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2010 BMW 5-Series Pros and Cons at TrueDelta: 2010 BMW 528i E60 chassis/N52 engine/6sp auto trans/RWD by JoeMar

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Introduction

Overall good experience

Reviewed: 2010 BMW 5-Series

4dr Sedan 230-horsepower 3.0L I6 6-speed shiftable automatic RWD

2010 BMW 5-Series Love Letter

Bought this car CPO in 2012 with 25K miles and now has 77K miles. Let me list what I've done in the past 7 years:
one rear passenger window regulator
swapped out battery once, so I'm on my 2nd battery since bought
one rear passenger brake/parking light inside panel which became a recall in 2018
Most of the mechanical/engine repairs occurred around 60K miles.
These were:
spark plugs
valve cover gasket
oil cooler gasket + oil filter housing gasket
all 4 oxygen sensors

I find odd that the dealer changed the front pads and rotors at 25K miles; yet, they still have meat on them now at 77k miles.

As for maintenance, oil+filter have been changed every 5K miles, auto. transm. fluid and differential fluid at 75K miles. Done one radiator flush and one brake fluid flush.

Overall, it's been very reliable and have no plans to sell it.

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Response from scschwarz

3:02 pm July 15, 2019

I've only had my 540xi for two years but overall I would enthusiastically second the original posters experience. The car is excellent and I'll probably replace it with another BMW when the time comes.

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