Re: e-36 window funkiness

[alex.fadeev@xxxxxxxxxxx]

JHahn22@domain.elided wrote:
> 
> The other problem I'm having is the driver's side window.  (The car in 
> question is a 95 318ti).  I've tried trading switches with the passenger
> side window, but that hasn't helped.  When I push on the UP button hard
> enough  (past the "detent" feeling in the switch) to activate the "One 
> Touch Close"  function, the window goes up approximately 1/4 of the way,
> and then stops and goes down about an inch.  If I push it again, it goes
> up another 1/4 of the way, then drops an inch.  If I keep doing this it 
> does go all the way up, or I can just hold the button and make it go all
> the way up like I did in lesser vehicles.  Like I said, the passenger 
> side window one-touch up and down works fine, and trading switches 
between
> the two sides had no effect.
> Does this sound familiar to anybody?

Jake,
Three possibilities:
1. The window motor/regulator has lost its settings and does not know 
where the top of the window is. Reset it by holding down the close switch button for approximately 15-30 
seconds; 
2. The window tracks are dirty and rubber gaskets have dried up fooling 
the regulator into thinking that the window is closed. Apply the BMW 
gasket lube Gummepfludge sp?),
3. The window regulator is heading south. 

alex f

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