Originally Posted by Henn28

Nice work…those are nasty looking! Definitely were on borrowed time.

I’ve got a rear brake job in my very near future for my X5, and am popping a code for brake level switch (or something similar). I think the switch is part of the reservoir cap (which is full) so I’ll try to troubleshoot that soon too. Brakes are working fine, and perhaps it’s part of the check brake lining warning I have regarding the rear pads.

On another note, my one-day spring conversion job in my wife’s jeep turned into three. That 2015 Grand Cherokee WK2 gives the E53 a run for its money in terms of complexity and booby-trapped parts. Two sway bar links had to be sawed off due to stripped hex heads.

The jury is out on the Arnott kit too. It rides really well (better than the airbags I just took out), but I’m hopeful the very slight “Carolina squat” will settle out with a few more miles. More importantly, the bypass unit they included to do away with the air suspension warnings completely bricked the car, so I pulled it back out and reconnected the OE air suspension module, and then pulled the compressor fuse. Car is back on the road, but with a quick “check air suspension warning” on start, which then disappears.

I’m so over this car after three days of heavy wrenching and stripped fasters. It’s been a fantastic car, but it’s time for it to leave the stable at 90k miles. I try to keep my wife in the one reliable car, with a fresh warranty.