Hi Richard, I feel exactly the same as you. I couldn't understand why the inlet manifold things were a different price for the second lot. Every time I go there I feel that I have been ripped off. They usually phone a few days later with a survey to see how your visit was. So far we haven't given ...

Hi All, sorry for the delay in answering. Regards the rev limiter, we were bouncing, not red-lining. After reading all the posts everywhere about dodgy gearboxes, and only lasting 60,000 miles, I asked the main dealer to change the oil and filters whilst they had it for the non-starting. Our X5 has ...

Hi Richard, Ours is a 53 plate, first registered in November. Can't tell you any more as it is at the main stealers. All the servicing is up to date, but I assume that doesn't include a gearbox oil change. With regard the non starting, it did it last year a couple of times, but seemed to fix itself ...

Does anyone else have this problem? It has only done it a couple of times, and very embarrassingly, just as I was overtaking a numty in a slow car. ( They have a lot of them in Wales!!) Could this be a sign of a gearbox on the way out? Ours is a 2003 X5 3.0d 120,000 on the clock, and already had a ...

Main dealer greased up rear bushes, and we were squeak free for a couple of days.  The squeak is back, can I replace the bushes myself, or do I need special tools?  Any ideas?