How many miles does your 3.0 have?

[cory1000]

02 with 32,000 miles....

[sfcl]

Originally Posted by amacman

some owners put non original fluid in the transmission so i think that is why they have problems .
if people did a little research then they would know that you can`t mix the fluids so you must use correct fluid .
the transmission has a label affixed designating the part number for the appropriate fluid .

You right, however:
- First problem is that, unless you use a special "pressure" pump, you can't drain all the fluid, so a mix is unavoidable.
- Second, the preconized fliuid by BMW differs depending of the country/market! I can tell you that the fluid sold here by the BMW agent is all but similar to the fluid sold in Europe for example, different colour, smell, etc... And there is absolutely nothing on the bottle to indicate what fluid is exactly in it...

[oQuockYo]

2001 X5 3.0
104,000

[sussandy]

02 with 91,500 miles.
Recently I've noticed a decrease in transmission performance especially when under heavy acceleration. (I did previously abuse the tiptronic from time to time). Has anyone else encountered this problem?

[mtX5]

Originally Posted by TaMbALoLoNg

Is that healthy?

yes.

[ccarney]

Just got an 2003 with 64,000

[Rich437]

2006 49,000 miles. Still looks and runs like new. I smile everytime I look at her.

[BMWX5-RSA]

2004 3.0i Auto with just over 94,000 kms. Some but not excessive oil consumption. Now considering the E70...

[SbrownX5]

183000 miles hhaa

[btrvalik]

2005 3.0i with 39000 miles. From all the posts above, it seems like the X has been a reliable vehicle. Does anyone have any major repairs or horror stories to report? It's time for me to start thinking about the extended warranty question.