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Old 07-11-2011, 10:53 PM
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Ok so I took the x to the dealer This what they said went wrong 1 transfer case 2 the center drive shaft total cost 5000$ or more. Lol I don't have that money, so I'm put it in the backyard for a few month, I know I can get the transfer case for 1000$ and the center drive shaft for less than 100$ labour should be 3 your job... After I replace the transfer case will this fix the rear Enders problems also
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Old 07-12-2011, 06:32 AM
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you will buy a new tranfer case?

nothing but problems!!! im now worried because i feel my 4.4 x slower than before im planning to change the cam sensor and maf and the sparkplugs. i work every month for my x lol
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Old 07-12-2011, 11:09 AM
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I'll buy a used transfer case with little or no km on it
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Guys... this is probably way out in left field but, we all know metal shrinks when extremely cold.
It's happened to me and a good half to one full turn took care of it but, the bolts that hold the control arms and thrust arms at the bushings may have some play in them and need tightening??
Old thread, but I have to say thanks for the suggestion. I changed out a front suspension strut then had the knocking noise a few days later (could be felt through the floor and steering). I was about to order a new output shaft when your suggestion motivated me to check the torque on the various suspension bolts.. sure enough the top nut on the link rod had worked itself loose. Tightened it up to spec, knock gone.
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Well I did take the X5 to an independent BMW specialty shop. They hadn't heard of a wheel bearing sliding in it's bore, though after they read the SIB everyone agreed it was possible.
The tech went for a test drive, noted how the noise was only during turns, could be felt through the floor board and then put the car on the lift. He checked the bolts for the sub-frame carrier, as he found these loose on a different X5. One sub-frame carrier bolt was 1/4 of a turn loose. He used a pry bar on several of the suspension pieces but nothing moved irregularly.
The X5 was lowered and he pulled on the top of one tire. POP.
He couldn't repeat it, but thought the wheel bearing was a definite possibility.

The X5 went home and continued to clunk. Several weeks later I dropped the splash guard and checked the torque on all the suspension bolts & nuts which were loosened during the CV boot replacement.
Both nuts (L & R side) for the Control Arm (Item #4) connection to the sub-frame carrier were significantly undertorqued at about 75 Nm. Spec is 100 Nm PLUS a 90 degree turn. I guess here is one case "good and tight" is not sufficient. Lesson here is to actually follow the torque in TIS!!

So the award goes to Big "J" for having the best solution.

Thank you and Big "J". It has been 6 months of crazy troubleshooting... this post made so much sense. Something so simple. I'm happy driving my X5 again. Thanks a lot.
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I thought I would revive this old thread I read. I recently started noticing a little 'thump', only when making sharp turns at very low speed or stopped (when pulling in or out of a parking spot). I can only hear it if the radio is very low or off and I think it is just right turns and coming from the front right side. At all speeds, it still runs perfectly straight down the road.

I'm going to have my indy mechanic look at it. He's very good, but not really a BMW guy.

First, I think I need to verify whether I have air suspension (self-leveling). I didn't think I did, but I do have the Sports Package and I pulled my build info and it does show I have 'Sports Suspension Settings', but I don't see anything about air suspension and I don't think I've ever seen a compressor anywhere, but I think one of the threads I was reading said if you have sports suspension, you have air suspension.

Based on the symptoms I have, where would you look first and what can be ruled out?

Can anyone tell if I have air suspension from this?


