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  • Seph
    Advanced Member
    • Jun 2008
    • 155

    #1

    Unknown button?



    What is this one circled in yellow? Passenger eject button??? It does nothing when pressed. Also when I turn my lights on at night the two switched to the right of that stay lit up. Are they supposed to?


  • bmw325csi
    R3V Elite
    • May 2007
    • 4045

    #2
    That would be a window lock someone re-located. My guess is someone stuck it in there as a filler. Thats where i have my window lock, all you have to do is extend the wires like 14 inches from the shifter console to the button.

    The second question- Yes they stay lit up when you turn on your lights and they get brighter (or blinks) when you push em.
    harry/harout

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    • smonkbmw
      Professor
      • Jun 2006
      • 4549

      #3
      Originally posted by bmw325csi
      That would be a window lock someone re-located. My guess is someone stuck it in there as a filler. Thats where i have my window lock, all you have to do is extend the wires like 14 inches from the shifter console to the button.

      The second question- Yes they stay lit up when you turn on your lights and they get brighter (or blinks) when you push em.
      this guy is truth.

      if you look on that switch that you have circled you can faintly see the icon for a window with a disconnect symbol on it

      then again you have a vert, so that is where the switch started at.

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      • E30 Cabrio
        E30 Mastermind
        • Oct 2006
        • 1954

        #4
        Push the button, then try your power windows.
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        • Bimmerista
          R3V Elite
          • Nov 2005
          • 5425

          #5
          Its the button that releases the blinker fluid to cool off the muffler bearings

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          • learningcurve86
            Mod Crazy
            • May 2008
            • 715

            #6
            it releases the rabbits from your tail pipe. PRESS IT! THEY'RE GONNA DIE!
            Greg

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            • kencopperwheat
              King of Kegstands
              • Oct 2003
              • 14396

              #7
              You're all wrong.

              It's a circuit breaker for the windows.

              Although I guess you can use it as a window lock... although there really isn't a purpose for that in a coupe. The 4-doors have a separate window lock.
              Originally posted by Gruelius
              and i do not know what bugg brakes are.

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              • steinbachphoto
                E30 Modder
                • Aug 2007
                • 914

                #8
                Mr.

                Originally posted by smonkbmw
                this guy is truth.

                if you look on that switch that you have circled you can faintly see the icon for a window with a disconnect symbol on it

                then again you have a vert, so that is where the switch started at.
                ....uh I have a cabrio and my window switch is on the center console
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                • dj2xrated
                  E30 Addict
                  • May 2007
                  • 540

                  #9
                  press that when your at 6k Rpm's and you hear the vtech kick in.... it looks like a window switch.
                  Operation S/C E39M5.:woowoo:

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                  • E30 Cabrio
                    E30 Mastermind
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 1954

                    #10
                    Originally posted by steinbachphoto
                    ....uh I have a cabrio and my window switch is on the center console
                    Mine too.
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                    Clarion DXZ785USB HU, BBS Wheels, Leather e-brake handle & e-brake boot, Mtech 1 Wheel, Maplight Mirror, Performance chip, Rear Headrests.
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                    • JasonC
                      Site Manager
                      • Aug 2006
                      • 14451

                      #11
                      Originally posted by steinbachphoto
                      ....uh I have a cabrio and my window switch is on the center console
                      That's because they was there in the HVAC panel till 87. Then in 88 and on, they put the breaker switch on the console.

                      1992 BMW 325iC
                      1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
                      1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza 140hp

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                      • smonkbmw
                        Professor
                        • Jun 2006
                        • 4549

                        #12
                        Originally posted by JasonC
                        That's because they was there in the HVAC panel till 87. Then in 88 and on, they put the breaker switch on the console.
                        yeah so there!!! lol.

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                        • einstein57
                          R3V OG
                          • Jun 2007
                          • 10780

                          #13
                          So verts and 87's have the swith on the console. No hole in near the shifter

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                          • george graves
                            I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 19992

                            #14
                            Actually, only the buttons that have red on the sides(you can see it better if you press the button) are a window "circuit breaker." It even has an adjustment screw on the back for setting the threshold.

                            All the other ones that are a completely black button are merely a switch - and a pointless one at that.
                            Originally posted by Matt-B
                            hey does anyone know anyone who gets upset and makes electronics?

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                            • bmw325csi
                              R3V Elite
                              • May 2007
                              • 4045

                              #15
                              ^wow, crazy. I just noticed that little adjusting screw your talking about.
                              harry/harout

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