First time owner of BMW

[Naz24]

Originally Posted by zilverz

Hi everyone,

I just bought a used 2004 X5 4.4i for $19K with 69K miles on it. I think it’s a fair deal right?
It has Nav with premium/cold weather package and panoramic roof.
The car looks clean in and out and runs great when I performed test drive.
Previous owner told me he has done all the routine maintenance work... but besides of that is there anything I should look in to for this age of X5?
The navigation screen displayed very yellowish orange and wondering if that is normal... which version of navigation computer unit do we have for this year of X5?
Any advice would be great.
Thank you in advance.
John

Welcome from a fellow 2004 4.4i owner. I bought mine a year ago with all the same options as you EXCEPT nav, same mileage and warranty for 20k. You def got a pretty good deal..

anyway about the nav, there is a way to change the color if u go into settings, but sometimes the navigation screen itself has problems, thus why u may be experiencing an odd yellowish orange color. Do u think it is possible to post a picture of it? I could then tell you whether it's a problem or not.

some problems that i have experienced with my 4.4 so far are the intermediate levers, i think this is more prevalent in the colder climates, but upon cold start up (around 30 degrees or less) the car will shake uncontrollably and the service engine soon light will flash, i doubt you will have this problem in California though.. THe other thing that u may want to watch out for is transmission, many of the BMW transmissions are not very reliable and some of them run forever. I feel like its luck of the draw!

Anyway, hope you enjoy your new X, post up pictures of the car if you can!

[zilverz]

Originally Posted by Naz24

Welcome from a fellow 2004 4.4i owner. I bought mine a year ago with all the same options as you EXCEPT nav, same mileage and warranty for 20k. You def got a pretty good deal..

anyway about the nav, there is a way to change the color if u go into settings, but sometimes the navigation screen itself has problems, thus why u may be experiencing an odd yellowish orange color. Do u think it is possible to post a picture of it? I could then tell you whether it's a problem or not.

some problems that i have experienced with my 4.4 so far are the intermediate levers, i think this is more prevalent in the colder climates, but upon cold start up (around 30 degrees or less) the car will shake uncontrollably and the service engine soon light will flash, i doubt you will have this problem in California though.. THe other thing that u may want to watch out for is transmission, many of the BMW transmissions are not very reliable and some of them run forever. I feel like its luck of the draw!

Anyway, hope you enjoy your new X, post up pictures of the car if you can!

Thanks for the info Naz. I will try to upload some photos of my NAV screen once I taken photos.
knock on wood!! hope my transmission last forever.