Key (blank) code 2AXX — a genuine BMW part, number 71 60 1 135 396. The number stamped on the part is 71601135396; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 1135396. You will find it on our Tools shelf, under Other Equipment Parts parts.
It fits every E36 body style (318i, 318ti, 320i, 323i, 325i and 328i, 1992–1999), with the M40, M42, M43, M50 or M52 engines — and the European-market versions.
BMW draws it on 7 diagrams, among them Single Parts of Trailer Hitch (71_0073) and Single Parts of Trailer Hitch (71_0074). It weighs about 7 g (under 0.1 lb).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.
