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Originally Posted by TriX5
I have a Tundra truck for anything that is more than two hour drive..... So far no repairs, just maintenance. I did the timing belt and w. pmp at 105k miles preventively. Replaced some hoses, belt and rollers at the time as well. Over the years I drain/filled the trans (liquid comes out almost as clean as it goes in) and replaced diff fluid several times.
Two weeks ago (at140k) the secondary air injection pump failed and the debris clogged the valves between the SAIP and the exhaust manifold. Lowest quoted number on forums to repair $2400. The darn system is under the enormous intake manifold. (No idea why they put it there, you can park a small SUV in the engine bay...) Took the intake off, cleaned the three valves out and replaced the SAIP and hoses at a cost of about $300.
If an aging X5 scares you, better buy a new one or a Highlander ;-)
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Right, the point of me posting here was to figure out if my X5 was below average/average or above average in terms of the issues I have had. My strong belief is that the kind of issues a car has in the first 50-60k of its life will be a pretty good indicator of its longer term reliability and it does look like your car had few issues if any in its life. So good for you! I'm not afraid of the maintenance I'd have to perform. I just chose to not deal with that when I have a bigger responsibility with a baby. Not sure if you have kids or where you are in your life. But everyone's priority changes with time.