Well, last night I was thrilled that Burdicks had fixed the thumping brake problem. This morning they took it out for a test ride and the brake pedal went down to the floor. It seems that the rear brake line is corroded all of a sudden. They said where it bends up over the rear axle, salt and debris accumulate over the bend at the frame rail. I asked them how common this was and they said that they have seen it before at 70,000 miles. Bad news is that they have to hand bend the lines and BMW does not carry them, they have to get them locally for big bucks!!! For replacing 2 of them they say $1300 parts and labor. Does this situation sound unusual to the rest of you with higher mileage X-5's? He is call corporate to see if they will contribute to the cause.
Fred