Originally Posted by Pistol_Pete' post='811437' date='Mar 9 2009, 10:18 AM

Hey dropped545, I had the same problem on startup. There was a rough idle that caused the rpm gauge to jump like a hopping rabbit. There's an SIB out on this issue I'll have to look for it, perhaps Rudy can assist on this. I took this SIB to the dealership and they ended rebuilding the engine. there were some control levers that had to be replaced in. I think it was all 16(2 per cylinder if I'm correct). It took about three weeks and cost the dealership something like 8k. But it was fully covered under waranty, so I would suggest if you are still under warranty to have the dealer do this work before its up. It did solve the problem for me, for the most part 97%.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by slickE60' post='811877' date='Mar 9 2009, 05:54 PM

Wow, they rebuilt your engine... in a 2005 car? Are these cars a little less dependable than the rest, or what. I got a taste of BMW reliability when my head gasket blew at 58,000 miles.