The X5 is at the STEALER right now....WTF!!!!
 

The "service engine soon" light came on last week.....took it to the stealer...thinking...hoping that it was an O sensor or just something with the gas cap......turns out the CAM sensor...is shot....the control arms are cracked and the bushings...dry rotted.....the cv joint boots...need to be replaced...and the thing that made the light come on is something called an Emmisions pump!:mad:

That I stilll need to do the belts...and have the 60K service coming up.....I brought an after market warranty...talk about a worthless piece of crap...the control arms and the bushings is a $850 job in total...they are only covering $495 of that. So stay away from Contiental Warranty....they are full of shit....the hoops they make you jump through are insane....there is a deductable and they only pay a service rate of $40 per hour....they want you to use an independant mechanic....today is going to be $1250 day....there goes my running boards and exhaust. :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

Those MODS will wait till spring now...

IF the X5 does not settle down after this...it is going to find it self in a dark alley on the wrong side of town with the keys in it....running.....

I like to think of it as tough love!

All this and the wifey drove the 330xi last friday and is now getting all hot and bothered about it... :takecover

The hits just keep on coming.....

sorry to hear about that :( . As the Murphy's law states anything that can go wrong will go wrong. The problem is that sometime everything goes wrong at the same time. I like to compare the X5 to a model girl, very pretty but could be quite expensive to live with. BTW your after market warranty indeed sucks :thumbdown .

LMAO!! Ive got a couple of "boys" in Boston that would be more than happy to oblige... :rofl:

Maybe after the repairs will be a good time to sell..You could share the 330 with the misses...Nice rides! :thumbup:

Its turning out to be an expensive day for you. Good luck with the repairs.

The only good thing about several repairs at once is that, if under some sort of insurance, you have hit your deductible!

Good luck. And please forgive your X5. She didn't mean to be bad!:spank:

I don't consider any SUV to be like an attractive women. I'd considering living with the headache if it was a Porsche 911, Lotus Elise, M3, Z06, but not a SUV.

Rick,

It is your car telling you that it is time to trade in for a 4.6is or 4.8is...:D

I think any BMW, (or Vette, Ferrari, Lotus, et al), outta warranty, is sorta like dating a knockout nude dancer: she looks terrific on your arm, is a Lot of fun, but is guaranteed to break your heart.

Sorry to read your Ext Warr. let you down...I bought WarrDirect and read the fine print: it too, is not bulletproof, but decent in terms of coverage, hourly rate, etc.
GL with your situ. BR,md

Heartbreak hotel !
 

Roc3b : my X has had both cam sensors replaced. Bank 1 at 58k and bank 2 at 67k. They seem to 'fail' on schedule. Sorry to hear about all the other items needing attention on your X. FWIW, your warranty sucks big time.

MD : I laughed my butt off at your post. My X extended warranty runs out March '06; but I LOVE her !! She's awesome, looks great, performs great :) and I'm addicted. Perhaps I'm wearing rose tinted spectacles........

Ah, Laddie, it is a common fooking disease...and, hard to overcome! :D

Glad you got a laugh...I actually hooked up with a go-go/nude dancer chick for a few months, off & on, between the 1stWife and theCEO. It was a helluva ride, but they are freaking gonna break your heart...that, and their ex-boyfriend/meth-monster/badazz biker dude guy always turn up like a bad penny. It was time to hang up my sporting jones at that time, :bustingup
BR,md

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My X5 is my first CPO car. I hope I don't have similiar problems once the original factory warranty expires.

I dunno...I am just so conflicted right now....
 

I am used to cars that need nothing....I get in the X and it is a thrill everytime, but....man...that was a kick in the balls today...I was seriously thinking of ripping out that nav, dvd, and the tvs and trading it for the QX 45 today. At least the Japanese stuff does not flip you the bird when your back is turned.....

I found a non dealer German guy a few blocks from my office....he is $72 per hours vs. $103....so there is a savings right there...he is going to take over her long term car. I love the feeling of walking into a BMW dealership and feeling like I belong, I have the money to give them but it just seems so wasteful...like I should be buying shares of a company that I believe will be good in the long term vs a vehicle I will be tired of in 36 months.

The X5 get one more chance...after that...I cannot be held responsible for my actions.....btw...I would love to trade for a 4.6...there are none to be had up here and in the NE they command top $$$$$. The next phase of my life is investment property...I can only justify so much on my bad toy habits....I don't smoke and barely drink...it is the only way I can rationalize it.

extended warranty is the way to go...........
 

kneedragger - depending on your mileage/age, check out BMW extended maintainence plans (good if you can 'arrange' for a full brake job). Some of the 3rd party extended warranty plans are also fair game.....search on X5World for lots of good anecdotes and info.

Maybe I over reacted....
 

When I picked up the Money pit today from Inskip BMW....there was a noticeable handling differnce and mid line performance was improve...the service writter explained that when the cam sensor is shot and working when it wants to the computer compensates and retards the timing and you lose performance....

Glad you got her back, man. Curious, how many miles on your X?

JV

Holy cow! So sorry to hear about your problems. That's certainly not fun to dish out -- even if you do have the money. Like you said, it seems so wasteful.

Good luck, and hang in there, man! The car's worth it. :thumbup:

Juan

I have 55,500 on it!
 

Which is part of the reason I am so jerked off about it....if it had 80-90k.....ok that would make sense.....