Unfortunate. After reading all of the horror stories that was the very first piece of maintenance for the wife's e70 when we bought it 2 years ago. Replaced all 3 pieces.

Very nice e70 though. I envy the LCI appearance upgrades that the wife's is missing... but what are you gonna do. We just crossed 156000 and when the emissions systems start giving us big money problems I will be revisiting your thread. Keep the updates coming.

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2005 X5 4.4i Build 04/05 Maintenance/Build Log
Nav, Pano, Sport (Purchased 06/14 w/ 109,000 miles) (Sold 8/15 w/121,000 miles)

2006 X5 4.8is Build 11/05 Maintenance/Build Log
Nav, DSP, Pano, Running Boards, OEM Tow Hitch, Cold Weather Pckg (Purchased 08/15 w/ 90,500 miles)

2010 X5 35d Build 02/10
Nav, HiFi, 6 DVD, Sports Pckg, Cold Weather Pckg, HUD, CAS, Running Boards, Leather Dash, PDC, Pano (Purchased 03/17 w/ 136,120 miles)