Vehicle Identification Number
5UXFA13506LY41097
Type FA13 Model X5 3.0i - USA Development Code E53 Chassis GEFZG Steering LL Doors 5 Engine M54 Displacement 3.00 Power 170 Drivetrain ALLR Transmission AUT Color Schwarz 2 - 668 Upholstery Leder Dakota/hellbeige 2 - LCHC Production Plant SPARTANBURG Production Date 2006-04-25
Standard Equipment

249 Multi-function For Steering Wheel Multifunktion Fuer Lenkrad 302 Alarm System Alarmanlage 354 Green Stripe Windscreen Gruenkeil-frontscheibe 645 Radio Control Us Radio-steuerung Us 692 Cd Changer I-bus Preparation Cd Wechsler I-bus Vorbereitung 785 White Direction Indicator Lights Weisse Blinkleuchten 845 Acoustic Belt Warning Akustische Gurtwarnung 853 Language Version English Sprachversion Englisch 876 Radio Frequency 315 Mhz Funkfrequenz 315 Mhz 992 Number Plate Attachement Management Steuerung Kennzeichenbefestigung
Options

1CA Selection Cop Relevant Vehicles Selektion Cop Relevanter Fahrzeuge 2LB Lt/aly Wheels Y-spoke 131 Lm Raeder Y-speiche 131 205 Automatic Transmission Automatic Getriebe 226 Sports Suspension Settings Sportliche Fahrwerksabstimmung 255 Sports Leather Steering Wheel Sport-lederlenkrad 321 Exterior Parts In Body Color Exterieurumfaenge In Wagenfarbe 330 Sports Package Sportpaket 386 Roof Rail Dachreling 402 Panorama Glass Roof Panorama Glasdach 417 Roller Sunblind, Rear Side Windows Sonnenschutzrollo Hintere Tuersch. 438 Wood Trim Edelholzausfuehrung 441 Smokers Package Raucherpaket 442 Cupholder Getraenkehalter 459 Seat Adjustm., Electr. W. Memory Sitzverstellung, Elektr.mit Memory 461 Seat Back Adjustment In Rear Sitzlehnenverstellung, Fond 464 Skibag Skisack 481 Sport Seats F Driver/front Passenger Sportsitze Fuer Fahrer/beifahrer 488 Lumbar Support Driver/front Passenger Lordosenstuetze Fahrer/beifahrer 494 Seat Heating F Driver/front Passenger Sitzheizung Fuer Fahrer/beifahrer 502 Headlight Washer System Scheinwerfer-waschanlage 508 Park Distance Control (pdc) Park Distance Control (pdc) 521 Rain Sensor Regensensor 522 Xenon Light Xenon-licht 524 Adaptive Headlights Adaptives Kurvenlicht 533 Air Conditioning For Rear Fond-klimatisierung 534 Automatic Air Conditioning Klimaautomatik 609 Navigation System Professional Navigationssystem Professional 639 Complete Prep. Cellular Phone Usa/cdn Komplettvorb. Handy Usa/cdn 677 Hifi System Professional Hifi System Professional 761 Individual Sun Protection Glazing Individual Sonnenschutzverglasung 775 Individual Roof-lining Anthracite Individual Dachhimmel Anthrazit 8SP Cop Control Cop Steuerung 926 Spare Wheel Ersatzrad 945 Consideration Of Price Dependency Beruecksichtigung Preisabhaengk.
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Old 08-02-2016, 11:56 AM
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I thought I would revive this old thread I read. I recently started noticing a little 'thump', only when making sharp turns at very low speed or stopped (when pulling in or out of a parking spot). I can only hear it if the radio is very low or off and I think it is just right turns and coming from the front right side. At all speeds, it still runs perfectly straight down the road.

I'm going to have my indy mechanic look at it. He's very good, but not really a BMW guy.

First, I think I need to verify whether I have air suspension (self-leveling). I didn't think I did, but I do have the Sports Package and I pulled my build info and it does show I have 'Sports Suspension Settings', but I don't see anything about air suspension and I don't think I've ever seen a compressor anywhere, but I think one of the threads I was reading said if you have sports suspension, you have air suspension.

Based on the symptoms I have, where would you look first and what can be ruled out?

Can anyone tell if I have air suspension from this?


