Electric Windows Intermitant

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its_nick13
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Sat May 14, 2011 11:32 am

Can anybody help me? my Elec windows have all of a sudden become intermitant. no fuses blown and both pack up at the same time.

any ideas where i should start looking? its an 83 chromie

cheers.
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Sat May 14, 2011 11:34 am

the first thing to look at are the switches

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... dow_switch
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Sat May 14, 2011 11:38 am

DaveD wrote:the first thing to look at are the switches

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... dow_switch
SUPER STAR!!

Cheers for the quick response dude, i'll get straight on and have a look.

thanks again.
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Sat May 14, 2011 9:15 pm

The fact that both pack up at the same time swings more towards the switch that disables both windows next to the window switch instead of a dodgy wire or solder.

Are you sure your not touching that switch now and then as i used to do that when i 1st drove my e30.
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Tue May 17, 2011 7:16 pm

Hey guys

Got to the bottom of the problem, turns out someones fitted the elec windows as an after thought on my car , they're wired straight off the battery and whoever crimped the terminals clearly did it blind folded.

cheers for the replys tho guys.
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