2011 BMW 535i xDrive Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2011 BMW 535i xDrive is built around a four-door sedan in Base trim with one engine, the 3.0-liter twin-cam inline-six, turbocharged, gasoline. Coverage is arranged by system so that a job can be entered at the point of the fault, whether that is the engine, the driveline, the chassis or the body, and followed down to the specification, torque value or diagram that closes it out.

Engines covered

• 3.0L inline-six — DOHC, turbocharged, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sedan

Trims covered

• Base

Known issues on the 2011 535i xDrive. Owners have recorded 264 complaints on this model year. The tires draw the most at 60, the engine 34 and the power train 31, a spread that reaches from the contact patch back through what turns it. This manual carries wheel and tire specifications with the suspension and alignment data around them, engine mechanical procedures with clearances and torque values, fuel and ignition diagnostics read through the control modules, and transmission and driveline tolerances.