I normally press the auto handbrake button as soon as I get moving and then the brake it applied each time you come to a standstill.

thanks All, i've pumped up the front to 34psi and will see how that goes.

Have a 2012 X5 with 20 inch alloys and non sports suspension, the outside of both front tyres is starting to show signs of very noticeable wear , what would cause this and what should the correct inflation be ?

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gave it in at the local "BMW" specialist and they advised the compressor has gone 

Swapped the sensor out cleared the codes down and the compressor is still showing an error, so looks like I'm going to have to give it in at an indi ........

lets try that again translated 1st error Magnet coupling air compressor. No signal or value. Test conditions. Error present and already saved. Error did not light up a warning lamp 2 error Pressure sensor "Signal or value above threshold. Test conditions. Error not present, but already saved. Error ...

bit more digging found the following

So got hold of a cable and had the error codes read I have the following

JBBF Error code A72F  kind of error 64
JBBF Error code 9C5E  kind of error 21
DME/DDE Error code 4A4F  kind of error 61

Does anyone know is how to decipher the above or where in INPA I go to find out more ?

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AUX fan checked out OK, all belts in place, what next?

Thanks . Anyone with anything more specific such as location of relays , I found one mention of a relay in Google in the o/f/s wheel arch but not sure if that's accurate , also the climate control in the dash is all working so i assume power isnt an issue but how to check its getting to the ...

The wife noticed that the x5 wasnt blowing out ice cold air , i took it down to the local ac specialist who checked the gas in the system and said it was fine . He had a look around the engine pointed to the compressor and said the end bits not spinning and it needs to go on diagnostics . Is there ...

found my answer here

https://www.bmw-service.co.uk/

Hi , anyway to check if a used car purchased has this included?

[quote="X5Sport"] Got memory seats? Try setting what you want and then storing the settings. It may be an issue with the key memory setting itself and that can be fixed using seat memory - seems to work on mine at least. No idea why it misbehaves though! >:( [/quote] have tried your suggestion for a ...

I went for 40d wish I'd gone for a 30'd, I'm very rarely in it on my own and with two toddlers the goal is to drive as smooth as possible so that they sleep, so I never tap into the extra power. The fuel economy on the 40d isn't great even when being sensible. I would definitely decide on the spec ...