Jules, on my 2004 X5 4.4 the check engine soon light came on and then went out before my appointment. fault code led to diagnosis of worn intermediate levers.

My car had 49040 miles and was a certified car. BMW of North America so far is disallowing coverage. so far no rough cold start up or any other abnormal behaviour.

dealer quotes 1700 parts plus 1700 labor at $175/hr

At this point I'm awaiting a call from BMWNA for their latest position.

Its interesting that someone here reports that replacement is optional.

I find it strange that this is being disallowed on my car due to "wear". How
can it be that BMW is saying to the world of loyal owners that it is OK for a certified car maintained by the book to have a $3500 repair at only 49K miles?

Question #2 is of course if one replaces these levers at 49K will it be necessary again at 98K?

I hope killcrap or another tech will comment.

At this point I think an old fashioned pushrod V8 is sounding pretty good.

Jim