Funny to post to come across this thread...i've been thinking about trading in my '06 4.4i and have been looking at AWD wagons also. For me the driving force is the CPO is running out soon and wife thinks we should trade before then. I love our X, but it is definitely is not the most reliable car out there, and repairs are insanely expensive, even outside the dealership. Mine just died on the way home from a vacation, had to have it towed to the dealership. Turned out to be just the alternator, but either way was fully covered under CPO. I know the mechanic at the dealership who did the work and he told me it probably would've cost close to a grand otherwise! He also told me that my X5 with the N62 (V8) engines have lots of problems. A few months ago they had to replace some levers/camshaft or concentric shaft issue, cost over $6,000 but again was fully covered by the CPO. So I asked the mechanic about the 535xi wagons as a choice for a trade in, he told me they're replacing the turbos on those at only 20K miles! What is going on with BMW reliability?

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