I sat in the drive way early this am with that sinking feeling as the the X cranked for 15 seconds but didn’t fire. Turned the key off for a few seconds, tried again and she fired up immediately. The 4.4 that was in the car used to do this occasionally as it got older (130k miles-plus). Nothing special about the morning, 60 deg, just a bit humid, a nice fall morning in Louisiana.

Fuel, air or ignition, and I would suspect the fuel pump, but it’s virtually brand new (Delphi). I’ll pop the code reader on it later today and see if any set and spend some time on the Outpost looking for similar posts.

Off to pick up the new-to-me sand beige seats I bought from 5s0NG and shipped down to me. Condition is way nicer than my OE seats as they are right now, and I’m having them recovered in new leather (sand) with anthracite uberkaro center inserts bottom and back. I’m excited as they have adjustable lumber and heat, neither of which we ordered when we bought our X in 2002. I’m hopeful that the wiring for the heat exists and when I buy an appropriate center console switch insert with heat switches, it will all come magically together. I’ve read several posts herein where guys upgraded there seats, some plug and play, some challenging. I think it’s a good sign that the rear relay/fuse block has wiring to the heated seat relay position, just no relay. Is there no front seat heat relay?

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Original owner 2002 E53 X5 4.4i to 4.6i swap
2026 G80 M3 6 spd
2025 G06 X5 50e
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1972 Audi Fox
1986 Saab 900S
1996 BMW Z3
1998 BMW E36 M3 Sedan
2004 BMW E46 M3
2006 Audi A3 Quatro
1993 Mopar 318 Jeep Grand Cherokee
2015 V6 Jeep Grand Cherokee