Do you mean at a main dealer or just in general? I pay £45 from a local garage.

Wow, shocking! Was it using any coolant too or normal in that respect?

sapphireblack wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:34 pm Curious what year your vehicle is?

It's a July 2013 car (40d engine)

BMW don't seem to have a clue. The recall got announced last July/August. By November I still hadn't heard anything, despite being 99% sure my car was affected. I called my local Sytner garage and was told categorically that my car wasn't affected. Guess what....last Thursday I get a letter through ...

Oh, I didn't know about that website. Thank you - I'll bear it in mind for the future too. Glad you got yours sorted

Wow, what a spec! Looking forward to pics too

Ah. Well that sounds ridiculous, so fingers crossed that doesn't happen. To be honest it took me 3 days just to book the car in due to Sytner's incompetence so I guess I shouldn't expect much with the actual work!

Did you look on ebay? I just searched for your first part number on there and this came up: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-BMW-X5-E70-Front-Coil-Springs-2006-2013-With-Adaptive-Drive/372436389716?fits=Car+Make%3ABMW&hash=item56b6f04f54:g:VycAAOSwowtbm75v:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true I had a total failure ...

Not sure where you're based but I had this done to a previous car of mine by these guys and it was very impressive: http://www.kjwraps.co.uk/

Mine is booked in for a couple of weeks time - I was told on the phone that it's a 2 hour job. Hopefully they're right with that! I didn't know there had been horror stories

Wow didn't even know this was an option, might have to look into it myself!

It doesn't mean you have the Dynamic Pack, no.

Putting the car in Sport mode with the button also changes how the gearbox responds i.e. it will shift down and hold onto the gears longer. The sport button should also give you better throttle response, but that's about it.

It can be a sign of trouble yes. Checking the tyres might also give you further clues. Wide differences in tread wear and use of non ‘*’ marked tyres can all lead to trouble but it must be stressed are not guaranteed to do so. When driving then be listening for grating/grinding noises or whining whi ...

Going to test drive an X1 this weekend, I've read a lot online about various BMW 4wd transfer case issues. Am I correct in that the common symptoms of this would be slight juddering/feedback when pulling away at with steering lock on? What other symptoms should I be on the look out for / what tests ...