Hi Rik, When I got my 2007 X5 a few months back the headlight washers didn't work. After putting it into a bmw dealer for a minor service and software update they started working again. I asked the service guy did they do something to fix them but he told me they didn't go near them and they weren't ...

My E70 X5 had a very wet carpet in the drivers footwell about a month ago. I thought it might have been the air con drain leaking into the car so I have turned off the air con for the last 3 weeks. However this morning the drivers footwell is soaking wet again. It seem's when we have heavy rain and ...

Hi Guys, So it turns out the gearbox had capacity for another 1/2 litre of oil and the difference is incredible. The gearbox is now shifting better than ever ::). The mechanic thinks perhaps the filter was slow to soak in the oil during the initial fill hence the drop in level when we re checked it ...

Thanks for your sympathy and advice guys, I will have my mechanic check the fluid level and see if the correct spec oil was used. There is a company near Dublin that specialise in auto box repair/rebuild so I will give them a call in the morning also. I will keep the thread updated if or when I get ...

Hi All, I purchased a 2007 BMW X5 3.0D E70 a few weeks ago. I decided to do an oil and filter change on the auto box with a Mayle kit I purchased from a local motor factor. The Mayle kit was specifically for the X5. Unfortunately the gear change quality is now really poor when cold, particularly 2nd ...