The wrapped wires (yellow, red)going towards the fuses/battery then towards the front.The box sits inside the black foam under the spare tire!!!!!! It is a very odd location and want to know what this electical box is, with a part number and description. Unfortunately do not have any pictures. It got wet during cleaning the trunk and my Idrive is dead! :'( Need help! :wacko:

I would just take it into the dealer service and tell them the iDrives dead. Make it look like its all dry around it - no dried water marks etc, and see what they say. Have you tried removing and reinserting all the connectors?

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I did but it is clearly full of water hence dead!!!!!!! What is this WHITE BOX? What does it do?

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do

Have a look - put in your car, and then it will come up with different selections, eg. Nav, seats etc. Try a few - it shows where the components of each system are in the car.

Hope this helps - good luck!

If I remember correctly, it was something for the headphones???

I know I read it on one of the Tech. Documents.

DZ

Its the I-Drive computer for some reason it was placed next to the spare tire.. make sure you dry everything around it otherwise you going to have to pay $1500 for it.. tell them you don't know how the water got there..blaim it on the rain.. there are two boxes there one is for the I-Drive for sure second which is underneat the tire i am not sure what its for probably for the idrive too more functions.
Good Luck

This is what I was afraid of!!!!!!! :o There was only one box unfder the spare tire! It was white but I did not see any other boxes. I know htere are quite a bit of electroincs on the right side as well as the left side of the truck but there was ONLY ONE BOX UNDER THE SPARE TIRE! Is that the one for the IDRIVE????????????? :wacko:

This is what I was afraid of!!!!!!! :o There was only one box unfder the spare tire! It was white but I did not see any other boxes. I know htere are quite a bit of electroincs on the right side as well as the left side of the truck but there was ONLY ONE BOX UNDER THE SPARE TIRE! Is that the one for the IDRIVE????????????? :wacko:
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I wouldn't have the balls to do it, but:
Gleaning from other issues....tell them that your trunk has been popping open by itself as described in this forum, and it recently opened during a rainstorm.