E53 4.6is or 4.8is (advice/comments)

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by Sergdman

How is your beast. I have heard and have been told that the 04 4.8is have more problems than the 05/06. What's your opinion. How is your baby holding up?

I have no idea if that is the case or not.

If you care to read some of my experiences, check here:

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...-search-x.html


Things I can remember off the top of my head:
- One front air strut went bad (replaced both with Arnott units)
- Original BMW battery failed after 5 years (replaced with after market battery)
- Recently had a cracked coolant reservoir tank (replaced with dealer item)
- Recently experiencing some intermittent slippage during hard acceleration shifts from 3-4. Took it to the shop to get rebuilt and the shop could not reproduce and did not want to rebuild. 99.9 percent of the time acts normally.

EDIT: After going through my thread, it was serviced around 18 months after purchase.

(Actual prices charged)
2 Front lower control arms ($292)
Replace both control arms ($179)
2 Ball joints ($55 each)
2 Control Arm Bushings ($104)
2 CV boot kits ($73)
Replace Outer Boots ($269)
Wheel Alignment ($79)
Cabin Filter ($33)
Oil Filter Kit ($13)
Mobil 1 Oil ($56)
Oil Change ($20)

Total parts = $683
Total labor = $547 (I think they mentioned at least 6 hours to do all the work)
Shop Supplies, Tax, Etc = $83
Grand Total = $1,310


Currently, we have 88,766 miles and looks like this:



I feel our X has been very good to us.