Vehicle Identification Number
5UXFA13506LY41097
Type FA13 Model X5 3.0i - USA Development Code E53 Chassis GEFZG Steering LL Doors 5 Engine M54 Displacement 3.00 Power 170 Drivetrain ALLR Transmission AUT Color Schwarz 2 - 668 Upholstery Leder Dakota/hellbeige 2 - LCHC Production Plant SPARTANBURG Production Date 2006-04-25
Standard Equipment

249 Multi-function For Steering Wheel Multifunktion Fuer Lenkrad 302 Alarm System Alarmanlage 354 Green Stripe Windscreen Gruenkeil-frontscheibe 645 Radio Control Us Radio-steuerung Us 692 Cd Changer I-bus Preparation Cd Wechsler I-bus Vorbereitung 785 White Direction Indicator Lights Weisse Blinkleuchten 845 Acoustic Belt Warning Akustische Gurtwarnung 853 Language Version English Sprachversion Englisch 876 Radio Frequency 315 Mhz Funkfrequenz 315 Mhz 992 Number Plate Attachement Management Steuerung Kennzeichenbefestigung
Options

1CA Selection Cop Relevant Vehicles Selektion Cop Relevanter Fahrzeuge 2LB Lt/aly Wheels Y-spoke 131 Lm Raeder Y-speiche 131 205 Automatic Transmission Automatic Getriebe 226 Sports Suspension Settings Sportliche Fahrwerksabstimmung 255 Sports Leather Steering Wheel Sport-lederlenkrad 321 Exterior Parts In Body Color Exterieurumfaenge In Wagenfarbe 330 Sports Package Sportpaket 386 Roof Rail Dachreling 402 Panorama Glass Roof Panorama Glasdach 417 Roller Sunblind, Rear Side Windows Sonnenschutzrollo Hintere Tuersch. 438 Wood Trim Edelholzausfuehrung 441 Smokers Package Raucherpaket 442 Cupholder Getraenkehalter 459 Seat Adjustm., Electr. W. Memory Sitzverstellung, Elektr.mit Memory 461 Seat Back Adjustment In Rear Sitzlehnenverstellung, Fond 464 Skibag Skisack 481 Sport Seats F Driver/front Passenger Sportsitze Fuer Fahrer/beifahrer 488 Lumbar Support Driver/front Passenger Lordosenstuetze Fahrer/beifahrer 494 Seat Heating F Driver/front Passenger Sitzheizung Fuer Fahrer/beifahrer 502 Headlight Washer System Scheinwerfer-waschanlage 508 Park Distance Control (pdc) Park Distance Control (pdc) 521 Rain Sensor Regensensor 522 Xenon Light Xenon-licht 524 Adaptive Headlights Adaptives Kurvenlicht 533 Air Conditioning For Rear Fond-klimatisierung 534 Automatic Air Conditioning Klimaautomatik 609 Navigation System Professional Navigationssystem Professional 639 Complete Prep. Cellular Phone Usa/cdn Komplettvorb. Handy Usa/cdn 677 Hifi System Professional Hifi System Professional 761 Individual Sun Protection Glazing Individual Sonnenschutzverglasung 775 Individual Roof-lining Anthracite Individual Dachhimmel Anthrazit 8SP Cop Control Cop Steuerung 926 Spare Wheel Ersatzrad 945 Consideration Of Price Dependency Beruecksichtigung Preisabhaengk.
If you just hear it when you are making turns, I would have them look at the sway bars and sway bar linkages. Sway bars only come into use when the car is turning.
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Tim, you can have sports suspension with standard coils OR air suspension.

My 04 3.0i has the sports suspension designation, but has coils all around.

I cant say from the list if your sport suspension is front coil/rear coil or front coil/rear air though. If it is front air/rear air, it would be listed in the build sheet I believe. My build sheet looks similar to yours, no mention of air or coils.

Easy to see with a quick peek underneath though.
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Old 08-02-2016, 11:31 PM
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I don't think I have air suspension front or rear, but I guess I don't know exactly what to look for. I have never seen or heard it self leveling and have never noticed anything that appears to be a compressor.
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This page..

http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x5/...e53-years.html

Although not everything on it is 100% correct (wheel styles are off in some cases...).
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