[micvite]

Originally Posted by ERC4

2019 base w/ 24,500 miles. Zero issues other than the squeeky brakes. It's annoying unless you like other drivers in parking lots and at stop signs thinking you're driving a 20-year old school bus. The only other thing I'd change on the car is the transmission. Specifically, I like how on an AMG when you pull the left paddle to downshift you can floor it and the car will automatically upshift for you each time you approach the rev limiter. On the M5, once you downshift (even if you were in automatic mode) it puts you in pure manual mode and you need to do all the upshifts yourself. I prefer AMG's approach so I can concentrate on the road and hang on for dear life. Other than these two, it's a perfect car for what I want.

So... don't... you know use the paddle? Just floor it past the detent and it'll downshift to the lowest gear anyway and shift for you!

[GhostOne_322]

Originally Posted by k20z1

How about squeaky brakes? Almost sounds like a joke until it happens to you.. For some people it can be a deal breaker.

Find a F90 with CCBs. No brake squeal or dust...

[ERC4]

Originally Posted by micvite

So... don't... you know use the paddle? Just floor it past the detent and it'll downshift to the lowest gear anyway and shift for you!

Unless I'm doing something wrong, it'll downshift, but not upshift.

[ash4390]

Originally Posted by DryBark

So far I've had the airbag sensor mat in the passenger seat go, and the small climate control screen crack. Everything else has been excellent.

Went out and looked at mine tonight, noticed about 7 or 8 small vertical lines coming down from the top part of the screen (behind the glass) - maybe about .5cm long each?

Is that the cracked screen? Taking my car in next Monday to have the interior lighting strips on the front doors replace due to bubbling - figure i'll point this out as well?

[DryBark]

Originally Posted by ash4390

Went out and looked at mine tonight, noticed about 7 or 8 small vertical lines coming down from the top part of the screen (behind the glass) - maybe about .5cm long each?

Is that the cracked screen? Taking my car in next Monday to have the interior lighting strips on the front doors replace due to bubbling - figure i'll point this out as well?

Sounds like it. Here's a picture of mine:

[micvite]

Originally Posted by ERC4

Unless I'm doing something wrong, it'll downshift, but not upshift.

Be in D, FLOOR it car will downshift to lowest gear possible and upshift for you

[ash4390]

Originally Posted by DryBark

Sounds like it. Here's a picture of mine:

Yep that's what it looks like for me except I have a bunch of them lol. Thanks!

[mkw110]

Originally Posted by Wattles

Low pressure fuel pump causing stall / RPM dip after startup. Under warranty replacement.

Can't agree more

[ERC4]

Originally Posted by micvite

Be in D, FLOOR it car will downshift to lowest gear possible and upshift for you

Yes, it will perform automatic upshifts in Drive. My nitpick is in manual mode where AMG will also do the upshift for you then if you hit the rev limiter. The M5 won't as it states in the manual- "Once the maximum engine speed is attained, upshifting is not automatically performed in se‐
quential mode and the kickdown is deactivated." Not a big deal, but I prefer the AMG way.

[micvite]

Originally Posted by ERC4

Yes, it will perform automatic upshifts in Drive. My nitpick is in manual mode where AMG will also do the upshift for you then if you hit the rev limiter. The M5 won't as it states in the manual- "Once the maximum engine speed is attained, upshifting is not automatically performed in se‐
quential mode and the kickdown is deactivated." Not a big deal, but I prefer the AMG way.

Any decent performance car will not upshift when you're in manual mode... idk what amg you have, but none of mine did that either... when you're in manual mode you assume full control of the cars shifting and that's that.

[ERC4]

Originally Posted by micvite

Any decent performance car will not upshift when you're in manual mode... idk what amg you have, but none of mine did that either... when you're in manual mode you assume full control of the cars shifting and that's that.

2012 E63- but maybe you and your Mazda RX8 don't consider that "a decent performance car".

[micvite]

Originally Posted by ERC4

2012 E63- but maybe you and your Mazda RX8 don't consider that "a decent performance car".

Wow! That almost hurt! Guess you're one of those guys that believes everything they read on the internet lol...

No I consider the rx-8 a fun little toy, and it's the car I had at the time I started my acc on the forums, and I don't care enough to brag on a forum about what cars I had and currently have... but since you insist on starting a dick measuring contest, I'll go ahead and oblige

2005 e55 amg, 2016 SRT 392 charger, 2019 hellcat charger, 2011 e93 335i m sport, 2013 m5, 2019 zl1, 2020 mustang gt convertible, all of these had auto trans and NONE of them shifts automatically when you downshift with the paddles.

now then, since you want to talk about amg, and how they do things, when you use the paddles in D, you're still in "D" all the numbers on the dash mean is that is the MAXIMUM gear the car will shift to assuming you don't reach redline in that gear, when you do reach redline it will shift past that to "protect the engine from damage" unless you are in M (manual mode). mercedes doesn't let you actually shift the gears yourself except in manual mode, other than that what it offers you is a gear restriction range aka you tell the car you don't want it to shift into 7th gear for example so it will say 6, if you don;t want it in 6th you pull the paddle to tell the car to keep it in 5th or lower. try it, you can literally make it say any number you want FROM A STANDSTILL!

[carbonfiber1]

1 SOS emergency call failure at 20k

2 squeaky brakes that go away with a hard brake, but eventually come back, rinse and repeat.

