what is this interior switch?

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:35 pm

the switch in question is the switch on the top left of the center console. the small square one........

all I could find on realoem.com is this......

08 SAFETY SWITCH ELECTR.WINDOW LIFTER

what does it do? It's on a buddies car, he says all that happens is that he hears his door locks clicking

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:36 pm

it comes on 4 doors and 4 door SE models,its a electric window cut off for the rear windows mate.

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:39 pm

So 4 doors have independant cut offs for the rear, where as 2 doors have the larger (shown on the right hand side) one that does all four windows?

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:42 pm

as afr as i know,when i had a four breaker come in,i also thought to my self what the hell is that,then when i pressed it and tried the back windows,they didnt work,im not sure if this is on all 4 doors,i assume so.

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:43 pm

how bizarre!

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:44 pm

,well maybe the one i had come in was wired up wrong

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:51 pm

weird. when I looked at the pic at first, i assumed it was the power lock button, like in the newer ones. weird.....

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:59 pm

It's a US spec car - maybe they had a button to operate the door locks, like many other US cars. My Jaguar used to lock the doors when you started the car, and there was a button like that to unlock it.

Also, it may be just the picture, but the button looks newer than the others, with no symbol on it - maybe it was a non-standard addon?

Stuart.

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:02 pm

As far as i know this button is standard on any 4 door/touring with electric rears. It is the cut off switch.

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:49 pm

Child lock for the rear windows.

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:50 pm

FlappySocks wrote:........ with no symbol on it .....

I think 99% of all E30's I have ever seen have the symbol rubbed off of almost all the switches inside.......lol

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:14 pm

Chris-W wrote:Child lock for the rear windows.

That seems about right. Most 4dr cars (of any make) with leccy windows will have a cut off for the rear windows to stop little kids jumping out.

Probably a good thing when the E30 gets sideways

Post Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:41 pm

All four windows work through the front right "switch" which is a resettable "fuse". The square front left switch (which doesn't have markings on it), disables the window switches on the rear doorcards, leaving the rearmost switches on the console still operative.

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:04 am

i have a mate here who reckons the one on the top right is for the windows and the one on the top left is the overdrive button for your automatic gear box

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:16 am

bajandaan wrote:i have a mate here who reckons the one on the top right is for the windows and the one on the top left is the overdrive button for your automatic gear box

Lose your mate.

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:17 am

I asked the same question some time ago and it is indeed the isolator for the back windows on 4 doors.

link to the thread......http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ht=#275792

lee

Post Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:40 am

bajandaan wrote:i have a mate here who reckons the one on the top right is for the windows and the one on the top left is the overdrive button for your automatic gear box

yes, loose your mate.....lol

if you notice, the gear selector has four selections for drive. 1-2-3-D

With drive being overdrive........unless there was an E30 with a 5 speed auto box.....lol