New Member with Maintenance Questions (60,000mi)

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Originally Posted by MadJap

I strongly recommend adding these three tasks to your 60k mile service.

Water pump / thermostat replacement - our electric water pumps are known to go out as early as 60k miles. You want to do this before if quits on you and strands you on the side of the road.

Transmission filter and fluid change - BMW states it's a lifetime fluid. That's BS. ZF, the manufacturer of these transmissions recommend 60k service.

Tension strut and sway bar link replacement on the front end - surprisingly, these parts wear quickly, and cause the X5 to act erratically during braking. Changing these make the X feel like a brand new car.

I did all three of these on my 2012 at 60k miles. It was worth it for the peace of mind.

I agree with this. I have not done the suspension but have been noticing a slight rattle going low speed over bumps/road imperfections so that may be the cause.

Other things to add: brake fluid, coolant, power steering fluid.

The N55 spark plug change on the X5 is very similar to the N55 spark plug change on the 1 and 3 series. There are tons of videos and diy for them and you can pretty much follow them. However, plug 5 and/or 6 (near the cabin) may be a bit harder to reach and require extension and swivel sockets.