VIN Buyer Beware!!!!!!

[RichardR0404]

I recently sold my X5, if you see this VIN DO NOT BUY IT. 5UXZW0C52D0B92770

[do_0b]

what happened?

[heatmizr]

oh lord, he is the guy who worked way up north (oil fields??) and had all kinds of issues with his vehicle.

[RichardR0404]

Originally Posted by do_0b

what happened?

This car has extremely long idle hours, previous motor has 50k hours. It has been used as a work truck. Before it gets traded in it hasn’t been shut off for about 2 weeks. Although engine probably won’t have that much of hours but transmission is about to go. Alternator is almost there random warning. Get it checked by mechanic they told me everything is in great condition. I won’t take that word for it. DPF ash mass approaching 100, DEF passive tank random CEL, took it to BMW I don’t know what they did they CEL is gone and never come back again..... they told me it’s fine. Which I do not believe. Car pulls to the right all the time, took it to BMW, again they told me it’s fine..... rear air bag has been replaced twice, which is costly, but great for next owner which is brand new, also tires are brand new too....magical car, every time i take it to the dealer they told me it’s fine and not be able to recreate the problem, or they can recreate the problem they told me they have no idea where to start fixing it.

[RichardR0404]

Originally Posted by heatmizr

oh lord, he is the guy who worked way up north (oil fields??) and had all kinds of issues with his vehicle.

Yes that’s me. I am putting X5 35d into a extreme test. It survives. Dealer hate this car, every time there is a issue it fix itself automatically when it get to the dealer lol.....

[RichardR0404]

Originally Posted by heatmizr

oh lord, he is the guy who worked way up north (oil fields??) and had all kinds of issues with his vehicle.

Oh to put icing on the cake, all the gasket in the engine appears leaking oil or coolant. Local shop told me it’s normal and every single BMW leaks..... I don’t believe that until I see my friend’s 2017 F30 340i, its leaking too....

[MMachines]

Not that I know how successful it'll be as a platform, or if google indexes it, but this sounds perfect for VINwiki.

From the build date to today there are 2069 days, or 49656 hours.
Why was it 100% literally never turned off from the day it left the factory?

[RichardR0404]

Originally Posted by MMachines

Not that I know how successful it'll be as a platform, or if google indexes it, but this sounds perfect for VINwiki.

From the build date to today there are 2069 days, or 49656 hours.
Why was it 100% literally never turned off from the day it left the factory?

I just don’t have a habit to turn it off since 4 people are using the car and our shift is continues. In the winter you are not be able to turn your car off, because it won’t start again. Oil change usually takes about 20 minutes that’s the only time it’s turned off, while they are doing the rear suspension the car was on because it wasn’t winter, it has been pulling generators, loading concrete blocks, heavy equipments and more, fall in to the ditch multiple times and has been drag out by axle. Always towing above the limit.

[MMachines]

JFC - a BMW X5 work truck? Is the interior not just destroyed? Got pics? This must be a riot.

[Tewie]

Please post photos

[RichardR0404]

Originally Posted by MMachines

JFC - a BMW X5 work truck? Is the interior not just destroyed? Got pics? This must be a riot.

Interior is fairly clean..... cause we covered it with those vinyl thingy, the thing you cover your pool with over the seat. Rear seat has been up for like 5 years

[TheVazha]

Wow, the whole thing! How many miles on it???

[RichardR0404]

Originally Posted by TheVazha

Wow, the whole thing! How many miles on it???

Picture of the last leg of this lovely beast. It has 80k km. which converts to about 52k miles?????

[RichardR0404]

Decommissioning


Time for something new

[Naz24]

None of this adds up--

1. Your post history shows all kind of weird issues, obviously, which lines up
2. not too long ago you were buying a hamann kit for it? If this is infact a work truck, why get a a hamann kit on it?
3. Why was it NEVER turned off? It was used as what? Like a security truck where there are shifts that people just sit in it?
4. Why bother with all the mods you were trying in your post history?
5. Cars that fall in ditches and are used in heavy machinery operations do not clean up that well.


What's actually going on here? I'm just oddly confused.

[RichardR0404]

Originally Posted by Naz24

None of this adds up--

1. Your post history shows all kind of weird issues, obviously, which lines up
2. not too long ago you were buying a hamann kit for it? If this is infact a work truck, why get a a hamann kit on it?
3. Why was it NEVER turned off? It was used as what? Like a security truck where there are shifts that people just sit in it?
4. Why bother with all the mods you were trying in your post history?
5. Cars that fall in ditches and are used in heavy machinery operations do not clean up that well.


What's actually going on here? I'm just oddly confused.

I am retiring. So I don’t need a work truck anymore. In fact I probably will have like a 5 year gap before try to searching for another job. Originally thinking about throwing some body kit and do some stupid mods maybe able to join some sort of rally with it. Later found out the car was in a way worse condition. Mods are cheap, that body kit is like what..... $3000 at most darn cheap Chinese crap. Yes it’s like a security truck.... get it so much cleaned for a reason. Make dealer pay more money for my car. It cost me $500 to get it cleaned and that dealer is willing to pay $28k for it. Keep in mind BMW only willing to pay 16k for it. The car had scratched up trunk trims which been masked with putting a extra set of winter tire in it, rear door panel leather all scratched up, power trunk won’t work and a never be able to fix alignment issue

[Tewie]

I was expecting to se a dusty wrinkly old X5 that tumbled in to a few ditches!

Either way, I work in the oil industry and hear about how on the slope you can't turn off your vehicle or it will freeze up and not start again. Crazy you put a vehicle through that much torment and it looks fine.

[RichardR0404]

Originally Posted by Tewie

I was expecting to se a dusty wrinkly old X5 that tumbled in to a few ditches!

Either way, I work in the oil industry and hear about how on the slope you can't turn off your vehicle or it will freeze up and not start again. Crazy you put a vehicle through that much torment and it looks fine.

For you guys it’s good to know how durable X5 E70 actually is. We have another kids who drives a 15’x5 35i, having more trouble than I do. Although he isn’t a supervisor so his truck isn’t running all the time. We have to persuade him to keep it running so we don’t have to drop him off somewhere in Edmonton on our way back. Old bimmers are build to last, new one are build to lease. A very good friend of mine have purchased a 340i manual complain to me how much he wish he had just leased it. Oil leaks everywhere, issue with electronics although everything is covered under warranty he still don’t want to drive that 330i 4 banger loaner car.

[yco]

well seems you sold your car and taken money out from it.. i see this as scribble symphony for the new owner.. i hope he knew the problems and you told him.. if not this topic's title should be dont buy a car from you more likely..

[boneca]

Originally Posted by RichardR0404

Old bimmers are build to last, new one are build to lease.

[RichardR0404]

Originally Posted by yco

well seems you sold your car and taken money out from it.. i see this as scribble symphony for the new owner.. i hope he knew the problems and you told him.. if not this topic's title should be dont buy a car from you more likely..

Traded to a dealer, dealer always rip me off so that doesn’t matter. If I sell my car to a individual the car will usually be in a good shape since I get more on private sell than traded in to stealership.

[X5 MAN]

Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardR0404 View Post
Old bimmers are build to last, new one are build to lease.



So true.

When my 2011 X5 50i was in service for three days., I drove a loaner 2018 X5 35i., which felt absolutely pansy, like any Japanese appliance