Originally Posted by tttomttt

Hello Everyone,
Fairly new to the forum and I want to say thanks for all the info gained from this place. I have had a 03 330xi since 2010 and absolutely love that car. When it came time to replace my wife's ML320 I immediately tried to find a decent X5. I have since purchased an 05 x5 with 85000 miles and we absolutely love it. After some of the usual maintenance items such as cooling system overhaul, valve cover gasket, and ofhg I have moved onto installing the pioneer Avic 7200 head unit that was in her ML into the X5. It is non dsp and the installation was essentially a piece of cake. The only issue I am having is locating the VSS wire. I have read during the extensive research I have done that it may perhaps be a BRN/RD wire behind the instrument gauge cluster. Is this in fact correct? Was tapping into this wire needed for your seicane unit? I would hate to have to route a wire to the amplifier to pick up the VSS wire when my entire installation was confined to the dash.
I thank all in advance if someone has this information to pass along.
Tom