*The Official E53 Manual Transmission Registry Thread*

[Ricky Bobby]

You can get a new Nav screen for about $180 if you so wanted to.

Is your door not unlocking? Would be a door actuator problem. If the handle isn't opening from the outside, but you can open from the inside, its the door handle carrier. Common issue.

Welcome!

[daudet]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

You can get a new Nav screen for about $180 if you so wanted to.

Is your door not unlocking? Would be a door actuator problem. If the handle isn't opening from the outside, but you can open from the inside, its the door handle carrier. Common issue.

Welcome!

Well yesterday I couldn't open it from inside or outside. This morning same story. Got in from passenger side and drove to work, parked car. Tried opening driver door and voila!, opened. Shut door. Couldn't re-open from outside. Will try opening from inside again when I leave work in an hour.

[INDe53]

Hi all,

Newbie here to the Xoutpost, thought I would join this group since the X forum on the other site that I am a part of has little activity.

I recently reclaimed my E53 that left when my ex-wife did. It recently had broken down on her and she decided not to put anymore money into it. I couldn't stand for her to give it away to a stranger, so I bought it back from her. I've done a lot of maintenance on it so it was a no brained for me to jump back into ownership of it.

It's currently sitting on my lift with the transfer case pulled out, need to replace the chain that the shop quoted her nearly $3,000 to do. She has a couple of oil leaks, nothing major valve cover and oil filter housing that I'll need to do, a drivers window regulator. All in all not bad, and I got a great price on it, even tough this is the second time I paid for it. I try not to think of that A lot of you guys have low milage cream puffs, I'm proud to say mine has 207K and I expect many more miles out of her.

Besides the E53 I have an E28 535i, E34 525i and my son has an E9 Bavaria 3.0, E24 635csi, and another E34 525i. ALL are manuals!! As you can tell, I'm glad to have the X5 back in the stable with her other siblings.

Anyone else in the Indianapolis area? I'm up for group wrenching when someone is in need.