Electric windows only operate with doors open

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andreia
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Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:11 pm

320i 2 door h reg auto. Windows and sunroof only work with doors open. Read the wiki regarding the problem and few other forums.
Things already checked:
Fuse 17 ok.
Relay k5 ok.
12v on fuse 17 present.12v on pin 87, k5 relay present.
Bridged pin 87 and 30 on k5 nothing hapens.
Any help much apreciated
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Brianmoooore
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Wed Mar 05, 2014 1:39 pm

Check behind the glovebox area, that a white/black wire, from a blue relay, is properly plugged into the accessories socket.
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Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:56 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:Check behind the glovebox area, that a white/black wire, from a blue relay, is properly plugged into the accessories socket.
Will do thank you
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Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:33 am

So checked the relays and theres no blk/white wire coming from the blue relay. Oh but thers one coming from the orange relay. Hmmm winkeye . Swaped the relays and voila. All works how it should. No idea why they were swaped in the first place. Thank you Brian your a star.
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