Both window switches dead; not regulators; not fuses. What gives?

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  • southsails
    Member
    • Jan 2005
    • 78

    #1

    Both window switches dead; not regulators; not fuses. What gives?

    I just took my car out for a spirited drive -- spirited b/c I found out I bought the wrong wiring harness and now need to redo that before wiring up the Panasonic.

    Went to park and roll the windows up, and nothing. Nothing. No regulator thump. No buzz. No nothing. And its both windows. Checked fuses. Fuses are good. Swapped relays, and nothing. The Bentley manual mentions a "window breaker" in the right side of the center console, but I've started taking apart the console and dash, and can't find anything.

    So now it's parked. Outside. With the windows down. Any advice before I tear open the door panels?
    Last edited by southsails; 04-22-2007, 03:31 PM.
    It made it!!!111!!!1!!!!!!!
  • eko
    Grease Monkey
    • Mar 2006
    • 372

    #2
    Breaker switch would be my first call,mounted next to the window switches or sometimes near the hazard switch above the radio.
    Give it a push and try them,if they still fail to work,pull the switch out,remove both wires and loop them together,now try!
    Failing that i dont know :)

    94 316i Touring M52B28
    Made in Germany perfected in Britain!

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    • SchnellerVert
      No R3VLimiter
      • Sep 2005
      • 3948

      #3
      Or the switches themselves are worn out. They can be taken apart and cleaned and tweak the contacts and they will probably work again.

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      • Court M3
        R3V OG
        • Jan 2004
        • 6713

        #4
        breaker switch
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        • southsails
          Member
          • Jan 2005
          • 78

          #5
          Cool. I'm going to poke around more to find the breaker switch. Y'all are a great help.

          Was the breaker switch. Wires were disconnected.
          Last edited by southsails; 04-22-2007, 09:23 PM.
          It made it!!!111!!!1!!!!!!!

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          • thereisnoyun
            R3VLimited
            • Feb 2007
            • 2301

            #6
            Window Switch Mine

            Hey dont konw if this helps. But the window switch on mine failed as well. I open up the switch, and the contact point has corrosion and ate the point away, so I solder a small piece on there, and the windows works fine.

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            • Jand3rson
              Banned
              • Oct 2003
              • 37587

              #7
              Originally posted by southsails
              Cool. I'm going to poke around more to find the breaker switch. Y'all are a great help.

              Was the breaker switch. Wires were disconnected.
              That's kind of funny, a few weeks ago after I installed my new HVAC panel (my breaker switch is in there), I noticed my windows wouldn't go up, and I tried to find the problem for about a half an hour before I noticed that the breaker was engaged.

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