1) what year X5 do you have?

2) does the rear wiper arm have the uptodate hook configuration? (vs the straight pin hole config)

If you have an early model X5, there is a replacement wiper arm. I posted the part numbers in an earlier thread.

about 10 pages back, under "rear wiper replacement"

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