot seem to get resolved. It is happening all over the world! It can be dampers, axle, drivetrain, etc you name it!
I sold my 535i xdrive because of this issue that will not go away after being back to dealer 10 or more times!
See for youself on google search:
BMW F10 :
https://www.google.com/search?q=bmw...ibration&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
In Spain:
http://translate.google.com/transla...efox-a&hs=ykH&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1440&bih=753&prmd=imvnsfd
In UK:
http://www.bmwland.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=121222
And many more!
Here are the posts from all over and certain private messages:
Dear baloo588,
You have received a new private message at Bimmerfest - BMW Forums from BMWdream12345, entitled "Re: BMW 535 vibration".
To read the original version, respond to, or delete this message, you must log in here:
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/private.php
This is the message that was sent:
***************
Hey, Sorry for the delayed response, super busy. I brought my vehicle in and they said I had a slightly bent rim. They replaced it and although its a touch better I still have vibration on the highway/higher speeds. I was looking into what else it could be outside of what you've done and I found that this is the first year for the 8spd auto trans and the 4.4TT V8. Maybe they are working through vibration issues? Bad mounts/dampers? I plan on doing more research to see if anyone else thinks this may be the case. From where the vibration is coming I would say it's possible. Do you think that was your problem?
***************
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I have a similar vibration in my 528 and can't get it fixed. I've had the tires road force balanced and still I have the issue. What model did you have? Did BMW ever issue a TSB?
Leijona71
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F10, 528, Vibration 80-120 km/h
Hello to All!
I have had one year process with BMW now to locate the problem of vibration in the speed of 80-120 km/h. There has been checked tyres many times, changed, and have been test driving. Nothing helps. And now BMW told me that this typical problem for F10 then and they will do nothing! Anyway I will start to collect people(with same problem) here in Finland if the BMW will finally do anything about the problem. Do you have same kind of problems with F10?
Yours
Miska
09-13-2011, 05:17 PM #16
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You are not the only one, there are issues of the 535 xdrive with weird vibration felt in the front seats from the rear wheels on highways between similar speeds (70-80 mph) as yours that cannot be resolved with new rims, tires, proper road force balancing. It is a design or manufacturing flaw. You can feel small vibes in the seat back and in the headrest that goes away below 70 and above 80 mph or so.
Chrisr111
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I just picked my 535i last week. I drove to the airport and drove on the highway for the first time on Sunday. I had heavy vibration at 70-80mph. I do not have the sport package, just the standard wheels. Car has 110 miles on it. I was hoping I had a weight missing but this post scares the he'll out of me. Almost bought a e60 M5 and now I am hoping this is something simple to fix.
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Hi, i'm still reading these posts with interest as my own situation is starting to drive me crazy! Thought it would be helpful to update in case you want to advise your own dealerships to try the following - as it hasn't worked in my case...
My dealer continues to be v supportive in fact even more so since the head of the workshop and a salesman both have the same problem with their vehicles (both 530D with 18'' running continental ssc 3 run flats - as per mine)
There is a great deal of interest and my car is being used as the dummy to find solutions for the now 6 owners of vehicles supplied by the same dealership with same pbm. After logging pbm on PUMA, factory suggested swapping out my M Sport Alloys for a different model of 18'' wheel (it has 10-12 spokes) and equipping with summer Dunlop 245/65 R18 front and back instead of the larger rear vs front configuration I had previously. The summer Dunlops were out of stock and so they had a trial run with Michelins of same size. Although the initial effect felt better they were somewhat alarmed when the vibrations appeared all of a sudden and on inspection of rear nearside tyre is was extremely hot to the touch to the point that discolouring to a blue bruising on tyre wall.
In the meantime the Dunlops still haven't come in and they've had my vehicle for 10 days trying various tests (not sure what to be honest). I am due to move to winter tyres shortly and so they had an idea to equip me already and try another different model of alloy but same size as above. I have Dunlop Winter Sport 3D in above size and driving away from dealership 2 nights ago i was in a different car. Smooth. composed. Not a hint of vibration. A pull to the right has appeared however and this is documented elsewhere on this forum.
Interestingly I stopped for fuel as was completely empty. Filled up 80 litres (80kg) of weight and guess what? Not only has the vibration come back, but it starts at around 60kmph now. By 110 (111 to be exact) it's a shudder and is worse if anything. Seat, headrest, accelerator and steering to answer your q Baloo588.
All reported following day to dealership and helpful for them to know that additional weight in car over rear axle is having an effect. Car goes back in tomorrow for the summer dunlop test and since in the meantime another PUMA log has been made, response from Factory has been to check tension ° in a number of wheel and suspension components - which they will also perform tomorrow. i will of course keep you updated. I love this car - it's getting so fast now i've got 6K on the clock, but driving me totally mad as Chrisr111 said its like OCD. Anyone got any other suggestions i can ask my dealer to try? I'm aware I must start to sound like a lunatic...