Rear deck storage area
 

The X5 is new to me.
I'm going through it and fixing things.
Above the spare tire, there are a lot of plastic pieces.
They seem to be holders for items.
Most of mine are empty.
What is supposed to be there?
I do have a jack and a lug wrench.
Several areas that are empty, what am I missing?

This is how it looked when it left the factory.

The only time this area of my X had been disturbed is during battery change and tow pkg install (spare tire is still new).

Note: Little black "anti-static" bag in the lower left recess is a 7pin to 4pin plug for the OE tow wiring.

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This is the FULL BMW document pkg provided at delivery.

Euro delivery include a safety flag. Right rear should have a pair of wheel chocks and tool kit. Front right the tailgate hold down bar for pulling out the spare.


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About the same as TiAgX5's trunk...

I have that plastic thing that is empty, and we both have the lug wrench and tow hook, upper right. Our '01 is one owner/us and nothing has ever been removed, other than moving stuff around to R&R batts 3 times.

Pretty sure the OP's car is a US delivered car, not a Euro, so no flags, et al. ;)

GL, mD

Everything in the diagram below except #2 (I also have2 chocks {#1}):

http://ills.bmwfans.info/2x8w.png

And everything except #7, #8, & #9 inthe diagram below for us Yanks:

http://ills.bmwfans.info/1vzu.png

What is #6---#7----and #14?

On the top picture.

14 is the holder for the wheel chocks

6 tow hook

7 triangle

No
6 and 7 on the upper picture.

They are foam pads. They help space out the emergency spare wheel/tire (if equipped) in the trunk. If you have a full size spare you won't have those.

I ordered them for my 4.6is. They and the original 19 compact spare were missing.

How is the 7-4pin plug secured? Mine is just sitting there and it shifts around.

I spoke with a BMW tech prior to installing the tow pkg, was told to wrap the 7-4pin plug in the "anti-static" bag electronic module is packaged in.

I too just bought our E53 and it's missing a passel of parts in the trunk. I've looked thru this thread, which helped a lot. I have only the tow hook, lug wrench, and wheel chock. I was also missing the steel circle that holds down the spare, but I already fab'd one up from SS.

So now I'm missing the scissors jack and its handle (see red text in pic). But there is one item in the left-rearmost corner of the model trunk that TiAgX5 posted I still don't understand (see green text in pic), and it's missing in my car.

Anybody know what it is? It almost looks like a little bottle jack. TiAgX5 are you there still?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...30454702_o.jpg

That item in the lower left area is a 7 to 4 pin plug. Used when plugging trailer lights into a 4 pin trailer.

That makes sense. Here in yurrup we have no 4-pin trailer plugs. It was 7-pin, now it's been 13-pin for about 10 years. So I guess I can put whatever I want in that spot that fits. Hmmm, spare bulbs? :thumbup: