One of the downsides of frequenting a forum is it is easy to assume all the stuff that is happening to anybody in the world is going to happen to every one of us. My solution is to be sure I keep up on preventative maintenance, just as would be necessary on any other vehicle, then don't worry about it so I can enjoy ownership.

Whenever the plus and minuses of anything are requested the downside points will far exceed the positives. Since a forum is largely about fixing problems that's what will dominate over those that are happy with their X5. Certainly some have had terrible experiences but if that was the case with everyone, most of us would not own an X5. As an example, there is a current thread about a massive oil leak. By reading that my conclusion could easily be that everyone with an X5 is going to have a catastrophic failure of their engine because of the CCV system. I wonder what the percentage of owners, even just those in very cold areas, have actually had a problem, certainly one that destroyed the engine.

It is unrealistic to think that stuff shouldn't wear out on a 10-14 year old vehicle, more often than not with over 100,000 miles on the clock. Just as it is to complain about the price of parts.

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X5 4.6 2002 Black Sap, Black interior. 2013 X5M Melbourne Red, Bamboo interior
Dallas