The most annoying thing about your X5...

[Mike V]

The most annoying thing in my wife's X5 is the mirrors tend to have a mind of their own. Even with the mirror switch in the passenger side position, sometimes that mirror will still go down. The driver side one moves on its own sometimes too.

[seattle]

The 2 second delay in my 35d is the most annoying.
Was pulling out of side road to main, saw the cars coming, but they were fairly far away, so I decided to gun it, and to my disappointment, the lag happened. The vehicle literally paused right there on the road. Seemed like forever.
I got some honking and weird looks. Totally emberrassing.

[xoutpostking]

I hate all the admiring stares that I still get on a 5 year old model about to be replaced.

[Gdwheel]

Brake dust. Impossible to keep the wheels clean.

[kingloose]

Originally Posted by Gdwheel

Brake dust. Impossible to keep the wheels clean.

I second this motion. Anyone know a resolution ? taking a car to a carwash every week

[JCL]

Originally Posted by kingloose

I second this motion. Anyone know a resolution ? taking a car to a carwash every week

They are designed to dust. The pads include carbon black as a filler. Buy aftermarket pads that don't have the same filler. Or see if BMW has new pads that don't dust (they do for some current models)

[TorontoKhan]

Originally Posted by JCL

They are designed to dust.

Why are they designed to dust, if I may?

[Jim M3]

Originally Posted by JCL

They are designed to dust. The pads include carbon black as a filler. Buy aftermarket pads that don't have the same filler. Or see if BMW has new pads that don't dust (they do for some current models)

I just replaced all my pads with Akebono on the front and rear. You get the same cold bite characteristics and after three days I saw no brake dust on the X5. Go AKEBONO, I did a 4 wheel change with rotors on the rear in about an hour and a half.

[WWONG]

1) Have had 3 LCI X5s and one rear door is always misaligned. Whoever is installing the rear doors in Spartanburg is either doing this on purpose or is incompetent
2) Diesel idle is loud as hell
3) If you aren't in a fully loaded X5, your car will have rattles, creeks, weird awkward after-thought parts. I learned this the hard way

[seattle]

Originally Posted by WWONG

1) Have had 3 LCI X5s and one rear door is always misaligned. Whoever is installing the rear doors in Spartanburg is either doing this on purpose or is incompetent

Is the left-side rear passenger door by any chance? Had to take it to the dealer shortly after purchasing. Hated how it looked when illuminated doors light broke off at the door.