Not sure why Penguin and deutsch100 are assuming this poor camera part is made in Germany.

Anyway, I left my car at the dealership today to look into this "blurry, fuzzy, grainy, useless at night" backup camera. No surprise that they said that "the blur is normal after comparing to other X5's". Guess I'm going to have to follow up BMW NA and see if they're ever going to do something about this -- I think it's a safety hazard. I don't need the backup camera to protect my car from dings -- I've never had that issue.

I'm going to look into after market suppliers that might be interested in addressing this issue and producing a replacement camera. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. I'd also be interested to know if people think that it most likely the camera and not the wiring or the display. It seems like it would most likely be the camera -- which is what lynstermkiii said earlier.