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Originally Posted by ncsucarjock
Well, you hear lots of rumors about the transmissions going bad. But, after over a year on this forum, I've only seen about 3 transmission died posts, and in one of those cases it was not the transmission.
Do they die? Sure. Frequently? No. Especially not if you change the fluid every 50k. And I don't think I've heard of one failing prior to 100k miles.
Manual will always be the most reliable, but they're also the rarest, and only come with an anemic (in my opinion, in the x) six-cylinder. Get a V8, change the fluid, drive it till it dies...
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And this is where I am confused. I have seen just as many reliable experts claim you should NEVER change the transmission fluid, as say you should at 50k and 100k, etc ... so, which is it, and why? IMO, I don't think anybody is an expert on these transmissions; it really is 6 of one and 1/2 dozen of the other when it comes to "how to guarantee long transmission life" simply because the unreliability problems associated with the transmission don't seem to have been solved to a point of a consensus answer. Frankly, if Toyota can step up to the plate and recall so many 5 year old and newer vehicles due to throttle issues, BMW should be able to do the same for the X5 transmission issues ESPECIALLY since they were originally tagged as NOT needing fluid changes for the LIFETIME of the vehicle (and if the "lifetime" for a transmission on a $60k luxury vehicle is not more than 150k miles, that's pathetic).