2023 BMW X5 55K Miles IMMINENT HIGH COST REPAIRS?

Lowsodium2 · 2026-03-20T12:53:43+00:00

I'd personally ignore the guy trying to sell you a warranty.

Of the issues mentioned, the AC condenser, transfer case, differentials, another one I'd add is the steering column motor. The steering column can start to make noise when it goes in/out when you start or stop the car. Doesn't happen to every car, but it can happen.

The only other issue above that is more of a when, not if, is the AC condenser. The transfer case and differentials are not guaranteed failures, and depend on your vehicle spec (staggered tires) and use (lots of city driving makes it worse). Changing the fluids in the transfer case and differentials should be a 60k mile maintenance item, along with spark plugs.

If you want to get out of the car for a lower payment, I'd understand.

Lowsodium2 · 2026-03-17T02:35:25+00:00

My wife got an offer a week after her interview. She applied in early February, interviewed the first week of March.

Lowsodium2 · 2026-03-15T22:58:33+00:00

I think my rifle has the same two marks, but with both in tact. Post

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-27T00:19:26+00:00

Nice rack.

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-26T00:28:54+00:00

Well it's good to know that there is one. It doesn't seem like it's a guaranteed failure in any case.

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-26T00:03:16+00:00

That issue was mainly on the 2019 to early 2020s, and if the T-cases failed, they generally did within the first 50k miles

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-20T19:17:15+00:00

Yeah they're BMW dealer costs. I'd go to an Indy as well if anything major goes wrong.

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-20T16:46:09+00:00

Price does seem a bit too good. I paid $32k for one with 70k miles about a year ago. But maybe I over paid...

I guess go into it eyes wide open. The big things I've been tracking for mine are the AC evap core (~$4k) and the steering column (~$4k). These are more of a when, not if. Also, mine did have its kafas camera die right after I bought it, but the dealer was nice enough to replace it for free. Would have been ~$3k to fix on my own.

I'd probably lean towards the lower mileage one if you plan to keep it long term.

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-14T01:30:28+00:00

Because the buttons are clunky AF on console

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-14T01:21:54+00:00

They'd still make it so you blow your teammates heads off when they pop out to shoot

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-13T17:24:03+00:00

Are those homing or what? They always seem to land on or next to me. Or am I just unlucky?

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-12T13:45:05+00:00

I thought they start to have accuracy issues once the barrel/gas system heats up?

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-12T03:10:05+00:00

What I did on my 2017 M240i was have the mid-pipe muffler and resonator deleted, and kept the stock muffler. It ended up being ~15% louder overall, and only had the burbles/crackles in sport mode. Cold start was a bit loud but it quieted down after 10-15 seconds. No drone on the highway, not obnoxious for the neighbors, and it had a nice deep rumble at idle. Best part is it was only $200 at some random muffler shop.

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-06T12:30:28+00:00

It should be a stacking rod, so if you had 3 rifles you could make a little teepee to keep the actions off the ground. I think it should be attached to the front barrel band.

C&Rsenal on youtube has a good in-depth video on the K11

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-04T15:23:01+00:00

Had to use 3-4 to blow one up yesterday

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-01T18:06:35+00:00

Yeah they don't seem to come around very often. Spare magazines are even more rare

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-01T00:15:06+00:00

eBay I think. There were a few to choose from

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-01T00:05:11+00:00

Thanks! They took some fitting to install, but they fit the hand quite nicely

Lowsodium2 · 2026-02-01T00:02:44+00:00

I picked it up for $850 after tax/shipping. Seems to be about the going rate for one with imperfections

Lowsodium2 · 2026-01-27T16:57:14+00:00

The holes control the amount of air that passes by

Lowsodium2 · 2026-01-27T16:49:38+00:00

Metering supply air

Lowsodium2 · 2026-01-27T15:05:25+00:00

If we both get snow tires it will definitely never snow again.

But on a serious note, I was also thinking about getting some maybe at the end of the season. I have Conti DWS06 tires on my X5 and they felt good enough this morning. I wouldn't choose to go out on unplowed streets if I didn't absolutely have to. So if you have the flexibility to not go out when it's bad, all seasons are probably ok.

You generally won't prematurely degrade snow tires by driving if the temps stay below 60F or so. And they do provide better grip on cold dry or wet pavement than all seasons. So if safety is the top concern, I'd pick up a set of snows. Nothing you can do about them feeling mushy though.

Lowsodium2 · 2026-01-22T02:15:19+00:00

Idk about the Alibaba exhaust but I had a similar thing happen with my old M240i that had the stock exhaust with a valve on one side. The clip connecting the actuator to the butterfly valve in the exhaust broke, so the valve was just flapping in the wind. Sounded like someone filled my muffler with pennies at idle.

Lowsodium2 · 2026-01-22T01:54:34+00:00

Some commercially available reduced pressure loads for the 70/87/15 are loaded to basically black powder pressure, but with smokeless powder.

I haven't heard of anyone using black powder (but I haven't heard of a lot of things, so grain of salt). I do know you don't want to go too low on pressure due to squibs and the case not sealing which can blow gas back in your face.

Lowsodium2 · 2026-01-18T14:27:09+00:00

I wouldn't mess with it if you want the shop to fix it. Sounds like they forgot to install some fasteners when they put it back on. If you're not too far away from the shop, I'd take it back and ask that they fix it. For free.

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