ouch...  ok  thanks, I will certainly give it a try. 

I have been told I cannot replace my cluster with one that has come out of petrol model due to rev range which I thought would be the case.

I've had it for a year and never disconnected it however the battery did die last weekend but we jump started it and managed to take care of that problem.

I can send it to get the pixels replaced or even do it myself.

The reason I ask about the replacement is yesterday i was driving it and approx ...

Hi all,

I need to replace my speedo cluster instrument in my E53 X5 3.0d due to the pixels messing up but also the fuel gauge and computer playing up. question is, can I replace it with a cluster from a 5series petrol model or must I have a diesel cluster. they only difference I can see is the ...

I have a set of 17s on my E53 at the moment but really want to upgrade them to 19s...

The wheels are the Ellipsoid Styling type (see pic below) and are in excellent condition along with the 4 tyres. 



Any takers? ..  Am based in Chelmsford, Essex.

Richard

Glad to see it worked and now 'breathes' properly! 

i took the cover off my chnager yesterday poked a couple bits pointed out on the video clip and now it works perfectly! 

Had a quick muck around with the upper boot lid catch last night and it seems i have sorted out the problem.. for now?! had the wife in the fornt pressing the release button on the centre console and the boot didnt open so with a bit of help from me it lifted, sprayed some 3in1 greas into the catch ...

Been resarching the problem with my tailgate and i think it comes down to the 'Pressure pads'. Anyone ever heard or seen these before? Going to have a look tongiht and also have a ago at removing the tailgate switch unit which holds the license plate number lights to see if its possibly bad ...

Cheers for the replies... Watched the YouTube clip and seems pretty simple so will give it a go and see what happens.

You should 2 small brackets on each side of the frame work where the changer slides into. Take these off and once the changer is in place slide them back on over the holes available. You should see the brakcets line up with the holes on the framework and changer, then here you screw and tighten into ...

Ok, another little gremlin with my 2002 X5 3.0d e53. I have to sort out the CD changer.

The original problem was when pressing MODE for CD on the radio head unit it wasn't recognsiing any discs in the changer. So I've had the changer out and in bits as thought it could be a loose screw or something ...

Cheers for the reply SanJ... It was only once I posted my post that i found this thread.

After looking through it I noticed another problem with my door handle. When I removed the handle it came out very easily, without hardly any turns basically. Looking at your pics it seems the 2 notchs that ...

After looking through a veiw posts this seems to be a common thing with the X5s, or even BMWs in total.

After getting the door card off and the carrier out at first i couldn't see where the problem was as everything loked fine, however only when i compared it to a picture of a carrier i found ...

Hi and thanks for your reply.

The model is a 2002 X5 e53 3.0d version.

There are 2 ways of opening the boot. 1 is via the button ton the key, which is somethingelse i need to get sorted and have just got a quote of £140.63 inc vat from BMW to replace - or you can press the button on the centre ...

Hi all. I'm a newbie to the forum so hopefully I'll get some good advise/help from you guys.

So the problem I'm having is the upper part of the boot lid. It doesn't always open when I press the 'boot lid' button on the centre console.

When you press the button you will hear either: 1 click and the ...