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Old 09-20-2005, 07:53 PM
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I have a hitch mounted bike rack on my X5 and everytime i put it in reverse it sets off the PDC. I know that i can manually disable it but is there a way to automatically turn off the rear one or both for all i care. thanks for the help.

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Old 09-20-2005, 08:02 PM
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I have a hitch mounted bike rack on my X5 and everytime i put it in reverse it sets off the PDC. I know that i can manually disable it but is there a way to automatically turn off the rear one or both for all i care. thanks for the help.

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The only thing you can do, as far as I know, is to push the PDC button when you go into reverse.
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Is there really no way to permanently disable the PDC? Has anyone asked at their dealership??
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Old 08-27-2006, 02:26 AM
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If you have the BMW hitch with the trailer wiring socket, you can plug something in to the socket to tell it that there is a trailer there. That disables the rear PDC. No luck if you don't have the BMW trailer wiring harness.
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You could just unplug the pdc module. If you follow the instructions on here for installing pdc, you`ll see where the module is.
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You could just unplug the pdc module. If you follow the instructions on here for installing pdc, you`ll see where the module is.
Where are the instructions for installing PDC? I just searched the Articles section and could not locate it.

If unhooking the module works I will do it. Pulling the fuse was my first thought but I just searched the owner's manual and it really gives no info on the fuses at all. I am surprised at that.
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The PDC Control unit is under the spare tire by the battery:
http://www.bmwmotorsports.org/pdf/X5_pdc_retrofit.pdf

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Thank you Ray! I now have another project for the list!
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Great, you're trying to take yours out and I'm trying to put one in!!
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How can one tell if the X comes pre-wired (obviously without having to take the bumper apart to look for those connectors)?
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