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Re: sticky buttons

> From: BMW@domain.elided (Phil Marx)
> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 12:12:11 -0400
> Subject: RE: sticky buttons
> 
> >From: (Jill Smolin)
> >Subject: sticky buttons
> >I love my new 325i C.
> >However, my defrost button is stuck, and the window buttons are sticky. Any
> >suggestions?
> >This list is great. Thanks for the info.
> 
> My personal cure, and remember YMMV, etc, is to remove the switches and
> wash them under scalding hot tap water, shake them dry and plug them back
> in.  This works great for E28 power seat switches, but it's a secret so
> don't spread it around to undeserving folks.  Yours most likely have
> coffee, tea, Pepsi, etc, in them.  Mine usually get Dr.Pepper.  I've heard
> of a cure using alcohol but the red wine kept making them worse.

And to make sure it doesn't happen again, I have had good luck by rubbing a
candle on the sides where it is likely to rub. A little candle wax does wonders.


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