» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | 1999 M3 Swap 09-07-2023 10:10 PM 05-02-2024 08:18 PM 6 Replies, 329,353 Views | | | | | | | 01-20-2008, 03:14 AM | #16 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fallon Nevada Posts: 178 | where would i go about getting one of those switches, could it have happened wiring my stereo? | | | 01-20-2008, 01:23 PM | #17 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bremerhaven, Germany Posts: 977 | To answer your second question: yes, if you shorted a gray/red illumination power wire to the chassis. A not uncommon way is to catch and pinch such a wire with something as you (re)install it. | | | 01-20-2008, 06:35 PM | #18 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 242 | Thanks for the pics cooljess, I apparently had more screws to remove other than the two obvious ones. Maybe next time the dash will come out a bit easier... | | | 01-21-2008, 12:16 AM | #20 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fallon Nevada Posts: 178 | is the foglight switch the same as the other one? | | | 01-21-2008, 12:56 AM | #21 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | no, it's a different part number and it doesn't have an integrated dimmer. The plugs are different also. __________________ 4 MORE YEARS BABY!!! | | | 01-21-2008, 03:57 AM | #22 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 242 | I do believe that this is the part number for the fog light switch: 61318353504 | | | 01-22-2008, 02:22 AM | #23 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fallon Nevada Posts: 178 | link to the switch for the foglight switch | | | 01-22-2008, 04:01 AM | #24 | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: dc Posts: 12 | I seem to have the same problem: dashboard lights and lights on heater etc. don't work. Only one light works inside, the little reading light over your head, but only if I turn it on. License plate light does work. I just bought the car, and it has a new stereo unit, so maybe the guy messed up some wiring? How do I check if this "headlight switch" is the problem? Also, the power windows don't work. When I click the button it makes some sound, and on the right window it makes a horrible sound if I press it for too long, but the window doesn't seem to move. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks. | | | 01-22-2008, 09:00 PM | #25 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 | Quote: Originally Posted by humanliberty Also, the power windows don't work. When I click the button it makes some sound, and on the right window it makes a horrible sound if I press it for too long, but the window doesn't seem to move. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks. | Might be that your window is off the track, seems to be a common problem with ti's | | | 01-23-2008, 06:28 PM | #27 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fallon Nevada Posts: 178 | the one tats $41.04? | | | 01-24-2008, 12:01 AM | #28 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | Quote: Originally Posted by classicronnie the one tats $41.04? | headlight switch - 61318353508 ($33.76) or 61318353506(Z3, M Coupe switch will also work) foglight switch - 61318353504 ($41.01) __________________ 4 MORE YEARS BABY!!! | | | 01-24-2008, 12:20 AM | #29 | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: dc Posts: 12 | If the dashlights aren't working might the cause of the blown dimmer still be there? In other words, replacing the part might just make it blow up again? How do I find out whether some wiring was done incorrectly..? Thanks | | | 01-24-2008, 02:43 AM | #30 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | Quote: Originally Posted by humanliberty If the dashlights aren't working might the cause of the blown dimmer still be there? In other words, replacing the part might just make it blow up again? How do I find out whether some wiring was done incorrectly..? Thanks | Good point, that's an issue that I had to face. I spent months chasing my tail thinking that I was blowing the switch each time I plugged it in when in fact the problem was that I received 3 bad switches in a row from the junkyard. The switch generally starts to wear the rheostat out, causing your dash lights to flicker at the slightest movement of the knob. From what I've seen, the switch finally gives in when someone interrupts the circuitry by say installing a stereo or shorts out one of the many grey/red instrument illumination wires. If you suspect that you have a short, DON'T plug a new switch in until you find the problem. You'll need a digital multimeter to check all of the wires. __________________ 4 MORE YEARS BABY!!! | | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |