11-20-2018, 01:53 PM | #1 |
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Has anyone else noticed that the center armrest flexes when you lean on it with your right arm while driving? I am not a terribly big guy but I think the plastic doors are too thin to properly support my arm so they flex inwards. Anyone else?
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Have you noticed a noise from the back passenger side when the vehicle flexes? What I mean by that is when you're going over an uneven surface and part of the car is higher than another. My car makes a creaking sound almost like a boat getting stretched.
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11-20-2018, 07:21 PM | #6 |
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No creaks or rattles in our X5...will have to check the center armrest. I haven’t noticed anything out of ordinary about it, except how nice the heated armrest actually is!!
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Yeah, that's probably your mother in law going "ohmygoshyou'resuchabaddriverwhydidIeverletyoumarr ymydaughteryour'resuchabumyouneverlistentoanything Isayslowdownforgoshsakesyou'regoingtokillallofusyo urecklessloserI'msooffenndedbyeverythingyoudo"
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Have you isolated the cause of the creaking sound as I have as well?
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Mine does the same, took it to the dealer and the noise comes from the back seat....nothing to be done according to them.
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11-20-2019, 02:02 AM | #13 |
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I have the heat package and have noticed the armrest flexes. I thought it could have been a bit stronger to give more of an impression of the car being solidly built. In reality though it doesn’t cause any problems.
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I also have the heat plus comfort and I concurs, feels super sturdy!
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11-20-2019, 12:43 PM | #16 |
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My only gripe with the center console is the driver's side flap is finicky when opening at times. I can press the center or more towards the driver's side and only the passenger's side will open. This only happens if it's been a little while since opening. Not sure if this is also from leaning on it at all. It's solid though that's for sure!
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I have the heat package and have unfortunately also noticed the armrest flexes. It popped/creaked once when leaning on it and I thought I cracked it. My 2018 530's armrest also flexed.
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Do we have enough anecdotal reports now to correlate the issue to heated vs non-heated or to conclude a defect on OP's build?
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11-24-2019, 08:53 AM | #22 |
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LOL. Just noticed OP's original post was exactly 1 year ago and the resurrection this Nov was due to a side question of "creaking". The resurrection occurred on 11/18/19 and original discussion was 11/20/18 — none of us noticed the 18/19 transposition. The OP has long since gotten over their original question and dropped it over a year ago.
(shakes head at US-style date formats, use of 2 digit year designation 20 years after the decade-long Y2K fiasco, humanity's cultural inability to learn, and forums ...)
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