Mystery Plugs Under Rear Seat
 

Last weekend I had to remove my rear seat in order to clean up a small mess which had dripped down between the seat belt receiver and seat cushion(see below). Upon seat removal I noticed several electrical plugs on top of the fuel tank. I recognised one being the Bluetooth ULF plug. Could someone please tell me what the others are for? Is the large one maybe intended for the DSP?
Thanks in advance :thumbup:

So I'm coming back home after picking up some KFC, this included a small tub of gravy. You know that not real thick, sought of nice n runny type gravy. Bit too much grunt on one of the right handers and wooshka, the tub of gravy goes south minus the flimsy lid. Problem is that I only realised this after I got back home and saw what little remained of aforementioned gravy seeping nicely down around the seatbelt receiver. Don't ya hate it when shit happens!!!

The face lifted E53s have the xDrive plugs underneath the rear seats as well...

I am curious to

This looks like the plugs for the rear seat heater
I think all the X5 comes pre wired for the heated rear seats.
Please correct me if I´m wrong.

rear seat warmers for the win. all you need now is a seat with the heating element and the buttons to activate

Hey X Oomph:

Are you REALLY going to use that 'ol KFC gravy excuse? What were you REALLY doing in that back seat?! :p::stickpoke:D

:(You musta been bummed to lose all that gravy! What did you pour on your mashed potatoes or dunk your biscuit in?

Hahaha..he was putting his gravy all on her biscuts....:rofl:

oh no! lol :high5:

While you're in there... anyway to figure out how to make those seat belt receptacles stick up a little more?!:banghead::banghead::banghead:
http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...r-2nd-row.html

ooo rear heated seats!!!! i want!!!

Honest guys,
It was gravy. I also remember having a bone as well at that time....................a chicken bone that is :wow:

Thanks for confirmation on rear seat heater plugs. I can understand the 2 small plugs being for heater elements but what is that large multi pin receiver for??

Being where I am on the sunny Gold Coast I don't really have the need for seat heaters either front or back. Shame we can't plug in seat coolers, now that's something that would get a lot of use over here.

Stonatox,
I appreciate what you mean (in your thread) about the need for seat belt extensions.

The seat was also fairly fiddly to refit onto the recievers. It's one of those times when one wishes one was an octopus.

Foomph :thumbup:

I think all X5s are pre-wired, BUT as I've found out and Astroboy before me, that the wires leading from the rear fuse box to the center console for the heat switches are not in the console. They could be located under the carpet somewhere, but neither of us went through the trouble to rip up the rear carpets to check. It may very well be there, but I've never confirmed it. Not even sure how to remove the carpet without removing any adhesive backing and making it look lumpy when put back together.

I've looked into retrofitting seat warmers too. In looking at the wiring diagram, I believe the small 2-prong plug goes to the seat back warmer element, while the multiplug does the seat bottoms and leads to the switches in the console.

Wiring diagram- ??? Where are you experienced members getting the wiring guides from? I would love to have the wiring guide for the seat heaters so i can plan it out for a retro fit. I have those same plugs in my x5 .

WDS BMW Wiring Diagram System - English

Read my comments above about the wiring for switches above. They seem to exist as shown in the wiring diagram, but not sure if they are under the carpet or not. The rear fuse box does have wires coming out of the relay plugs that handle the rear heat switches.

That harness is if you wanna add extra Foomph to the backseat of your X5 when you're w/ the ladies. :)