Parcel Shelf

[Birchwood]

How do you stop vibration in an early X5 2003 rear parcel shelf I hwve tried bending rods and packing eith crease all with limited effect! 

It is diving me mad !!

[Bimmer Owners' Club]

could you apply some foam backed tape, like the sort that you put on windows to stop a draught?

[Greydog]

Hi and welcome

Don't rattles get to you when you cant pin them down.

I don't want to teach Granny what to do with eggs but are you sure it is the parcel shelf/luggage cover? The luggage cover is a crude affair for such an expensive car first are all the little gear wheels in place at the end of the support rods? One missing or broken will cause a rattle, if you retract or remove the cover completely does the noise stop? The upper tailgate stops are adjustable and a known source of noises (cured my rattle), also the rear seat catches can be a source of rattles. Have you checked the storage cubby's either side for anything loose, same under the floor are all the wheel changing tools clipped in and secure nothing  loose I put the draft excluding tape suggested by Trevor under all the bits in the boot makes the clips tight but no chance of a rattle.

The most difficult to track down on my 4.6 was a rattle that sounded like it was in the dash somewhere eventually tracked it to 2 broken securing clips on the pollen filter housing under the bonnet at the bottom of the windscreen.