VR Module head scratcher. Can't find the connector.

Quicksilver · #1 12-09-2005, 05:54 PM

Finally bought my 2005 X5 4.4 a preasant. A new VR Module. But I cannot for the life of me find the connector for it. I removed everything. CD Player, Navi DVD, and exposed the whole area and I found one blue connector that is connected to something else. Every other connector is also plugged in as well. So I'm stuck. Anybody else know where this connector can be found?

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Randy@EIS · #2 12-09-2005, 07:49 PM

If you haven't installed a phone module (Bluetooth or otherwise) it is often bundled in black foam with the 54pin phone connector. And they can be quite hard to find on the X5. What is the blue connector you found connected to?

Quicksilver · #3 12-09-2005, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy@EIS

If you haven't installed a phone module (Bluetooth or otherwise) it is often bundled in black foam with the 54pin phone connector. And they can be quite hard to find on the X5. What is the blue connector you found connected to?

The phone module, Bluetooth, mic, and everything else is already there and working. I had a bluetooth phone from T-Mobile that paired with the X but I took it back because the phone did not work at home. I don't know what the blue connector is plugged into except that it is a black connector and it was done at the factory. I asked at two different dealerships and they went out of their way to look at the BMW service computer as to where the location might be but no luck. They did say that it might be behind the panel on the left side just in front of the area where the CD Player is located but that removing that panel is not an easy job. So we are gonna find this connector. Dont ask me how. I am about due for my first service so if I fail to find it i'm gonna have them locate it.

Randy@EIS · #4 12-10-2005, 05:53 AM

Do ou have the BMW Assist/Bluetooth TCU or the Visteon ULF?

Randy@EIS · #5 12-10-2005, 05:58 AM

I am assuming you have the Assist Module w/Bluetooth. The SES connector should be connected to a jumper plug if everything is currently working. Some of th jumper plugs are Black with loops of wire sticking out.
If for some reason you have the visteon module the VR functions are built in - I'm guessing you already know that :-)

Quicksilver · #6 12-10-2005, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy@EIS

I am assuming you have the Assist Module w/Bluetooth. The SES connector should be connected to a jumper plug if everything is currently working. Some of th jumper plugs are Black with loops of wire sticking out.
If for some reason you have the visteon module the VR functions are built in - I'm guessing you already know that :-)

You DA Man Randy. Actually I did find it before reading your post and I feel like a big dummy. After reading some other info I looked for the blue connector which in posted pictures had no jumper installed and no mention was made of it. Add to that the fact that the way it was positioned in the harness made it look like those jumper wires were going somewhere else and the dummy factor had me good. Oh well all's well that ends well. Works great. The hardest part was finding some nuts and bolts to install it.

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