I totally agree with you. I have 06 BMW X5 4.4. It was no problem at before 50K miles. After 4 yrs and 50K miles factory warranty, I start having so many problems which are very normal for BMW X5 based on what I read from this forum. That's bad and painful for my pocket. I have spending around $2K plus for :
1. Left Front bushing replacememt and Alignment
2. Steering Fluid leak, sweating hoses. I can not believe it.
3. broken door handle, poor design on the cable carrier inside.
4. Normal break job, I understand. It is maintenance.
5. Transmission fluid and transfer case fluid change
Now my car is 63K miles, I suspect that I will have many issues coming up. My wife Mercedes did not have many issues in general.
But I have to say, the car is truly Ultimate driving machine. Handling is beautiful. It requires extra $ to drive this monster.
Have fun, I feel your pain.
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Originally Posted by nfowler
I bought my 2003 X5 earlier this year. Its a 3.0 with nav and only 55K miles on it. The car drives like a dream but oh my goodness, I am sick of having to have repairs done. In the past month, I have had to replace the valve cover gasket for an oil leak ( its still leaking), front and rear brake pads, front drive axels, drive belt, and a/c resistor. And I still need to get the nav screen replaced and check on having the light bulb behind the mileage pixels replaced because I can barely see it. And most of the time the stupid key will not lock and unlock the doors. Thank goodness I have found a good indy so the amount I have spent on repair could have been much worse (about $1700 so far). But part of me just wants to go trade it and be done with it. Before this I had Acura and Volvos and never experienced the issues I have had with this car. 
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12-26-2010, 02:46 AM
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