Wow, X5 repairs are expensive and too frequent

Budarooski · #1 09-09-2014, 11:26 AM

2007 X5 4.8 with 52K miles on it...driven 10 miles a day round trip to work.

Developed an oil leak...took it to BMW...$6400 to fix...leaking timing cover gaskets and alternator bracket...wtf???? Alternator bracket??? Turns out oil lines run through that. So I took it to a local european repair shop and they fixed everything for $3K. Hard pill to swallow!

Three weeks later I come to find a pool of antifreeze under my car...$6500 for BMW to fix...same repair shop fixed it for $2K (out of pity and because it wasn't detected earlier they gave me a price break). Turns out the top half of the motor and the transmission has to be removed to fix this coolant leak...I looked it up online to verify. First year of the new E70 had a bad design for a coolant pipe that runs under the intake and cant be removed w/out pulling the transmission. It has the updated coolant pipe so it should never leak again...knock on wood.

So, $5K wasted on repairs for an $80K car that is driven 10 miles a day...what a freakin' joke.

I love the looks, handling, and power of my X5 but f--- me these repairs are expensive and in my book should never have failed to begin with.

BGM · #2 09-09-2014, 11:48 AM

Yeah you run a risk when you buy a 1st year model. Sorry to hear that. How long have you had it and if you bought it used did you have it inspected ?

ART-qitec · #3 09-09-2014, 11:56 AM

If it makes you feel better I brought my X5 to the dealer to get my air suspension fixed and asked them to look for anything else wrong with the car before I traded it in and they gave me this quote.

Rear air shocks $1363

Air suspension pump faulty $2462

Valley pan leaking coolant $1084

Both upper timing case covers leaking oil $3082

Transfer case service (faults in system) $339

upallnight · #4 10-18-2014, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ART-qitec

If it makes you feel better I brought my X5 to the dealer to get my air suspension fixed and asked them to look for anything else wrong with the car before I traded it in and they gave me this quote.

Rear air shocks $1363

Air suspension pump faulty $2462

Valley pan leaking coolant $1084

Both upper timing case covers leaking oil $3082

Transfer case service (faults in system) $339

I just replaced the two rear air shocks for my BM Trouble U for 200 bucks last weekend. Of course I didn't take it to a Dealer, brought a couple of new Arnott air shocks for 92 bucks each on line and a little over 2 hours I had both shocks replaced.

ART-qitec · #5 10-19-2014, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by upallnight

I just replaced the two rear air shocks for my BM Trouble U for 200 bucks last weekend. Of course I didn't take it to a Dealer, brought a couple of new Arnott air shocks for 92 bucks each on line and a little over 2 hours I had both shocks replaced.

Can you provide a link? Never seen Arnotts go for lower than $200 each.

upallnight · #6 10-21-2014, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ART-qitec

Can you provide a link? Never seen Arnotts go for lower than $200 each.

Sure:

ARNOTT® - BMW X5 2001 Replacement Air Suspension

And here's a link to my original post.

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...ir-spring.html

Budarooski · #7 09-10-2014, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BGM

Yeah you run a risk when you buy a 1st year model. Sorry to hear that. How long have you had it and if you bought it used did you have it inspected ?

It was a year old when I bought it...it was a CPO car and has more issues fixed than I can remember while under CPO. After my warranty expired the more expensive repairs started.

Even with the pitfalls I love the car...I have spent hours online looking for a new car and can't find anything I like better than the X5...and getting a new X5 will mean new car payments which I don't want.

MAK3N3 · #8 09-09-2014, 12:03 PM

Sorry to hear that man...seems like you had the well documented to coolant pipe leak:

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...-n62-4-8l.html

I do agree with some of your points b/c I haven't had mine 1 Yr and have had plenty of work done luckily under CPO which just exp'd so I'm looking to get into a new model with at least cple more yrs CPO. Preferably an X35D...but again sorry you had to deal w/those costly repairs. Before this I had an 06 Honda Ridgeline I bought new and literally had ZERO issues all way up to 103K when I sold it. I do love my X5 even with it's pitfalls...and there's probably still nothing else out there that compares to me at least.

Anyway, on another note - Cypress Tx huh...were you by chance recently at a small donut shop off Spring Cypress/N Eldridge maybe 2-3 weeks ago? Not many Silver E70's on Black 215's around here.

Budarooski · #9 09-10-2014, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by MAK3N3

Anyway, on another note - Cypress Tx huh...were you by chance recently at a small donut shop off Spring Cypress/N Eldridge maybe 2-3 weeks ago? Not many Silver E70's on Black 215's around here.

Yep...that was me...and I remember another X5 parked a car or two away from me...I believe it was black? If I remember, you had two small kids with you? I'm guessing that was you, huh? Small world.

MAK3N3 · #10 09-10-2014, 02:53 PM

Yes, there was a black one I think but mine was the space gray one right in front of the donut shop/carpet place. Just moved to the area about a year ago and yes had my 2 lil girls with me. I'll say hi next time I see you!

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Originally Posted by Budarooski

Yep...that was me...and I remember another X5 parked a car or two away from me...I believe it was black? If I remember, you had two small kids with you? I'm guessing that was you, huh? Small world.