Weird service light problem
 

So I got a oil lube and filter change done 2-3 months ago and I am still showing 5 green bars. Is this normal or is there something wrong with it?

they roughly go out every 3000miles (5000km)

But shouldn't it lower to 4 bars, then 3, then 2 like it was before...

Indeed it should. Mine is certainly doing that. And yes, mine also changes and loses one green bar approx every 3,000 miles.

I thought the green thing was the oil change indicator....if you loose a green thing every 3000 then it would mean you need an oil change every 15,000.....

That is correct. Oil is changed every 15,000 miles.

ohhhh!! Then that answers my question!

Here I was thinking it was every 5-10,000 km!

actually I think BMW issued a SB where they recommend an oil service when the indicator reaches half. I can't find the article right now... However it does sound like your service indicator is function correctly.

I always do my services at half (which usually ends up around 12,000km). These are the articles I was referring to.

http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x5/e...-schedule.html

and

http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x5/g...hange-tsb.html