Intermediate Levers issue on 06?

[anerbe]

Hello Guys,

I've been having the same issues as other 04/05's with the intermediate lever problem. Problem is that the car is a Nov 05 delivery 2006 model 4.4

the cold start SES shaking, vibrating idle, not a CCV issue candidate....all points to this, but I'm afraid I may be out of the SIB dates.

is there a way to check engine production timeframe?

Have appt at 7:30 am tomorrow morning. your help would be great!

Thanks!

[X5 Meister]

Did you check out the SIB on the topic? You can always discuss it with your service advisor.

[killcrap]

Don't use those production dates any n62b44 made for e53 can have this problem.

[anerbe]

Update - bad news on the topic.

Dealership has had the car for about a week now. They've left the car overnight multiple times and can't "duplicate" the issue. I know it hasn't been too cold here, as both instances of the CEL/shaking has been on cold start after mid teen's temperatures.

Unfortunately, both times have been with multiple people in the car, including the wife, and lets just say it's been embarrasing.

SA says the bulletin does not include my VIN# for the service bulletin, so I don't know where to go on this. I printed and gave him the SIB from this site - but he states I'm not within the bulletin. I attached the SIB below.

I've complained about the car in the past about cold start, as the whole time from start to normal engine temp, any acceleration almost sounds like piston slapping - sounds horrible, like my old 180K mile 97 expedition.

SA wants me to go into the dealership tomorrow and start the car in the morning after having it sit out. Anything else I can do/discuss to have this looked at further?

BTW it's also in for the self suspension inactive error, which they attempted to fix a few months back by resetting the factory values on height, but it still goes off randomly - now they state there's nothing else they can do.

May have to unload this car if all the dealership can do is shrug their shoulders as I cross my fingers not to have the car throw error lights. Killcrap - anything else I can do to have them at least look at the car to make sure the levers are ok? I guess after talking with the techs (whom i've known for quite some time), BMWUSA has reduced labor units for warranty work, which makes it harder to diagnose issues.

[killcrap]

talk to the service manager, and tell them you dont feel the car is safe to drive, and leave the car there until it is fixed.

[anerbe]

Yeah, thanks for the advice - I plan on doing that. I've been doing service there for almost 6 years now, spending thousands on extended maintenance, extra work, etc.. for my M3. Although it's a new service manager, I'll let him know that a car should not leave the shop like this...

Curious if there's any history of lever replacement on 2006 models...

[X5 Meister]

Agree with killcrap's advice. I know of cases where the intermediate levers were changed twice on some X5's. They really just have to identify what levers are currently installed. Call BMW NA as well.

[anerbe]

Thanks you two. I'll be sure to keep you and the board updated.

Besides the rough start, any other symptoms that I can press about? The irregular sounding revs? Vibration on idle?

[killcrap]

Originally Posted by X5 Meister

Agree with killcrap's advice. I know of cases where the intermediate levers were changed twice on some X5's. They really just have to identify the what levers are currently installed. Call BMW NA as well.

ive seen some as much as 4 times replaced, and at that time, both cylinder heads were checked, and replaced. most of them were 2002-2004 n62 across all bmw models.

[X5 Meister]

Do a search on the board and send a pm to some people who have had the issue for advice. Some people have had different experiences, etc.

I think JT///MC had the issue.

Originally Posted by anerbe

Thanks you two. I'll be sure to keep you and the board updated.

Besides the rough start, any other symptoms that I can press about? The irregular sounding revs? Vibration on idle?