525i- wind noise at high speed

hendi

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Enroute to KL from singapore recently, I discovered wind noise at high speed of 160 -- 180 kph. The noise came from the upper part of the windscreen, at the fitting part to the roof. This was noted as the noise lessened when i pressed against the roof.

Has anyone experienced this? (understandly no one drives at the speed in singapore :)) Will PML be able to help with this problem?

By the way, does anyone realise how terrible the service at PML is? granted the engineers are attentive when they finally get to attend to you , but waiting time is most ridiculous. It is also quite impossible to get anyone of them on the phone for quick queries. Vis a vis services at Merc (went there to help Dad service car), PML is most disappointing.

At this moment, I am still waiting for them to call me about myorder of glove compartment latch spare parts. It's been almost a month!

Rgds, andy.
 
Re: 525i- wind noise at high speed

hendi said:
Enroute to KL from singapore recently, I discovered wind noise at high speed of 160 -- 180 kph. The noise came from the upper part of the windscreen, at the fitting part to the roof. This was noted as the noise lessened when i pressed against the roof.

Has anyone experienced this? (understandly no one drives at the speed in singapore :)) Will PML be able to help with this problem?

By the way, does anyone realise how terrible the service at PML is? granted the engineers are attentive when they finally get to attend to you , but waiting time is most ridiculous. It is also quite impossible to get anyone of them on the phone for quick queries. Vis a vis services at Merc (went there to help Dad service car), PML is most disappointing.

At this moment, I am still waiting for them to call me about myorder of glove compartment latch spare parts. It's been almost a month!

Rgds, andy.

is yrs e39 or e60?

e60 does has wind noise at >100kph
 
No problem on my e39 525i :)
 
Hi I am new here and I would like to confirm what Hendi has mentioned about the wind noise. I visited a friend in Bangkok and drove his E60 525, discovered there was wind noise from 160 km/h onwards. Strange but true...

My friend was pretty upset as his car is fairly new and he did not discover it until I drove it. He has not taken it up to that speed until I did. He would bring this matter up with his dealer but don't know what's the outcome since I got back.

Perhaps Hendi should bring this matter up PML's SA and have them check it out. But how to do >160km/h in S'pore to check... :stop!: ?? Unless PML has wind tunnel... :laughlik:
 
Have visited speeds beyond 180kmh on the NS (and contributed to the unofficial "speed toll" in the process as well), but have never ever experienced wind noises in my E39 520i
 
i also noted that the wind noise is not consistent, il.e. not happening all the time. I talked to PML which suggested driving to malaysia to prove noise existence. This is quite alarming that they would do that. My fear is I have to pay for the engineer's time to travel to malaysia highway with me!!! Hope not. Will see them tomorrow and update.
 
I should think not. If it is indeed a manfacturer's problem, you should not be paying for it :naughty: After all when you purchase your car, it comes with a warranty.

If you have time, it would be good if you can go with them. Otherwise obtain a courtesy car from them for the duration taken to trouble shoot your car. Please keep us update ya, thanks!
 

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