
11-06-2007, 04:58 PM
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Location: Durham NC USA
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Originally Posted by PhazeX5
Hey all,
I know this has been a topic in the forums, but I'm this issue with the dealer right now and I need some advice. In the morning the truck drives fine, it seems when it warms up this starts happening, the truck drives perfect on the highway at regular speeds, when I slow down to make turns the X seems like it wouldnt go into gear but after it does, it drives fine again. When at a complete stop, it goes into gears fine. I took the X (2000 4.4i) to the dealer last friday because I keep getting the trans fail safe mode on my cluster every now and then and plus the slugish trans. I explained to the SA what was happening. Later on on the day he calls and tells me I have 2 Cam sensors that are bad and they need to be replaced ($449) I asked, is this the problem and he replied yes this will fix the pproblem. Ok...Later on he calls back and says four O2 sensors are bad ($1356.00) and My trans fluid is kinda a low ( about 1.5 liters) And they need to add to it to level it out ( $31.00/liter plus labor). I also Aksed is this the final reason why the truck is acting up, and he again replied yes. He also said That he recommend changing my spark plugs so I agreed. Im now some where around $2500. The best part of this story.........this afternoon he calls me and says he has bad news, it seems that the ST drove the X and the problem still consists. He now says that I have to replace my transmisson ($6400). WTF is going on with this dealer?? I just took the truck in for that specific problem and I told him thats all I wanted fixed, nothing else, now Im going to be somewhere around $9000. I was so pissed off that I told him, he needs to check out the truck again that I am not paying for a new trans, after telling me it was something else, if thats the case I wouldnt have fixed anything! $9000 is a down payment for a new car....he must be krazy. I waitng for him to call me back once again, after that I'm asking to speak to the manager. Any advise?
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How many miles do you have on your X5? This dealer is BS you on several things in my opinion. First it does not make sense to ask for $1356 to replace 4 OS2 sensors. Second the transmission is sealed on the X5 therefore I do not see how he could know that it is low 1.5l. Third if you really need to replace your transmission go for a rebuilt tranny which will cost you around 3 or 4k.
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