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Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:27 pm

As promised a piccy of my car, Unfortunatly I have a duff camera so only two pics worked... Alpinas to arrive next week

Sorry about the dirt, but live next to a building site a the minute

What do the buttons that are in front of the leccy window switchs actually do?

I think they are broken as don't seem to do much

Another for the toDo list

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Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:28 pm

The buttons are breaker switches that immobilise the windows.
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Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:32 pm

Cheers Datourer.

Both buttons?
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Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:34 pm

The big one is for the front and the smaller for the back (i think). In 3 years of ownership i've never used it.
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Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:37 pm

What a waste of time :) kinda pointless.

Maybe someone cut to many holes in the dash template..


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Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:40 pm

that depends if u got kids in the back pissing about with back windows :lol:
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Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:42 pm

Do electric rear windows also have switches in the back?
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Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:17 pm

Yeah, switches in the back too - I can see the point of the rear window lock but the front one >? why not just not press the button :)


Oh well I like buttons...

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Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:47 pm

Definative answer.
Both switches at the front are standard on a four door with rear electric windows.
Rear doors have their own switches as well as the ones on the consule.
Front right "switch" is a resettable fuse. It will pop out and cut the power to all the windows if any of them jam, or the button is held down too long. In normal use, pushing it should not do anything, except maybe stop the windows while you push it.
Front left switch is a switch which disables the windoew switches on the rear door cards, but leaves the rear switches on the console working.
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Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:15 pm

hi mate, is that car ever parked on a cobbled road that runs parralel to princes st in edinburgh? cant think of the name right now. if not then theres one very simmilar 8)
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Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:27 pm

Hi Stevo,

Probably me :) Ive parked up there a few times recently.. Also down at Granton or Trinity quite alot..

Doug

Brianmoooore; Thast makes much more sense. It would be unlike BMW to have a pointless button. Thanks
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