Recently the iDrive and all related functions on my 2009 X5 4.8 stopped working. I could not control the radio or my telephone. Nav, trip and onboard computers and backup camera also didn't work at all.
Took the car to the dealer who found that the satellite radio module was wet, rusty and beyond repair. It apparently it sits very low in the back of the truck with the other electronic stuff. I said they could remove or bypass the satellite radio module, but no, it had to be replaced for everything else to work and not under my CPO warranty because the damage was caused by water??
Source of the water was a loose grommet at the body end of one of the two conduits that carry the electric wiring between the body and the tailgate. In the rain, water comes in the gap between the body and the top of the tailgate; from there it is channeled outside of the rubber seal that keeps the inside dry. Because the grommet on the body side had come loose, some water was getting into the body and running down to where the electronics are located and caused the damage.
The tailgate window had been broken and was replaced about 18 months before this leak was discovered. All we can figure out is that somehow while that repair was being done, the grommet might have been partially dislodged.
So, the moral of this story is that if you have any work done on the tailgate, make sure the conduits and their grommets are properly seated.
Took the car to the dealer who found that the satellite radio module was wet, rusty and beyond repair. It apparently it sits very low in the back of the truck with the other electronic stuff. I said they could remove or bypass the satellite radio module, but no, it had to be replaced for everything else to work and not under my CPO warranty because the damage was caused by water??
Source of the water was a loose grommet at the body end of one of the two conduits that carry the electric wiring between the body and the tailgate. In the rain, water comes in the gap between the body and the top of the tailgate; from there it is channeled outside of the rubber seal that keeps the inside dry. Because the grommet on the body side had come loose, some water was getting into the body and running down to where the electronics are located and caused the damage.
The tailgate window had been broken and was replaced about 18 months before this leak was discovered. All we can figure out is that somehow while that repair was being done, the grommet might have been partially dislodged.
So, the moral of this story is that if you have any work done on the tailgate, make sure the conduits and their grommets are properly seated.
