[tdw28210]

I've owned 3 BMW's and still own one today.

Yeah, plastic in the cooling system needs replacing. The 5 series (E60/E61) put the engine management brains under the spare tire, so when the sunroof drains back up they get waterlogged and the dashboards go crazy until you dry them out. Good news is they are easily relocated to the side panels.

Our '06 5 series wagon still runs great, but experiencing some annoying electronics issues mainly related to the wiring harness. They get stressed every time you raise the rear hatch and eventually break. So I now raise the window and not the hatch whenever possible. Not a major deal, but annoying when your get random idiot lights popping on.

All-in-all not bad, but far from bulletproof. FWIW, the BMW forums are pretty helpful. Replaced my own battery w/o getting the stealer involved.