Should this be happening?

[AzNMpower32]

"Low wind" is relative. Think about this. On a day with calm winds, you are moving against air at 65mph. Depending on the topography, a slight wind may be more than just "slight" at highway speeds. So if you're rolling 65mph and there's a 25mph wind gust, that's 90mph that may be coming at you from a different angle.

In windy winter conditions (i.e when a cold front just comes thru in the winter), this area tends to get strong NW winds around 15-25mph. This is enough to require steering corrections on any car I've driven at highway speeds.

[trueX5er]

I feel it too. it's just the way the car is designed, not an issue.



If you don't own an E70, please don't comment in this thread. You guys are confusing everyone.

[drod]

i'm running non-sport... and i haven't noticed any "shoving around" at highway speeds (and i never do less than 70mph)

very stable, even in the rain with some wind...

no howling either...

then again, eventhough it's winter here... cold, windy weather hasn't really hit us yet!

test the wheel alignment.... on a completely straight and somewhat bumpless/potless road, drive for a few seconds, take your hands off the wheel and brake slowly...(don't slam on it)

see if the vehicle steers heavily into one direction...

note: depending on the roads imperfections it will steer slightly off-center.. but concentrate on the "immediate" steering...

i believe you would also experience vibrations on the highway if you really had issues with wheel alignments.

[brian5]

Originally Posted by np2004

This is my first Suv an 08 4.8i I just picked up about two weeks ago. Coming from a 330ci I recently noticed when at highway speeds even the slightest amount of wind makes the X5 blow from side to side making it tough to stay in my highway lane. Is this normal since this is an Suv? or is this a sign of an alignment problem which is made worse in the wind? I always assumed even though it sits higher than a car which makes it more vunerable to wind and less aerodynamic that the added weight of the vehicle would make it even more stable at highway speeds in the wind.

Would be interested to know if you have Active Steering option? I do and I have noticed that cross-winds have much less of an impact on my highway driving than I expected. And I went to the 2008 X5 from a 328i.

Cross-wind impact is definitely more noticable in my wife's MB SUV than the X5.

[motordavid]

Originally Posted by trueX5er

I feel it too. it's just the way the car is designed, not an issue.



If you don't own an E70, please don't comment in this thread. You guys are confusing everyone.

Who's confused?

[Fastbuck]

I would say that my E70 is more stable in wind that my MB E Class sedan was.

[jwhkc]

I have the same vehicle. 2008 4.8i, sport package w/ 19" wheels.

I have driven 2,000 or so miles at 'highway' speed (65 to 80 mph) under varying wind & weather conditions & have never experienced what you describe. My X-5 is 'rock solid' & feels planted to the road surface.

I think you need to have yours checked out by your service department, sounds like something is wrong to me!

[rh71]

If you can feel the crosswind while driving, it is not slight. Been driving SUVs for 14 years now. It's normal on a tall car to feel a jolt sometimes - think about all the times you don't feel it - how would you know the difference that it's stable one time and not another?

As far as making it sway side to side... is it making you adjust once back to your lane or are you really fighting the wheel left and right to get back straight?

[trueX5er]

Originally Posted by motordavid

Who's confused?

people who want to know if the E70 gets blown around and the only answers they get are that the E53 does not.

[motordavid]

true, I was just offering up anecdotal info on a nearly 7 yr old car...
I realize they are not the "same" car...the OP read like he was possibly
surprised at the diff between an SUV and his other reg. car.

I haven't gunned an E70 down the road in crosswinds; I doubt it performs
less than/crummier/worse than, an 8 year old design. Something is amiss
with his E70 or, he is sensitized and not used to high profile rides.