What did you do to / for your E53 today?? - Page 1722

X5chemist · #**17211** 07-06-2025, 09:58 AM

It's weird. Only the front left amber light was on. All the rest were off. All the lights worked normally this morning. I tested them before driving it out. The switch is still off "auto". I did push the fog light switch for the last three days while driving. It was raining but lights were not on. Night lights came on when fog lights were activated.

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andrewwynn · #**17212** 07-06-2025, 10:04 PM

It doesn't send high enough voltage to light LED lights. I left incan in my corner lights because i liked and used the feature

sandbagger · #**17213** 07-09-2025, 05:09 PM

new lower balljoints(left was junk) and while I was at it new front rubber bushings since the arms were off, and everything had 120K miles on it since I last replaced it. Also found left front CV boot torn, and new CV as it was lifetime warr.

Still have a random front end vibration, normally at higher speed, 60+ but some times not till over 80, but then doesnt smooth out even under 60, but it comes and goes, not triggered by anything I can pinpoint. Wheels have been balanced and since its random probably not it.
Last spring was lower control arms and they are still tight.
Next thing is strut mounts and thinking the left front strut is dead?

Masospaghetti · #**17214** 07-09-2025, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sandbagger

new lower balljoints(left was junk) and while I was at it new front rubber bushings since the arms were off, and everything had 120K miles on it since I last replaced it. Also found left front CV boot torn, and new CV as it was lifetime warr.

Still have a random front end vibration, normally at higher speed, 60+ but some times not till over 80, but then doesnt smooth out even under 60, but it comes and goes, not triggered by anything I can pinpoint. Wheels have been balanced and since its random probably not it.
Last spring was lower control arms and they are still tight.
Next thing is strut mounts and thinking the left front strut is dead?

In my experience high speed vibration is usually wheel or tires. Have you checked for a bent wheel? Also sometimes tires will balance on the machine but still vibrate (imagine a tire that has a "hard spot"). Some shops have a special road force balancer that can help in these cases.

It can feel random. I think it's because of the two tires in the front of the vehicle interacting with each other. Imagine if both tires were out of balance in opposite directions - it would feel smoother than if they were out of balance in the same direction. Because no two tires are exacting the same diameter (and because no road is 100% straight) they will change interactions as you drive.

sandbagger · #**17215** 07-09-2025, 05:59 PM

not balance or bent, I watched while one of my shop guys did them.
also zero pulse in the brake pedal, but I can some times get the steering wheel pulse going by hard braking.

Just pulled the top cap and ran the nut off the strut mount, still looks almost new. next up, check the strut.

Fifty150hs · #**17216** 07-09-2025, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sandbagger

not balance or bent, I watched while one of my shop guys did them.
also zero pulse in the brake pedal, but I can some times get the steering wheel pulse going by hard braking.

Just pulled the top cap and ran the nut off the strut mount, still looks almost new. next up, check the strut.

Did you replace the thrust arm busings?

sandbagger · #**17217** 07-09-2025, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Fifty150hs

Did you replace the thrust arm busings?

Yep, thrust arm bushings and the ball joint were both replaced.
Strut mount looked fine from the top when I removed the nut so I put it up in the air and removed the strut tonight. once I got the spring off, it took very little pressure to compress the strut and then took over a min to fully extend. Its not the worst strut I have ever seen but its junk. Now to see about getting the lifetime warr covered in the morning...

andrewwynn · #**17218** 07-10-2025, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by sandbagger

new lower balljoints(left was junk) and while I was at it new front rubber bushings since the arms were off, and everything had 120K miles on it since I last replaced it. Also found left front CV boot torn, and new CV as it was lifetime warr.

Still have a random front end vibration, normally at higher speed, 60+ but some times not till over 80, but then doesnt smooth out even under 60, but it comes and goes, not triggered by anything I can pinpoint. Wheels have been balanced and since its random probably not it.
Last spring was lower control arms and they are still tight.
Next thing is strut mounts and thinking the left front strut is dead?

Mine ended up being the steering gear.

With the engine off, have somebody sit at the steering wheel and turn the wheel left and right while you have your hand on the inner tie rod. If there's wear on the rack you will feel the tap when it picks up the slack from the back lash.