2010 BMW 528i xDrive Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2010 BMW 528i xDrive has a short list to work from, a four-door sedan, a single trim, and one engine, the 3.0L inline-six with twin overhead cams, no forced induction, gasoline. Short lists make good manuals. Nothing has to be qualified, no figure comes with a footnote about which version it applies to, and the wiring diagrams show one car rather than a family of them.

Engines covered

• 3.0L inline-six — DOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sedan

Trims covered

• Base

Known issues on the 2010 528i xDrive. Coverage is built on numbers and sequences: assembly torques and clearances for the six-cylinder, adjustment and test specifications for its fuel and ignition systems, cooling capacities and pressures, and diagnostic routines that isolate a fault step by step. The transmission and driveline, brake, suspension and steering sections are documented the same way, and the electrical material provides diagrams for the sedan's circuits, which is what fault finding on this generation of car generally comes down to.