Used 2011 BMW X5 xDrive35i Premium 4dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 8A) Consumer Reviews
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Nice drive but very unreliable. Beware.
Steve, Newton Center, MA, 01/06/2018
BMW X5 xDrive35i Premium 4dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 8A)
62 of 70 people found this review helpful
I bought my X5 new in 2011. It has had light use, only 67,000 miles. I have thousands on repairs, plus more than $4000 on regular service items post warranty. The warranty ran out in four years at 30,000. My only complaint during the warranty was the battery getting low in cold weather. BMW did not fix this problem. See the current list of repairs needed after the warranty: 1) Comfort door handles replaced $1200. Flat battery issue. 2) Battery replaced $480 including programming. (Before the item above). 3) Leaking casing on oil filter mount $400 4) Steering rack $6,800 5) Valvetronic motor and shaft $3500 6) Timing gear pulleys (3) $240. These are plastic and whine after 50’000. 7) Thrust arm bushings $720. 8) Hand brake electronic switch $250. 9) Water pump $500. (55,000) 10) Replacement comfort entry key plus programming $500. Tires (run flats) last around 20’000 miles and are $1400 each time. They get very noisy when replacement is getting near. If you get a puncture the tire cannot be repaired (officially) and they must be replaced in pairs, due to the Xdrive system. BMW will not replace break pads without rotors. Front is $820 and rear is $340. Drive Transfer box oil and filter change is $240 Note: 60’000 miles service was $2,200 including the spark plugs and timing belts. The spark plugs are $120 each without labor. The ultimate driving machine? Not quite. Maybe if you are in the BMW service business. Depreciation is shocking. $75,000 to $25,000 in four years, even with low miles. After six years you cannot give it away. My advice is, if you must have the BMW X5 make sure to sell it before the manufacturers warranty runs out. It’s actually is a great drive but not worth the hassle or high cost of ownership.
A lot of problems after 60k
Josh, Sunnyvale, CA, 10/26/2018
BMW X5 xDrive35i Premium 4dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 8A)
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
Everything starts to break down at 60k and it’s expensive to fix
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Run don’t walk away from this car!
Sean, Pittsburgh, PA, 08/30/2018
BMW X5 xDrive35i Premium 4dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 8A)
14 of 17 people found this review helpful
Bought this car pre owned, 50k miles great condition, looked and drove like brand new. Within the first 6 months I had put $3k in repairs into the car, it’s been none stop repairs and maintainace ever since. Requires around $4k minimally a year in general upkeep. Horrible on gas, always in the shop, electronic issues-radio comes and goes, lock chime comes and goes, comfort access works half the time. Always an issue, leak, repair, won’t start, I mean the list is endless. Beautiful car drives like a dream, amazing in the snow, beautiful to look at but cost of ownership is out of control. Will be going back to a Mercedes truck next time around.
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Great car, Poor service. Cannot get them to do an oil change
bodomo, Alexandria, VA, 05/14/2011
BMW X5 xDrive35i Premium 4dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 8A)
23 of 29 people found this review helpful
This is an update on my previous review titled so far so good. Actually not so good anymore. I currently have 15500 and BMW still refuses to do an oil change. I called for my first oil change at 10000 miles and made an appointment for an oil change and some minor work. After a couple of hours, I get the news that my car does NOT need an oil change, I have to come back at 15000 miles. Crap, why waste my time for this? So recently I made another appointment for an oil change at 15000 and again after another couple of hours of waiting they tell me that again they will not do an oil change because in oil is in good shape and I need to come back in another 5000 miles. This is not worth my time.
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Lisa, Southlake, TX, 04/29/2017
BMW X5 xDrive35i Premium 4dr SUV AWD (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 8A)
16 of 20 people found this review helpful
This car is the biggest piece of garbage available at this time. If you like driving loaner cars and having your vehicle in the shop for extended periods of time then this is the vehicle for you. BMW should be ashamed of themselves!! Even the employees agree that this vehicle is a POS!! I have owned it for 14 months and in that time it has been in the shop for 4 months, over $15,000 later and I now feel safe to get rid of it, prior to this I could not in good faith have turned this vehicle over to anybody as it was not roadworthy and it took 3+months to get it to where it wouldn't lose power when accelerating. I was almost killed in this POS. BMW you need to get your act together and recall all of the X5's, fix them so they are safe at your cost. I have spoken to 10+ owners of this POS and they have all had the exact same problems. Looking into class action suit against BMW. For the safety or you and your family do not even consider buying this vehicle. With all this said buyer beware of Grubbs Infiniti Grapevine, they will promise you anything and never follow through, NEVER PURCHASE A VEHICLE FROM AND THIS DEALERSHIP THEY ARE DISHONEST, WILL SELL YOU AN UNSAFE, UNROADWORTHY CARE WITHOUT A THOUGHT, ABUSE WOMEN THINKING THEY HAVE NO BRAIN AND NO INSIGHT TO THE BUYING A VEHICLE OR THE MAINTENANCE OF.
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