What's broken on your E53 today!

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Hello Guys

Let me start by saying I love this forum and it has been a great help to me so far in my ongoing struggles with my 4.8 IS

I am new here (lurked for years though) and to cars in general and would like to see if my car is as bad as I think.

Think of this thread as the opposite to the what did you do to you car today one

So my list (so far) in no particular order

SLS (shocking I know )
Pops up every now and again. I have a leaky left front arnott spring which I must have over tightened and SLS gives me jip everytime I get her legs in the air.

I really love SLS it tickle the gadget freak in me so I wont get rid of this until(deal with myself )

Suspension
I have swapped all arms but I still get a squeaky noise so I will need to get under her with a crow bard and prod about.

Front bumper
a nasty scrape..hit my own garden wall whilst arguing with the girlfriend..so this make's it her fault

Rear bumper
Sagging seems to have come off a clip, being an IS I will have to drop the exhaust to get the T55 in to remove and re-align. ohh this happened when I was "testing" my pdc....the pdc's won

Panoramic sun roof
Again another shocker Partly done the fix so I can use the roof without worrying if the window will be stuck

Transmission
Hard shift from 1-2-3 after fluid change, adaptive reset help but the hard shifts come back. fine once oil is up to temp. Checked oil level 3 times all at the correct temperature and it always seems fine

Noisy cabin
This pisses me off the most. I get a lot of wind noise from the drivers side when I am going over 70 or other 50 on a windy day. I am hoping the window has dropped a bit and is not seated full when I close it

Engine leaks
leaky valve cover seals, leaky power steering pump(just spotted this today) leaky around vvt.

DSC
ongoing stills struggling with this may send the module off for a rebuild to get that off the tick list

Bouncy stops
My car does a small bouncy after every time I stop. A normal person would go and get this sorted at a indy but not me...this speared me own to purchase all the parts for a complete rear refresh......I beat you it ends up being the engine mounts anyway

hmms that is all I can think off for now.

Reading back it doesn't look that bad any competent pro/am mechanic would knock these jobs out in a few weekends but I am not that person and it has taking me months for very little progress but I plan to still struggle on as you got to break a few eggs to make an omelette and I am well on my way to having my own battery farm of chicken eggs


Still to come ( who know where this mystery ride will lead me)
Valve stem seal
Transmission rebuilds
transfer case rebuild
Differential rebuilds
any things I missed

How are your cars doing?