Hello,
I've done a few searches but still decided to post my own questions... So, I bought this -00 e53 from the US a few years ago and had it recently shipped to North Europe.
I read from the articles section that the rear fog light installation (legal requirement here) should be doable to any X5 manufactured after 11/01, the older ones don't have the rear fog light capable LCM.
So...my first question is, is it possible to change the whole LCM so that it would recognize the rear fog lights (once wired, I know that I need a euro-style light knob etc. too)
and handle the instrument cluster (light up both front and rear fog light indicators)? Or do I need to change the whole instrument cluster as well? In that case I might end up doing some ugly non-retro-fit installation for the rear fog light switch...
And the second question: after driving a few weeks in this
lovely snowy / muddy/ cold weather, my trunk lid has a life of it's own
. Occasionally, when I shut down the engine, X5 decides to open the trunk lid (I hear the unlocking sound)
but when I go and try to actually open it (lift the trunk lid) it stays closed. The only way to open it is to use the button in the key. The "normal" way of opening it via pressing the switch in the lid doesn't work.
People start to think I'm crazy, I go to the trunk, open it, close it and never take anything out of there
Any ideas, do I need a new switch or can I just clean the old switch?
Cheers,
Rita
12-01-2008, 09:53 AM
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