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Old 04-15-2017, 07:30 PM
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Towing wiring

I have been going bonkers trying to find the wiring. The Siemens module is easy to find, and I got it off of eBay, but the original BMW wiring harness seems to have been discontinued. Any idea where I can find one? I'd like to keep is as near to factory as possible. (Ideally I don't want to get a generic one and splice the wiring.)
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Old 04-15-2017, 10:38 PM
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Here is the Westfalia PN you are looking for

https://xoutpost.com/1025733-post10.html







Getting very scarce to find or find it in a salvage yard

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Old 04-16-2017, 08:17 AM
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That's what I thought you were going to say! Has anyone looked at using the equivalent Land Rover part for the E53?
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Old 09-04-2017, 12:25 PM
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Hi ratpH1nk,

You can get the entire hitch with wiring here and sell off the pieces to recover the vast majority of your spend????

2000-2006 BMW X5 E53 TRAILER TOWING TOW HITCH RECEIVER KIT w WIRING & MODULE OEM | eBay



Might be the best short term solution if you are in a jam to get your hitch set up operable??????

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ecstuning has them as well, I picked one up a while back for a buddy.
if your adding trailer brakes, you want to do some modifications to the plug, adding the brake wire and wiring pin.
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Old 09-28-2017, 09:32 AM
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A little on the pricey side, IMHO, but looks like it might be the right harness

But one could sell the module to recoup some of the purchase price.





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I ended up finding a nice guy on ebay who was willing to break up the package and just sold my the wiring harness/receiver for $150.
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These are very rare to find

Good Luck

https://www.ebay.com/itm/264645538893
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