Many thanks for your reviews they are one of the best and very informative as well best i have seen . I would strongly suggest not to waste your money on it unless you want to keep thr car for 5 years

@chestercheng75

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for subscribing. I try to give my honest opinion. I'm pretty much undecided on replacing the module yet, see how it goes

Chester, probably can think of 2020 45e model upgrade, heard it has less problem, just the roadtax 1.6k scare me a bit, thanks for sharing by the way

@chestercheng75

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I read and heard much better experience from owners of 45e. RM1.6k road tax is not much. I pay more for my M3 back in the days..

Hey Chester, have you try some workshop that might be able to repair your faulty module? I am seeing more and more workshop provide repair to EME module. Perhaps can save some money on this option?

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

So far, I have not come across anyone that can repair faulty unit. But I'm sure to keep my faulty unit if there is anyone can repair them at a fraction of the cost. So that I can have a spare unit. Do share workshop that knows how to repair them here

Thank you for your review about thw hybrid system. With a budget of around 200k-300k, would you recommend me to get 2020 740LE LCI or x5 45e, or should just consider to get 530i LCI if want to keep for longer-term instead. Thank you

@chestercheng75

4 ай бұрын

Already replied to you on another video. But to expand further, 530i for long term use. At least maintenance will be much lower compared to hybrid system

Any devices take power supply from power grid are relaying heavily on how clean and stable the supply from grid. If you live close to industrial areas in Malaysia,voltage fluctuations and surges are high plus on top of regular thunder storms. That is why UPS is very popular and high demand in this country. Please note fuse can only protect power surge/spike; noise filter(LC filter) cleans power noise and voltage regulators regulates voltage fluctuations. These are the 3 types of harms coming from power grid to any of our electrical devices ( includes EV or Phev). The reliability of EV and PHEV is no longer dependant on the car itself but now also external input too.

@chestercheng75

6 ай бұрын

You're right about this. I have to learn this the hard way...

@vachin100

6 ай бұрын

@@chestercheng75 Till date even living in Sydney, I still find my ups regulates unstable voltage supply from grid almost every dawn. I was so tempted to choose EV as my second family car, but after learning from your experience I dropped this plan….

I had the same issue with my plugin hybrid X5 before. My mechanic told me that 22kw 3phase is not suitable for small plug in hybrid battery. It will broke your transformer part when it overcharged.I sold it and get BYD Atto 3 instead 😅 than you will enjoy 100% of green vehicles until you forget the smell of petrol anymore ✌️✌️

@chestercheng75

6 ай бұрын

Hopefully all goes well for you. In one page I thought of upgrading to 45e and another wait for the iX5 but truthfully, I might just wait and see 1st. All this depreciating assets purchases cost a lot of money, it's something I don't really have abundant laying around. LOL

@Shukri-fb5jc

6 ай бұрын

@@chestercheng75 X5 45e is even better and iX is also not bad. Wish you all the best 👍

Thank you for the honest and informative review. I was leaning toward getting one of these because of the "attractive" pricing, but I was very suspicious of why the car would be priced so low as Malaysia has a pretty strong market for BMW's. So i was suspecting that there are some serious issues that many people are facing, my main suspicion was the hybrid battery, which I have heard from other hybrid owner horror stories, is not a cheap replacement. After seeing. your review I have a question, so this model can be used without charging the Hybrid battery? But the fuel efficiency without the Hybrid battery is really bad (or like a normal petrol SUV)? Could you own this car and it work properly without ever plugging it in? or would that eventually cause the hybrid battery to completely die and make the car unusable till the hybrid battery was replaced? Do you happen to know the cost of the hybrid battery? not sure if you have this answer, but could the hybrid part of the car be disconnected completely? I also read that if the hybrid battery is low, the car can charge it while driving, but it is at the expense of using more petrol. Are you able to control whether the car charges the battery while driving or not? Sorry for all the questions, but you do seem to know quite a bit about this model. Thank you very much in advance, please keep posting the great videos!

@americanvolleyballacademya9075

5 ай бұрын

Sorry, I did not understand the acronym PHEV, so the Hybrid part of the car is not working anymore for you and now its just a petrol gas guzzler?

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

If the X5 is covered under warranty, I guess it's less of a headache for the owners but then again you still need to leave it for some time to repair/replace parts. Yes, you can drive the 40e without charging from the electric grid, but fuel efficiency will drop drastically. I just made a shorts video about the driving range you get without charging, you might want to check that video. I don't know what's the efficiency of the hybrid battery if I continue to drive without plug-in charging but the car does charge itself during brake regeneration and if you put on sports mode during driving it will charge the battery quite fast. From my understanding you can convert and remove the entire hybrid system to a regular petrol car. I was told many F30 330e owners already doing that conversion.

