I did replaced mine. The soft close was not working, but if did use the remote it would open. One of the light was also not working. So I just bought the whole "Trunk Lid Grip" from esc, about 100$ and a 2 min job.

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X5 3.0D M57 (EUR), 2003-03-24, BLACK SAPPHIRE METALLIC / LEDER DAKOTA/HELLBEIGE 2, Sports package