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venting fan won't switch off

Discuss the problems with your X5 (E53).
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Re: venting fan won't switch off

Post by X5Sport » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:05 pm

Is it a problem unique to the pre-facelift versions only then? If so, useful to know.
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Re: venting fan won't switch off

Post by pvr » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:12 pm

Not heard of a single facelift version having had the problem ...
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venting fan won't switch off

Post by ITBarbie » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:19 pm

That's interesting I never heard that before.


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Re: venting fan won't switch off

Post by X5Sport » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:20 pm

........you just had to say it didn't you. I can hear the mechanical gremlins conspiring in my (make that my wife's now) X5 right now.. :(
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Re: venting fan won't switch off

Post by Turks » Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:26 am

Yeah, I think pvr is right.. they have the new design. The old one used to overheat and so over time it would fail.


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