I returned to my disassembled center console today, to put it back together, and to verify that the I-bus wire is indeed there.


I counted the sixteen wires three more times, so my X5 wiring is one wire short of the E-46 wiring diagram. I've traced the wire to pin 9, but upon very close inspection (as close as my vision allows), I can't see the grey stripe that the I-bus wire should always have. It is the only white wire that has the yellow rings on it (2 out of 3= a winner?).


So far, I've been unable to find a good wiring diagram on my free (downloaded from the web) X5 shop manual (it's certainly not a Bentley, and there's no indexing available to help me search), or on WDS, or on NewTis; I've no idea what the other wires are for.

Since I've got my spare cellphone finally configured to automatically pair with my Torque Pro app (using an app called Macroid), and it's giving me most of the info I need at all times, I'm in less of a hurry to get the "Resler interface/I-bus app/my 8" tablet" combo going immediately. I'll find the wiring diagram I need somewhere, I'm sure.

Another thing...my center console armrest lid had the top with a crumbling-rubber phonetray inside; it is always sticking shut, or causing a mess whenever I put something in it, so I removed it. I'm gonna modify it to hold loose items better, maybe with a velcro'd flap inside. Just a thought.

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01 BMW X5 E53,3.0i-5L40E, 7/13/01
topas-blau,Leder-grau,"resto-project car"

Here:
14 Lexus ES350,3.5L-U660E
09 HHR Panel,2.2L-4T45E
04 Chevy 2500HD,6.0L-4L80E
98 GMC Sierra 1500,5.7L-4L60E

Gone:
66 Chevelle Malibu 2dr ht.,327>441c.i.-TH350>PGlide/transbrake
08 Cobalt Coupe,2.2L-4T45E
69 & 75 C10s,350c.i.-TH350
86 S10,2.8L-700R4
73 Volvo 142,2.0L-MT4
72 & 73 VW SuperBeetles,1.6l-MT4
64 VW,1.2l-MT4
67 Dodge Monaco 500 2dr ht.,383c.i.-A727
56 Chevy 210 4dr,265c.i.-PGlide