tailgate lights

[cubanbeer]

when and if the lights on the tail gate light up or are they for decoration? I have never seen them turn on on my 2004 or 2006 X5.

[JV]

You can wire them to function, but on US spec X5's they are indeed just for decoration.

JV

[cubanbeer]

so they never turn on, thats a shame i wonder if they look nice at night?

[JV]

Search the forums for "rear fogs". Several members have done this mod.

JV

[cubanbeer]

not many pics; is there a reason the us market doesn't get that option?

[blackbeauty]

interesting. i was wondering if mine worked or not and for some strange reason i thought not.

i did see an X with it lit...it looked good.

[cubanbeer]

whats even worse, i heard they didn't even bother wiring or putting light bulb holders there. I thought they would turn on at night or w/ the adaptive brake force etc. turn on.

[mdk5623]

Originally Posted by cubanbeer

when and if the lights on the tail gate light up or are they for decoration? I have never seen them turn on on my 2004 or 2006 X5.

.....you mean not every feature on my X works??....gotta get to work....I never noticed this....

[cubanbeer]

exactly, when you buy a BMW you expect that everyhting will work; but i guess it depends on if it goes to europe & etc. or america. I t always feels like the american version is just missing unique items that the other countries get.

[avonside]

Hi there, as mentioned above the rear fogs are not mandated in the USA so unfortunately a very good safety feature is missing from our cars.Because I am going to export my X5 home with me to the UK I set about the project of retro fitting the fog lights.see this article;
http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x5/l...s-2005-x5.html

It was quite invloved but worth the effort and anyway for me it is law in the UK so I did not have a choice.If I had left it for a garage to do the conversion work to make the X road legal in the UK they would have just put a generic switch somewhere on the dash,They would not have integrated it into the BMW system.