If I were you, I would offer to pay for the diagnostic. Its only like $150 and BMW would cover that if they find that it is the indeed the levers that is causing your issue.

I fully experienced all the symptoms of the out of tolerance levers. I had the rolling idle at starting, the drop in rpms as it warms up, the occasional stalling as it dropped from high rpm warmup to normal idle, etc. You name it, I had it.

According to my friend, he said my issue was not that bad compared to other cars he's seen. The worst was an 04 545i that almost always stalled. Mine only stalled 2x in the short time I had owned it (at that pt).

As of right now, there are no idling issues and the car actually feels STRONGER than it did before. The throttle response is great and the TORQUE, yeah, that kicks ass! The 4.8is honestly feels faster on take off vs. my M5. Sometimes I will drive my wife's car for kicks and it feels so STRONG compared to my M5. But then again, I'm sure it has no chance after the M5 gets into its 5-8k powerband in the 500hp M Mode.

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