Uneven suspension when car is turned off.

[STALKER]

Originally Posted by sp33dd3m0n90

youre wrong
the x5s ARE great cars and trucks. Can you believe the my 2002 BMW X5 3.0i has 350,986 miles and it is still running.

So far I aint that impressed with mine.
I owned my M3 for 4.5 year, have about 40 track dates on it, and it has seen the dealer less times then my 06 4.8is which has less then 40 000KM on it. Hopefully things get better.

[sp33dd3m0n90]

Originally Posted by STALKER

So far I aint that impressed with mine.
I owned my M3 for 4.5 year, have about 40 track dates on it, and it has seen the dealer less times then my 06 4.8is which has less then 40 000KM on it. Hopefully things get better.

They will.

Mabye you just got the wrong one. It happens. I went through 3 MB ML55's to find the right one

[Ranger]

Originally Posted by STALKER

Im going in this Monday to get it looked at.
My passenger side is about 2" lower all the time now, its getting worse.

What ultimately happened? My truck has the same symptom.

[Ambrosius]

Ranger, my X5 has adjustable height suspension. It does this via airbags struts. The dealership wanted to try all these other options via trial and error while I pay for each error.

I finally took the car into a bmw mechanic, they replaced the airbag strut on the passenger side which has a very slow leak. It caused the car to lean to one side over night until I turned the car on, then it tried to level itself when I turned the car on but it never leveled completely. After it was replaced now the car never leans.

[ALFRED]

Ambrosius - would you happen to know how much the job was? I know they covered it as warranty but I was hoping the price would be on that job order.

Thanks!

[flyingmachine]

Originally Posted by sp33dd3m0n90

youre wrong
the x5s ARE great cars and trucks. Can you believe the my 2002 BMW X5 3.0i has 350,986 miles and it is still running.

another board member just had his x over 200k miles. I thought that tops everyone here. now we have a winner.

in average you drove about 150 miles every single day? if average speed is 50mph(which is pretty high), you spent almost about 1 yr on car in total for the past 7 years. that's something.

[odo]

I have an '01 4.4 w/ sls. Both the rear bags were porous and needed to be replaced at a cost of $722 last month from indy shop. When the bags failed, the car was bouncing so much on the way home from work I thought I was going to puke! Imagine my horror when last week the car was sunk down in the back in the morning. The shop found no leaks, but determined that one of the check valves or control valves in the pump must be leaking by. I was told that the valve is part of the pump so entire pump needs replaced at $822 for part alone. The car is constantly in need of costly repairs ($9000 in past 2-1/2 years). I might pinch off the line that leaks by and do without the sls. With the new bags, once it is pumped up, it seems to ride level and handle well. I'd appreciate any advice, as I'm sick of pouring good money after bad into this car. Thanks.

[ALFRED]

How about changing them to coilovers? Or those Schnitzer sport suspensions? I know they cost around $2500 if I'm not mistaken. But if I'm going to spend more than a $1000 to have the air suspension fixed, I think I'll just have to go the alternative route - coilovers or sport suspension.

Any suggestions? I'm open for anything.

[mrkbbd]

Originally Posted by sp33dd3m0n90

youre wrong
the x5s ARE great cars and trucks. Can you believe the my 2002 BMW X5 3.0i has 350,986 miles and it is still running.

That's awesome, you probably have the highest mileage X5 in the world, or at least close to it...can you post a pic of the instrument panel

[jigaro]

just about the only and the biggest problem my 4.8is has, replaced both front air suspentions, and still have selflevel susp inact error, have to change compressor now, it ALMOST SEEMS LIKE BMW SELLS US THEIR CARS TWICE, FIRST TIME WHEN WE ACTUALLY PAY FOR IT, AND THE SECOND TIME WHEN WE REPLACE ABOUT 50% OF THE CAR LITTLE BY LITTLE