Right…. The x5 is having a laugh….

Porsche got a puncture so I’m waiting for Tuesday to get it replaced, so the X5 knew… it just knew!

It’s started dropping into failure mode, the front indicator is intermittent and the drivers seat has stopped moving.

As the wife is the size of a squirrel, I can’t get in and drive it to the garage to take the wheel to get the tyre on.

Battery is saying 12.5 resting and 13.4 running…. It’s only a year old too… I can’t find the receipt for euro car parts as it was in my old van.

Any suggestions?

New battery …. Again?

How do I check the alternator? Could this be killing the batteries? I have neither the time or money to be swapping parts

The car is dropping into fail safe mode randomly and at speed (as always) so it’s not safe.

Fault on the scanner is showing throttle position sensor jammed or something… I’ll post some pics.

Morning Stu

First engine running and Voltage check at the charge points the alternator should be providing 14.5v min (normally 14.6v) so battery will be slowly drained. But as you know low voltages can throw up all sorts of issues. Battery at rest 12.5v is OK healthy battery, alternators are tough so I would suspect the Voltage regulator

Looking at your scanner the throttle body is sticking so needs a clean out

Not unusual for the Drivers seat control unit to go AWOL on the E53 and that does affect other functions (steering wheel adjustment if electric) so that needs a look and maybe unrelated

Good Luck lets hope it's the simple fix

Dave

As for the Porker tyre, I have a small compressor and a Tyre Plug repair kit (tempt fate now) I have used it 3 times all on friends and neighbours cars not mine and it works really well. The last time was on the shoot in the middle of nowhere a Disco with a flat front tyre and like most modern cars no spare we could see the puncture (a screw). Let the air out of the tyre pull out the screw clean the hole with the tool in the plug kit insert the plug with the tool provided and trim it off pump up the tyre, job done and we didn't even take the wheel off the car that was last year and he is still driving on it. Though the kit does advise get it fixed properly. All of the 3 I have fixed have driven on the repair until tyre change time. That would be the route I would take, I have seen compressors for around £20 and my plug repair kit was £10