2006 X5 A Lemon?

[DINANM3]

I have a 2006 4.4 and have to say its been flawless.

But my 2004 4.4 has had several issues with the slef level suspen inactive message. They were chasing the problems for months. They changed every part in the suspension and it just kept coming back. Finally the last time it happened the X was in the shop for 2 weeks finally they had a factory rep look at it and he asked them if they checked the fault codes in the instrument cluster because they are totally seperate from all other fault codes the dealer techs didnt even know what the factory rep was talking about. so they check the instrument cluster falt codes and it has like 50 stored. for all kinds of shit and most of them were for the suspension. I guess the instrument cluster has its own computer or something and it was taking wrong readings from the suspension and thought it was inactive.

Anyway they changed the instrument cluster and have not had a problem since.

Originally Posted by In_A_Jam

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone else has had this much difficulty with their '06 X5 4.4...

First week of owning the car the "Self Level Susp Inact" error message comes on. Called dealer and reported problem and was told to bring it in the next time it occurred.

Few weeks later, same issue so car went to dealer and item was allegedly repaired.

Five weeks after that, same issue. Again, car goes into dealer, this time spending two days there and was told the item was, again, repaired. Indicated on our "satifaction" phone survey, that not so satisfied with the car given the recurrent issue. Was told that my concerns would be forwarded to BMWNA and that they would be in touch--never heard a peep from them.

Six weeks later, same issue AGAIN. Car is currently at dealer (tomorrow will be day two).

Have mentioned CA Lemon Law and dealer has filed a report with BMWNA and I will be calling them to follow up.

Any thoughts and/or suggestions?

Car is 5.5 mos old and has already needed service 4x for the same issue. I have young kids and having to take the car in so frequently is getting annoying, not to mention that I get saddled with a crummy Mini-Cooper each time as my loaner.

[X5Flyboy]

32K now on my 2006 X5 4.4 - still running great with no issues at all to report (knock on wood & said in a whisper) - 40K & inspection II should be in October in SC (my oil change interval is 20K per the display, but I also do one after 10K - Seems BMW won't pay for the inspection II until the 2nd indicated oil change vs actual mileage)

[alpineE53]

same here...my '06 4.4i has been mostly flawless. It is a last model year BMW and those are usually the ones with the least amount of problems. Good Luck...