Another vote for the ball joints. Just had mine done and it's like a different car- I was getting a bit of light weaving at the front and traction control would flash on occasion with reasonably swift left right turns (and vice versa!) but I had them done after it was flagged on the mot and it feels ...

Thanks. The neighbour aspect isn't really a problem as we are moving out today!

Yeah it still opens- thanks for the pointer on the thread. Seems like they are unrelated probs then.

I have a 2000 4.4 V8 with 96k on it- service booked stamped up to about 50k and then a main dealer service at 94k. It has xenons, wide screen nav, new tyres and brakes, had a gearbox oil refresh, new rear subframe bushes and is about to have a new passenger window regulator and has also had the ...

I seem to mostly post in the problems section >:( Yesterday I dropped the passenger side window and now it won't go back up- it's sitting slightly below where it should sit and will move up to the normal lowered position but no further. Also the door handle has popped out a touch (on the outside ...

I know I'm just replying to myself here but just in case it helps anyone else- I had a poke around and found a bit of a dodgy connection on the rear passenger side lamp and a but of contact cleaner and a small amount of jiggling of the wires saw the indicator back up and running and now the car is ...

Curiouser and curiouser- reconnected the battery this morning and the car has run fine all day and turned off and on again with no problems at all. The only problem I seem to have is that the rear left indicator still doesn't work but the bulb is okay (as itt works in the other side) and there's no ...

If it makes any odds the parking sensors were going off with the car in park,,, with the engine running and fiddling around with the tail lights they were beeping like crazy when I stood in front of them. Is there a fuse I can pull as they've never really worked since I had the car so maybe a broken ...

I haven't removed it yet, it looked quite involved!

So it all seemed to be okay but when we put everything back together- the suspension pump and the related trim-the problem came back. The only thing I can think it is is the old traffic master unit as there seems to be some fairly rubbish wiring on it and putting it back into its home by the battery ...

Not too sure- I swapped the head unit to a widescreen one a few months back and it worked fine from the off but apparently in checking many many things on the car the stereo threw up some kind of odd reading when checking the wiring (which I didn't touch- it was plug n play) and with it disconnected ...

Another update- seems that the fault may lie with the radio!!

It's been awhile and I still haven't got my x5 back (through mutual agreement with my trusted garage) but I spoke to my mechanic today and he suspects the body control module is staying live when the rest of the car switches off. In doing so the bcm is trying to communicate with the other modules ...

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Hopefully I can get to the bottom of it and post a positive outcome- I've seen the problem reported across numerous forums but very rarely does someone post how it got resolved!

I assume he's tried a battery reset but I will give him a shout- it seems like such a random issue like I'm sure the fix is a simple one (hopefully!!) especially as it was okay before. I was only thinking an alternator fault as the car was fine on a relatively long journey and then electrical issues ...