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10-22-2008, 12:21 PM
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trailer hitch saga
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10-22-2008, 01:15 PM
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It seems they could start with the company making the hitches for the E70... but that would make too much sense.
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10-22-2008, 01:24 PM
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tell me about it !!
im an idiot , i had an oem hitch on my 4.6is that i just sold on sat , but i told the guy i would include it ,(didnt wanna get involved with the labor) once i realized there were no more i called him and said im gonna take it off , he was like no way !! so i sold it and now i have a quad and trailer in my garage that i cant pull !! im gonna go to a place called trailor city in long island this sat and see what they have ..
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10-22-2008, 01:48 PM
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I heard that the owner of the company that sold hitches to BMW has passed away and the company is in disarray at the moment.
May I recommend etrailer.com ?
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10-22-2008, 07:16 PM
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The only one on etrailer.com for the X5 thats worth 1/2 a damn is the curt hitch. It may work good enough for you just pulling a quad trailer, but I would prefer the oem hitch with the additional internal bracing myself naturally... just sucks that it has become as hard to find as bigfoot riding on the lochness monster.
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10-23-2008, 12:18 AM
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Seem like in this economy anything can happen so I'm not sure
BMWNA is totally to blame. After all whoever was making the hitches had a corner on the market and if BMW had advanced noticed they might have bought the company. It is a bummer though....  Quote:
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10-23-2008, 12:27 AM
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I feel your pain! After almost two months of looking I sold my 2001 X5 and my 2006 3 series for my new X5 with a hitch. At last I can tow our new travel trailer. We have had it out three times now and it tows VERY well.
Brett
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10-24-2008, 02:14 PM
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I agree, this is totally annoying and frustrating. I ordered mine in July. I spoke with the local BMW store (not where I ordered mine from) earlier this week and they said there are over 100 hitches on backorder nationwide right now.
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10-24-2008, 05:26 PM
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Actually over 400 hitches backordered nationwide, and almost 300 wiring harnesses backordered.
You can get a substitute hitch, but the wiring harness kit can't be duplicated. My suggestion is hunt EVERYWHERE! I called every BMW parts department across the country. I found a wiring harness at one dealership and a partial hitch kit at another. Huge pain in the ass. Recently I saw a wiring harness on ebay. I think this is pretty bad on the part of BMW. They should have the patent to thes parts and be able to duplicate them with the current E70 hitch manufacturer. Good luck man.
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10-24-2008, 05:39 PM
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i posted in the 2007 x5 forum on accident. perhaps you guys can help.
i have a 2005 3.0 with a bmw hitch. im getting a 2006 4.8is. do you think i can swap them and put the 4.8is reinforcement bumper on the 3.0??? i lost my original 3.0 reinforcement bumper.....idiottttttttttttttt
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