Back Up Camera

[X5 Meister]

Originally Posted by Mi5

I told my dealer that the camera will raise complaints especially if the owner had the previous X5 with a camera. The camera in the E53 was really good particularly at night.

This one on the E70 is exactly like people have said - trash. Even when backing into my garage which is fully lit at night the picture quality is still terrible.

The camera was a typically a talking point by passengers in my last car whenever i was reversing. Now i'm too embarassed to have it display. Luckily the little pictorial guide showing the car and reversing zones steers the attention away from the sh!tty picture of the camera.

You mean the factory E53 camera? Do you happen to know the p/n of it?

[Mi5]

yes i mean the factory e53 camera. i don't know the p/n for this. the e53 camera is bigger and chunkier compared to the e70 camera but it did the job very well.

[seawolf21]

Originally Posted by mgruber

Looks like there is a new camera p/n according to the latest ETK! The camera with p/n 66 53 9 166 254 will be ending 2/29/08 and the latest one will be 66 53 9 181 757. So who knows, maybe BMW will finally have solved the problem with this new one?

Any updates on this "new" camera?