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- Thu Jun 22, 2023 1:48 pm
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
- Topic: Suspension Rebuild Advice
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5202
Suspension Rebuild Advice
I would expect to get all HD stuff, it is after all the bushes that are HD and they should all be as advertised. After all you bought hd so you don’t have to visit that area for a long time. That was my expectation too but the response from the seller was...."This is a Meyle HD kit and all the p ...
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 3:18 pm
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
- Topic: Suspension Rebuild Advice
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5202
Suspension Rebuild Advice
Did my front bits and bobs with one of the Meyle HD kits from B&B components in Maidstone http://bandbcomponents.co.uk/page/meyle_hd.html. Went with Meyle HD as it’s supposed to have a 4 year warranty, what the odds of that being any use are I don’t know! Holy thread resurrection Batman! Apologies. ...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 3:47 pm
- Forum: Problems (E70 2nd-gen, 2007-2013)
- Topic: X5 E70 tailgate lock water leak
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3251
Re: X5 E70 tailgate lock water leak
Hi. I've got exactly the same problem too now. Did anyone ever trace the exact cause...... it's really annoying when the boot lock starts dripping, especially when it ends up down the neck of your shirt because there's often a little delay before it start peeing out! Will check the light seals first ...
- Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:09 pm
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E70 2nd-gen, 2007-2013)
- Topic: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 266540
Re: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
At the moment I'm thanking my lucky stars I've gotten away lightly, but as soon as I'm mobile again my local BMW dealership will be getting a visit. I intend to plonk my greasy full BMW main dealer service history turd of a no QE required driveshaft (both peices) on the service managers ever so ...
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:30 pm
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E70 2nd-gen, 2007-2013)
- Topic: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 266540
Re: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
When I went to collect my car, the video I took of my prop UJ was shown to Barons' (nearly) master tech and the feedback was that all the movement seen is in the splines but there's none in the UJ itself. I'm still not entirely convinced that's true or even a good thing so new parts with updated ...
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:50 pm
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E70 2nd-gen, 2007-2013)
- Topic: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 266540
Re: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
When they didn’t change mine under the previous quality enhancement check, I bought the correct part and fitted it. The part was extortionate in the UK when I looked but is available from a BMW dealer in the USA for £118 delivered and import duties paid. See here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-OEM- ...
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:16 pm
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E70 2nd-gen, 2007-2013)
- Topic: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 266540
Re: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
Followed up with a phone conversation with Barons (Elms) service manager. Very helpful and they've agreed to inspect the shaft (this time) for free and if necessary put it to BMW UK for a goodwill replacement. I can't see BMW UK refusing the request as we've seen the scope of goodwill they're ...
- Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:14 am
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E70 2nd-gen, 2007-2013)
- Topic: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 266540
Re: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
Followed up with a phone conversation with Barons (Elms) service manager. Very helpful and they've agreed to inspect the shaft (this time) for free and if necessary put it to BMW UK for a goodwill replacement. I can't see BMW UK refusing the request as we've seen the scope of goodwill they're ...
- Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:41 am
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E70 2nd-gen, 2007-2013)
- Topic: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 266540
Re: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
To add a few images.... here's the part number i didn't want to see... https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4909/43971125550_3edd311241_n.jpg dated 2010 and i suspect that white marking is indication that QE was carried out in 2014 https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4822/45738259432_d8678a0eb3_n.jpg This is a ...
- Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:06 am
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E70 2nd-gen, 2007-2013)
- Topic: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 266540
Re: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
[quote="X5Sport"] What used to be Elms seems to have gone downhill since the renaming then! [/quote] Can't write them off just yet based on initial lack of diligence. Let's see how I get on talking to them further tomorrow.. I'm sure there's an element of basic training from HQ to never acknowledge ...
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:04 pm
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E70 2nd-gen, 2007-2013)
- Topic: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 266540
Re: E70 quality enhancement front driveshaft ‘recall’ 2012-2014
So glad I found this sticky. I was coming back to xdrivers as a long time member to eulogise my e53 4.4 which I've run for 10 years 100+k miles without serious issue. I was recently tempted to upgrade to a late 2010 40d Msport in space grey with all the goodies and although it's covered 74k it is in ...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 4:27 pm
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
- Topic: Anyone know this 4.8?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6851
Re: Anyone know this 4.8?
Re missing Mot history, perhaps a recent import.
- Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:16 am
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
- Topic: E53 4.4 workshop manual
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2020
Re: E53 4.4 workshop manual
Bentley also not great for facelift N62 v8 engines. Pre facelift engine detail is far more comprehensive
- Sun Feb 05, 2017 11:29 pm
- Forum: General X5 Forum (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
- Topic: Buying my first X5 need help
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3932
Re: Buying my first X5 need help
I have early e46 and 2004 x5. X5 steering much heavier and better feel in my opinion. In the process of swapping a later club sport rack into the e46 to improve things.
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:55 pm
- Forum: Problems (E53 1st-gen, 2000-2006)
- Topic: Anybody changed the steering wheel angle sensor on a 4.6?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1655
Re: Anybody changed the steering wheel angle sensor on a 4.6?
Just adding this in case it's relevant... have no experience with the angle sensor on my x5 but i do remember having a code along the lines of "steering angle sensor implausible" on my e46 after some alignment work was done. I was able to re-calibrate the sensor with BMW scanner 1.4.0 and that ...