moggyboy wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 8:05 pm Claim has been approved by BMW and the cheque is on it's way.

Thats great mate .
Did they refund for recovery aswell.

Ok mate.
Good luck...

Get the recall done!
I found out about the recall 6th March.
First available date for the recall work 28th March.
Bolt failed 13th March.
Car recovered and repaired, £500 bill.
Currently trying to recover costs from BMW.


Hi mate.
I had the same problem, Bolt snapped and i had to get it fixed ...

I have base audio.
Which is the lowest audio package you could get on bmw and my car has no amp.
Sound comes from head unit.

Regarding ground wire.

On my one i can hear the alternator noise and doing a bit of research i came to the understanding that i need to have a good ground connection to get rid of the noise im getting through the speakers.

But my android screen did not come with any ground wire.

So im a bit ...

Hi mate.

How's your sound quality from the android unit.
I purchased one few weeks ago but i find the sound so crap.
I've tried to adjust sound on both android and oem but just can't get a decent adjustment.
And on your unit did it come with a ground wire connection....

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The 3.0 does seem to have a pretty low idle speed (think you can get away with it on a straight 6 as my old 320i used to be the same and the smoothness hid any inherent lumpyness as a result of cold running), however the glowplug control modules on these things always fail and ...

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Mines around 700-800 if it’s cold but drops lower when it warms up.
Could it be the ICV idle control valve?


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Adamsx5 thanks ill get it checked out by my mechanic.

Hi newbie here.

I recently bought a bmw x5 e70 2009 3.0sd.
When i start my car up in the morning the rpm is just over 500 mark, i would say 550 to 600 and was wondering if thats normal.

And my mpg looks quite low around 17 to 18 mpg.

Where as my last car which was an audi a6 every time i started ...