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Originally Posted by PeteHubs
I do in fact have extended maintance 
Now I'm scrambling to get my short list together at 94k
and as far as a detailed list like you get with most cars for scheduled maintaince one doesn't exist for the X. I've checked my books, and the internet high and low, its kind of ridiculous if you ask me... |
Certainly the list exists. Your dealer has it, and uses it when they do services. There are three services for your X5, known as oil service (which includes the oil filter, and some checks); Inspection I, and Inspection II. The oil service happens every 15,000 miles, Inspection I happens at 30,000 miles, and Inspection II happens at 60,000 miles. The cycle then repeats. Some owners do additional oil changes between the scheduled services. The required services can be done earlier or later based on the lights on your dashboard that call for service. So, what BMW will pay for at this point is not based on the time to your maintenance plan contract expiry, but rather how long since they did the last service. You may be due for an oil service, or an inspection, at this point. If you are due for neither, you don't get one.
The list of what is included in those services is here:
http://www.bmwmotorsports.org/pdf/mi...20Schedule.pdf
Beyond the list in that link, you should bring to the attention of the service advisory anything that is not functioning correctly. That's it. You don't get future maintenance, but rather you get currently required maintenance. You want to catch anything that is broken now, but you can't claim for things that won't wear out until next year, for example. If the brakes are down to the service indicator, they would be covered. If they are only 80% worn out they won't be covered. You also won't get BMW to pay for items that they don't recommend, like transmission fluid (unless your year of vehicle called for it to be changed).