[Maverik259]

2020; 12k miles;

driver seat tray needed replacing due to squeaking on bumps
LED piping on all 4 doors needed replacing due to bubbles
driver door pull leather is separating from plastic handle (taking that in next week)
Squeaky breaks have been really bad the last 2 months but i haven't washed her either due to the cold temps and my refusal to let a car wash touch my car. Something to do with their 2 piece design rotors. Had a brembo 2-piece set on my AMG with oem pads and calipers and they never squeaked! But ya according to Porsche and BMW its "normal"

[ST3]

2019 Base. 26k miles. No issues other than the school bus brakes.

[hoffmeister]

My 2018 (not comp) had front axles replaced. Heard a very minor clicking sound particularly accelerating in turns. Dealer (surprisingly) agreed and replaced them under warranty. Very subtle noise i definitely could have missed or easily ignored. I believe its a thing across heavy high powered bmws.

[subterFUSE]

2020 Comp. No issues yet. Just squeaky brakes.

[Maxlude]

2019 Comp 16k miles. Squeaky drivers air vent which has been repacked by dealer. Centre speaker behind the idrive screen still rattles a little on really bad roads. Squeaky brakes are normal if you don't work them hard enough. TPMS issue suggesting I needed 44psi was resolved with idrive update. Steering wheel stopped resetting to park position, a system reboot resolved. Dealer said there was a low batt voltage code stored around the same time. At the time UK was under lockdown and I barely drove the car so quite possible. All very minor issues really.

[RobRed]

2019 - Base about 25k miles

- Squeaky Brakes from about 5k miles+
- Low Coolant, factory fill shannanigan
- Call Battery
- Rear Axle Dust shield Groan

Rat Damage but not BMW's fault (ate driver front strut wiring, alternator comm wire, and oxygen sensor wiring)

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

(Some portions duplicated from another thread)

2019, 26k, Base model. Left bank high fuel pressure pump crapped out at a 1000 miles while cruising at high speed on a major highway, causing me to lose all electronics and steering and brakes, then entering limp mode with no warning whatsoever. Caused a drivetrain malfunction warning + reduced performance warning. Took about 10 days to get the car back. In all fairness, my SA told me he had never seen this happen in over a dozens years as CA at my dealership.

Last 12k or so, needed coolant every 3-4k. Not due to a leak. Somewhat common according to other owners. I keep a full size bottle of coolant in my emergency kit now.

Squeaky brakes from less than 1k non stop until now regardless of weather, driving style, "hard" braking, etc. spent crazy amounts of time and money (short of getting CCBs) to fix. Dealer performed two complete "brake system lubrications" at no cost to assuage my frustration. Squeal came back each time within two weeks max. Still unresolved.

Had the transmission wiring recall, though it never caused me any problems and was easily taken care of by my dealer.

Still an unbelievable daily driver. So much so, I got another one. Soon to be retired for an incoming M5C currently at status 112.

[TFBravo]

Originally Posted by ERC4

Yes, it will perform automatic upshifts in Drive. My nitpick is in manual mode where AMG will also do the upshift for you then if you hit the rev limiter. The M5 won't as it states in the manual- "Once the maximum engine speed is attained, upshifting is not automatically performed in se‐
quential mode and the kickdown is deactivated." Not a big deal, but I prefer the AMG way.

Originally Posted by Maverik259

2020; 12k miles;

driver seat tray needed replacing due to squeaking on bumps
LED piping on all 4 doors needed replacing due to bubbles
driver door pull leather is separating from plastic handle (taking that in next week)
Squeaky breaks have been really bad the last 2 months but i haven't washed her either due to the cold temps and my refusal to let a car wash touch my car. Something to do with their 2 piece design rotors. Had a brembo 2-piece set on my AMG with oem pads and calipers and they never squeaked! But ya according to Porsche and BMW its "normal"

Fake news!! I had a 2020 E63S and the brakes started squealing around 3K, brought it to the dealer who also said it was normal. The squealing would go away sometimes but when it would appear it was loud, mainly at low speeds coming to a stop. So I would not call it an issue, especially if BMW and Porsche calls it normal, I'm sure Audi will say the same. To be honest I became proud of the squeal, if anybody would notice they would just see giant red brake calipers on a 4 door grocery getter. The E63s also had exhaust valve squeal, some heatshield rattling from the engine when the wind would hit it just the right way, some rattle in the driver's A pillar, the seat belt latch would squeak against the seat, the seat would squeak sometimes. But it was am absolute beast and sounded like one.

I'm glad to read very minor issues with F90 M5s. The main issue i'm experiencing right now at less then 10 miles its not in my garage, pretty annoying issue.

[micvite]

Originally Posted by TFBravo

Fake news!! I had a 2020 E63S and the brakes started squealing around 3K, brought it to the dealer who also said it was normal. The squealing would go away sometimes but when it would appear it was loud, mainly at low speeds coming to a stop. So I would not call it an issue, especially if BMW and Porsche calls it normal, I'm sure Audi will say the same. To be honest I became proud of the squeal, if anybody would notice they would just see giant red brake calipers on a 4 door grocery getter. The E63s also had exhaust valve squeal, some heatshield rattling from the engine when the wind would hit it just the right way, some rattle in the driver's A pillar, the seat belt latch would squeak against the seat, the seat would squeak sometimes. But it was am absolute beast and sounded like one.

I'm glad to read very minor issues with F90 M5s. The main issue i'm experiencing right now at less then 10 miles its not in my garage, pretty annoying issue.

go tell that to the guys i've been arguing with in the brake thread lol