On my way home from work last night, my low fuel indicator came on, with the miles to empty indicator reading 25 miles remaining. With maybe about 18 miles to empty the entire dashboard lit up (1st time this ever happened to me). I said to myself, "man maybe the miles to empty indicator is wrong and this thing's really getting ready to shut off.

I was on the highway when the dash lit up but when I made it to the streets, at a stoplight, the X just shut off. Once the light turned green (Im thinking I have to save fuel and the lights are on b/c I have no gas) I restarted the X and drove on. But once I'd restarted it, all lights were normal. I made it to the gas station without incident and the lights never reappeared for the rest of my trip.

This morning I was running an errand and the car was idling funny. The SES light had come on a few times in the past two weeks, my clutch has been slipping and I was in need of an oil change so I decided to sacrifice my Amex and visit my indie.

This fool clears the codes in the computer, tells me he doesnt have a tool to change the clutch and changes the oil. So a 2hr round trip from and back to the indie on NYC transit for an oil change. Great.

Im headed to work on the FDR Drive and my radio shut off and back on again. When I look down to see what has happened, I see the battery light is illuminated. When I get off the highway, I restart the X so it can magically clear the battery light but guess what?

The light didnt go out. So I call my indie to tell him what happened and he says bring it back. Only now I have to drive with what is probably a broken voltage regulator or a dead alternator and the shop's at least 20 miles away.

I'll keep you guys posted but from my research here, it looks like it's either the voltage regulator or the alternator.

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2001 X5 3.0 manual with factory widebody kit