Re: Sometimes BMW is too thorough...

[bolhuijo@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Keith Turner wrote:

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>  Ahhh, the source of the smell.  Removed the leaves and turned the defogger 
> on. Waited a minute and nothing happened, no fan or anything. So I started 
> checking voltages, swapping relays, and cleaning grounds. Still nothing, so 
> I went to the switch in the dash and repeated the previous. Still nothing. 
>  One thing that really struck me as odd was the lack of a ground on the 
> relay.  So I grabbed the Bentley and looked up the wiring diagram.
> 
>   Well, damn if BMW didn't route the ground wire for the relay through a 
> switch that was tripped by the top being down!!  Sometimes overengineering 
> is really a PITA!

 BMW is so thorough in fact, that on page 24 of the owner's manual, it
states "When the soft top is open, rear window ventilation is put out
of action by a safety switch on the soft top mechanism."
 Overengineered, maybe, but at least it's documented!
:P
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