193,000 Miles & Running Strong

[Photonic]

01 4.4 with 145K Running strong. Mostly normal wear and tear.

[PSUEng]

I'm a firm believer in religiously maintaining a car.

So...to get this kind of mileage, are people following the maint. schedule, or doing extra?

Also, seems like 4.4 can crank out the miles like the 3.0. I would want to guess that an inline motor is more robust for the long haul than a V engine--but I'd really like to get a 4.4 and seems they both hold their own. When it comes to problems, is it just luck of the draw on any particular vehicle?

[X5 SOUTH CITY]

nice!!!

[cheappc]

OK I got mine just 2 weeks ago with 59,375 miles... it now has 59,917.... its a 2004 3.0 Auto...

lets see...

[IndyX5]

177,000 miles and racking 'em up quickly. Mostly highway miles so things like swaybar links are just starting. Did do the RF axle due to CV boot tear but that's expected.

New plugs last week helped considerably, new air filter too but old was not so old. Noticed slight oil from VCG when changing the plugs but not a big deal.

Thanks to all who post here I am happy to keep my X5 until I'm just tired of it but nothing beats the drive and feel of BMW!

Happy Motoring All

[x5turtle]

04 3.0i premium 130K
Oil change according to the gauge
Differential/Tranny Oil replaced every other engine oil change
Sparkplugs, W/P, belts replaced at 100K
Knocking on Wood Trims, no problems at all~ except the rear light always need adjustment and cannot lock into place. Original Window regulators ^.^ (I lock all the windows so no one can open them! )

[kevinkay]

YES, tells us-did you change the trans fluid?
how about wheel bearings?
Did you new spark plugs and O2 sensors at 100?
what did you change in the suspension?

[X5Dawg]

198K!!!!! About to reach the big 2-0-0-0-0-0

[1stE53]

Originally Posted by kevinkay

YES, tells us-did you change the trans fluid?
how about wheel bearings?
Did you new spark plugs and O2 sensors at 100?
what did you change in the suspension?

Trans fluid is what I am more curious about.

[wallyx5]

Originally Posted by kevinkay

YES, tells us-did you change the trans fluid? Yes, but all did was do a partial drain and re-fill. I did not drop the pan or change the filter. More or less re-fresh the fluid.
how about wheel bearings? I had to change the rear driver side bearing.
Did you new spark plugs and O2 sensors at 100? I usually change the spark plugs about every 60,000 or so. Just to make me sleep better at night. And I have change the O2 sensors a couple of times but only when they start throwing codes.
what did you change in the suspension? Suspension wise just normal wear and tear, thrust arm bushings, end links. And once I changed the rear control arm because I could not get it to align right. The bush gave out and you can't press another one in because it's apart of the control arm.

I am debating on changing the fluid again for the transmission. I bought the filter and pan gasket but I don't know. Everything is shifting just fine.