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Problem child or normal repair

Well my wife called around the BMW shops to get info on the X5 we just bought and found out it was put in the shop numerous times. Here is a list of things not including the radiator replacement. Do you think that car is going to be giving me alot of problems or is this the look of good preventive maintence or normal repairs?

BMW X5 Maintence
Date Repair Mileage
Jun-08 93000 miles
Minor Inpection
Air/Pollen Filter
Left Front Window Regulator
Door Lock
2 Washer pump seals
Check engine light-codes:cam shaft (fixed) and fuel trim
Brakes=50% front 40% rear

UNK 84k mi
Left Rear Window Regulator
Turn Signal

UNK 78k mi
Right Rear Regulator
CV Boots on 2 front axels

May-06 70k mi
Steering Column adjustment
Electronic Field Blower (air conditioning)
Windsheild washer pump
Park distant sensors (backup)
Contact Fault

2004 52k mi
3 Way Cat. Converter
CEL Code NEC2 (repaired)

2004 48k mi
Window Motor Switch
CDC Sensor
Camshaft Sensor
Coolant Pump
Intake manifold leak
Door Moldings fixed
Sunvisor Ripped
02 Sensor
Radiator Tank loose

UNK 47k
Radiator Compression tank leaking
Replace Expansion Tank
Replace Radidator cap

2003 Water Pump
Replaced instrument cluster
Valves replaced
Secondary Air Pump
CEL Code UNK

mostly common..

how much were you planning to spend on an X5 over 100k miles?

when I bought a 5-Series high mileage I put 2k into it in the first week. I had a pre-purchase inspection however and worked the repairs into the purchase price. If your plan is to do the "repair as they go" technique you may be in for a lot of expense.

Well since i just purchased a warranty that covers most of the big ticket items, I figured no more than 5k-8k over all. I found a good independent BMW shop that is going to do the pre inspection for free and they check for anything and everything, even though I already bought the car, I still would like to know if there is anything that i would need. I don't think I could of lowered the price anymore than what i got it for and white is a rare color around here.

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Originally Posted by lx4life

I'm gettin' nervous just reading this, whew...I can't enjoy a X like that.:explode:

Sounds like most of the things it would need have already been replaced, so that's less for you to worry about :)

Trust me I know the feeling but my wife loves the X so....

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Originally Posted by lx4life

Trust me I know the feeling but my wife loves the X so....

and you love your wife, get her a new one.

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Originally Posted by TaMbALoLoNg

and you love your wife, get her a new one.

Dont listen to Tamba-d-bag. Those are all things that get usually get fixed once then you're good. D-bag is a negative person and you should just tune him out. I dont know what he is still doing here....:stickpoke

Well she has a Yukon Denali XL also but always liked this body style she hates the look of the new ones, she didn't care to much to pay an extra 10K for the post facelift X5 since they look the same.
Just because something is new doesn't mean its good.

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Originally Posted by lx4life

that's great, good luck with her. I would look into suspension components like control arms, ball joints, etc. the things that keep your car handling like new.