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Used to have a pre lci (facelift) f11. Didnt have any issues apart from worn suspension parts (including rear air bags) which were around £1600 to sort out iirc. Think that is a fairly common complaint with them.
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Cheers! Saw in the search results that someone on here had one.
Worn sus parts is a given round here, anything with air bags gives me the fear (£££) but looks like there are loads of pattern parts available and then from bmw they are not mad money and easy enough to change.
Will go find some and see what turns up
BrickMan
Anyone have/had a Bmw f11 5 series?
Looking at a 2010 to 15 520d or 530d wagon, pref zf 8s auto.
Our last modern diesel turned into a total pita with the emmissons system a constant effort to keep working (to be fair no manufacturer of passenger cars got it right in the 1st gen 2007 to 2010). I think from 2013.5 they have a proper wet dpf system with ad blue and they did something with timing chain guides being updated?
Anything else to worry about, ulez not an issue have zero requirement for driving into any city.
Wanted an e220/270/320 wagon based on spec, but unless its an amg version they drive like a wet sofa. Looked at a few a6 that age, they don't age as well, many rattles, many loose bush.