Guys,

I've been reading about this hitch saga ever since I got my X5 a couple months ago - searching eBay/Craigslist/etc every day for a hitch. I went in to my dealer this Thursday and asked what I could do to get a hitch (even pulling one off a used X5 in stock and swapping my non-hitch components). He took a look in the computer and found another dealer that had 1 in stock. I picked it up today (full kit with harness/etc).

All that to say - find a good parts guy at your dealer and have them call around and you should be able to find a dealer somewhere with one of these in stock.

FYI, the part number for the whole kit is 71 60 0 009 711.