I'm in a relatively smooth sailing period with my X5, but had a couple things pop up. October was hunting month, so the X5 pulled my camper to far SE Colorado for 4 days of pronghorn hunting and then made one day trip elk hunting in north-central CO. The trip to the SE part of the state involved some REALLY dusty conditions so....

Changed out air filter (Mahle)
Replaced long-leaking selector shaft seal on transmission (more trouble than should have been)
Now at 8K mi. on last oil change, so ready to change oil and rotate tires.

Driving in the early AM hours on I25 yesterday, I couldn't avoid a "pipe" in the road on Sunday AM. It looked like a 3" diameter by 4' long piece of PVC pipe, but it happened so fast, I can't say for certain. It was a big thud under the X5, but I had little choice but to continue on my way (construction zone with concrete barriers and enough traffic to eliminate any options to stop). I can't see any damage so far, but...

I don't drive much at night, so it hasn't been a high priority, but my dynamic headlights have been wonky since I got the vehicle earlier this year. They randomly go up/down. I didn't worry much about it, as I intended to do some paint work on the X5 and the wife's X3, and intended to sand and clear the headlight lenses with the 2K clearcoat. Figured I'd address the wonkiness then. Alas, that paint project kept getting bumped and after the pipe-in-the-road incident, I decided I needed to go ahead and figure out why the headlights aren't acting right. A little reading up and about 10 seconds under the passenger side front end revealed that the height adjuster switch was broken and missing the linkage to connect it to the control arm. So, I threw $70 toward FCP Groton and soon I should have properly functioning headlights again!

That's it for now. Otherwise enjoying my E53 and happy to have joined the club!

AM.

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E70 2010 3.0 M57 AT Titanium Silver with Black Leather
E53 2004 3.0 M54 AT Toledo Blue with Gray Leather
E83 2008 3.0 N52 AT Silver Gray Metallic with Black Vinyl
E46 1999 2.8 M52TU 5MT Black with Tan Leather 250K+ miles (Sold, but not forgotten)