Ha. Maybe it was in-between.

Yeah I'm sure it's not like they are taking off 4 bolts and lifting an entire engine out. But it does sound labor intensive as far as getting to it.

Dealer called. They still don't have the part (national backorder) and I also need the Brake Booster replaced--so who knows how long now. At least I upgraded the loaner to an '12 535 Sport.

I took my wife's 07 X5 4.8 in for this recall and had them do the brakes while they were at it. Upon leaving the dealership (car has 35k on it) I noticed her tail lights flickering and she called me and told me that the ABS, Shifter, Brake, Camera, Transmission, etc. alarms were all going off then it died while traveling at 55 mph. I unhooked the negative battery cable to try and reset it, but when i got in it gave me a shifter error message, service message and would seem to engage some relay but not start when I pushed the button. Then the alarm just started going off.

I called the dealer and told them to come get it and they immediately told me that it wasn't necessarily their fault. These crazy cars!! :rofl:

Almost forgot, right before it died you could floor it and it would just stutter and stumble with no increase in RPM's. Dealer says it's a coincidence.

This sounds like a ground wire was disconnected to the chassis and not reconnected or reconnected but not tightened.

Thanks,
That actually sounds quite plausible. The reason I posted it on this thread is because I had the brake recall done then had these problems. Also, it drove perfect for 5 miles and just before it went totally haywire the brake alarm came up along with the service or picture of the lift then the ABS, Transmission, etc. Best SUV we've ever owned, but as my wife puts it, "Owning that car is exhausting."

When I disconnected the negative battery cable I guess I didn't notice if it was loose from the chassis, but I do know I tightened the heck out of it when I put it back on. The last thing it did was display something about the shifter being bad, but it was o.k. to drive home, but it would not turnover and then even more alarms lit up on the dash then the alarm went off and wouldn't shut off. It's either something very minor like the battery cable or something very big. I'll have to ask them tomorrow if they disconnected the battery cable from the chassis for any reason while doing to brakes. It waited at the dealer for the proper pad wear sensors, perhaps those are kaput.

Update: SA called and parts came in on a late shipment in the afternoon--said should be ready maybe Wednesday. So, it's been 2 weeks since I've dropped it off. The 535 Sport loaner is nice--but I'm missing not having Sirius/XM, iPod, sitting up higher and not having to crouch down to get in and out ha (I'm 6'3").

BGM,

Do you know what part they said is on national back order? I took mine in yesterday and they replaced the booster hose (and vacuum pipes and gaskets). Not sure if there are others that are having more done.

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He said mine is one of the ones that has to have the Booster replaced as well---maybe that was part on backorder. I will know more today or tomorrow.

I also had the brake booster replaced last week. The dealer called me, took the car in the morning, and in the evening it was ready.