OK, this was a long road for me to figure out, but I finally did so I hope I can save you some grief, time and money. I did the "turn the wheel back and forth thing" (many times) but it did not work for my 2002 3.0si X5. If you needed to jump your X5, then it's time for a new battery. Forget the dashboard lights for now - here's a good battery type and installation instructions - just follow this link:

http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...placement.html

An Autozone Gold Duralast 94R-DLG with 8 year warranty is about $119. That did the trick for me. They also offer a 49-DL with a 7 year warranty for about $69. In any event make sure the battery you choose has an external vent connection for the vent hose which is vented to the outside.

Once you have the battery replaced, you most likely will need to have the DSC fault codes read and reset. Most likely cause is one of the wheel's Steering Angle Sensor reports a fault with less than 9 Volts at that wheel, most likely, the drained battery (with the key on trying to start the vehicle) caused that fault code (DOH!). DO NOT let the dealer ($tealer) talk you into replacing the sensor. Politely tell him to clear the fault code so the lights will go out and you'll be on your way. Cost is about $114. If the fault code is not reset/cleared, DSC & ABS are definitely disabled until the fault code is reset/cleared. Follow this link for my story and experience at the $tealer where they wanted to charge me $400 for a new Steering Angle Sensor which did not need replacement - again, just reset the fault code to re-enable the DSC & ABS systems.

http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...lf-tealer.html

For additional information on testing your X5 for the infamous "battery drain problem", follow this link and see my testing results at the last page of the thread.

http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...y-drain-2.html

Anyway, I apologize for the long post, but I spent over a month to figure all this out - but I did get great help from our friends on this forum. Bottomline, replace your battery and have the service fault codes reset, that's it! Welcome to X5World and I hope this information is helpful to you. Let us all know everything goes!!!

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