2004-2006 X5??
 

Does anyone have suggestions on which year you should buy a CPO X5 4.4?

They are all good. The 2004.5-2006 will have the adaptive HID's and large Pano-roof.

I think the 06 4.4 had guage rings like the 4.8is.

I am sure others will also add in here.

Any one of those years will be good, all of those have the same possible issues:

- window regulators
- transmission
- bump stops in hatch

Thanks for your thoughts. Any suggestions on a newer X5. I was thinking about trading my 04 4.4 for a new one. Maybe 08-09??

I would never buy trade with a dealer. They rape you. Take the time and sell your truck and buy the one you want second had. Unless you just have excess money to blow... :)

Ever think of just moving to a 04-06 4.8is? I have had both the 4.4 and 4.8. needless to say just sold the 4.4. Lol

Thanks. I agree. The dealers want too much. The CPO waranty is nice, but you pay for it.

Did you ever have white smoking coming out of your 4.4 after idling for long periods(drive thru)?

I did, it was clearly a coolant leak from a cracked coolant overflow tank.
Took it to the dealer under the Chrysler maximum care service contract.
6,000 dollars later they tell me the care is ready to be picked up.
Service sheet states no coolant leak found.

12 miles down the road the check coolant light comes on.
Dealer is closed so I limp home get the car in the drive way fluids are pouring out. Next day the X goes back to the dealer on a flat bed.

Lo and behold cracked expansion tank sheesh go figure.

Now the car is back for what I am sure is a bad ignition switch, but they want to yank my dash apart because they are sure the BMW Aux cable that has been on the car for 3 years is the culprit (REALLY!!!)

Interesting: why would it be necessary to yank a dash apart to gain access to the BMW Aux cable.
All it takes is removal of the radio a 15 min job? Somebody is smoking something.....:dunno:

I had the coolant expansion tank replaced..lucky for me the tank exploded while the dealer was testing my vehicle. Fortunately, it was still under warranty. I found another thread saying it might be a head gasket? Any thoughts on this?

Wow, $6K...

yeah?!?! ...6k.... cooland expansion tank is like $60...15 min of work to replace it...i just did mine few months ago with ..i dont know why people go to dealer at all when u can buy parts and do everything yourself...if u dont know how ...u can learn here or u tube..for 6k u could of went to tech school and learn how to rebuild your engine and transmission..and do body work...lol ...what a joke...most of those guys look at manuals too only difference between them and u is they got state of the art equipment and tools...and all u have is bunch of guys who love their cars and trying to figure shit out on their own...i say screw dealers

6k was for all the other stuff they found wrong with the car and fixed under warranty. But I brought the car in for a coolant leak problem.

So they found a bunch of other issues but did not originally find the coolant leak issue until I brought the car back on a flatbed and specifically said check for this issue....you are a BMW mechanic, why should I have to tell you what problem to fix!

I know that the aux cable is a 15 minute job, because I put the cable in.

They were having a problem locating why the buttons on the console were not working and the source of the inactive suspension error message.
They wanted to tear the dash apart to trace wires. (I put my foot down and refused to let them do it)I told them I was certain it was either a bad ignition switch or a module had gone bad.

Finally they called me on Saturday and said it was a bad seat module causing the problems. I said cool fix it under my warranty and give me my car.

Denis0331

As I read Gurltech post it seems to me (and I may be wrong) but the 6000K for repairs
was paid by the insurance company which would null and void your Do it yourself argument.

Having said that I believe that not everyone wants to rebuild engines
and transmissions or rewire their house, or put in new plumbing. Some
of this stuff requires school training and experience. No doubt some
mechanics are better than others and some dealers are better than others
but ruling dealers out completely wouldn't be very smart especially
when warranty work is needed. Instead having a good relationship with a dealer
can assist an owner to solve many vehicle issues based on good will.
But then again that's just my opinion. (Interesting that this thread was based on a post initially started in 2008)

avoid '06
 

My indy mechanic has urged, no pleaded with me to avoid the '06 4.4 as BMW changed the engine block in '06. He has told me that in addition to the normal valve cover issues in the 4.4's the newer block had lifter problems as well as head gasket, and rear main seal problems. I'd stick with the 04-05