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

To answer this question, it really depends on what's "not working". For my case the KLE comfort charging it's not working, then yes you can still drive the car as a petrol car but it's not going to be fuel efficient due to the added weight for those hybrid systems. Now if your hybrid battery or electric motor dies, then you're unable to drive the car at all

@americanvolleyballacademya9075

5 ай бұрын

@@chestercheng75 Hello again, thank you for the reply. That is the exact information I was looking for. I am wondering if it is possible to work around the hybrid system or just disable it all together. I saw a video for an S400H mercedes where the common problem is the hybrid system which leaves the care unable to start at all. But one guy had retro fit a petrol starter so the car now does not have to rely on the hybrid system at all> The more I read about these hybrid cars the more I want to stay away. Its a shame because I really do want an X5, but the hybrid model seems to be the only option in Malaysia.

I'm looking to get a g05 45E, I don't know how the battery behaves in a used car with 100,000 km, and I plan to drive another 100-150,000 km with the car I bought. I'm thinking if the mild hybrid 3.0D 286hp or 45E is better

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

That's another 100k to 150k km on top of the current 100k km already on the odometer. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend it. Just get a diesel or petrol instead

This is why I am avoiding hybrid/PHEV/BEV cars until such time that ICE cars are banned totally and all petrol stations are no longer in operation.

@chestercheng75

7 күн бұрын

Just have to wait for the battery tech to improve

So that’s the reason why this car has no value at second hand market ,but so far mine car still work fine I also charge twice a day. Btw Rm 8000 is pretty expensive u can pump the petrol for at least 25000km of drive

@chestercheng75

6 ай бұрын

Guess all my 1.5 years of the petrol savings all goes back to BMW

The 8k is not worth it. Sell it off and cut your losses early. Depreciated 70k, +8k and who knows what other, more expensive and complicated issues down the line. Might as well add that to fund a new(er) car. And agreed, the 1st gen hybrid in the F15 is really problematic, this is due to it being BMW's 1st hybrid X5. The G05 is vastly improved in terms of build quality, spec and more importantly, the reliability. Trade it in for the newer G05 model if budget allows. 2023 MY demo X5 45e's can be had from RM380k (2k -5k mileage) and you can nego lower, stock is plenty, dealers are motivated to move them on due to the X5 50e LCI launching soon. G05 45e can get up to 77km pure EV range, in real world between 50-65+ km depending on driving behaviour. Plus the B58 i6 engine is smooth, and dead realiable.

@chestercheng75

6 ай бұрын

For the moment unless the dealers can take in my car above water against my HP financing, it's an option for me to upgrade to 45e. But my priority currently is on a property which my other half wanted to purchase. So, right now everything in on a pause financially

@MonsieurGuy

6 ай бұрын

@@chestercheng75 That's the sensible choice. Focus on your asset building first. Remember, these cars are expensive to run and are first and foremost depreciating assets. The prices for these cars are only going down (all cars, BMW, Volvo, MB etc. ) Maybe in the future, when you're ready next year, you can upgrade to a full BEV. 1 year old mint BMW Ix40 sports are under 340k already. They will only keep dropping in value. I wish you good luck with your current X5, hopefully (touch wood) no more issues. Side note, it's always nice to see a real estate exec leading by example (building their personal property portfolio, and not just selling properties) Putting your money where your mouth is, so to speak. 💪🏽

@chestercheng75

6 ай бұрын

​@MonsieurGuy I have to keep the wife happy 1st..😂 So settle the house then next 2 more years find something suitable. There is no rush at the moment for cars.

Spending 8k to replace the module doesn't seem feasible..

@chestercheng75

6 ай бұрын

That's why I'm still considering since the car is still drivable. But at the mean time I try to find a good used parts which likely cost half the price to see if that still justify

Jialat bro, PHEV without plugin charging is pure extra weight and the FC will be much worse

@chestercheng75

3 ай бұрын

Yes... fuel consumption is worst. But to be honest the fuel consumption is still much better than my old e53 X5 3.0i

@yangb6585

3 ай бұрын

@@chestercheng75how to get rid of the car though bro? Got export market?

Thats the thing you are not really saving anything with these evs Theyre more expensive to buy, more expensive to repair and higher cost to insure

@chestercheng75

5 ай бұрын

That's the thing. But government and green enthusiast are pushing EV like no tomorrow

It's better to change car. Don't continue to fall into an infinite deep hole.

@chestercheng75

6 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, that's on the plate but due to the current resale value. I think my HP financing is under water at the moment.. LOL