new to the site and new to driving X5's, had many 5 series and still have one atm but bought an old E70 2010 3.DXDRIVE MSport a few months back, I 1st hit the air suspension issue where the last owner had put in a oem air bag which every day went down, so replaced with latest airnott and been good since. In the last few days I have started to get a noise when turning the steering even when parked, its like a creaking under strain type noise as I go full lock left to right, its more noisy when full lock on the right hand side but hear it most of the time I turn the wheel. I have checked the power steering fluid which looks ok and checked for any leaks which I cant see, seen lots of different threads on forums about various possible components being the culprit but was wondering if this was maybe a common issue or if a few people had the same. Car is close to having 100k miles and im unsure of full service history done apart from what I have and MOT history, which does have the below advisorys from last one. but didn't think would be related.
•Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))
•Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))
any info/ advice very welcome
oh and glad to have joined this forum
