[SWFLf10]

This is the story of me finally looking into a very annoying problem I've had since I purchased my vehicle.

Since I purchased my 2015 535, I've had an annoying buzzing sound that accompanied the LDW vibration actuator when it was in use. Instead of just causing a vibration in the steering wheel, it sounded like the actuator was loose or somehow just broken, it sounded kind of like a piece of plastic smacking against the actuator.

Today I finally got around to pulling off the airbag and trim piece on the steering wheel. To my amazement, there was a sticker stuck to the end of the actuator, hitting the inside of the steering wheel every time it was activated. I removed the offending sticker and went for a test drive. Surely the fix couldn't be this simple... Sure enough, the annoying buzzing sound is gone! I'm not quite sure where the sticker came from, but I am very glad it was something so simple to fix.

This was very simple and took my all of 15 minutes to take the wheel apart, fix the issue, and reassemble. I don't know why I've waited so long to look into this.

Here are some pictures of the inside of the wheel with the airbag removed, and the offending sticker.