NZLSAF 0 Report post Posted December 15, 2011 Driving home from work and my wipers decided to stop working. Not only did the intermittent setting (that it was set to) stop, but ALL settings did not respond. After changing three lanes half blind, i turned car off, on, off, on, and they decided to work. What happened....? I was thinking as it was on intermittent function maybe it overheated, but im not too keen on having that happen again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael. 2313 Report post Posted December 15, 2011 Interesting one... To the E39 experts, Is this a common E39 problem? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1283 Report post Posted December 15, 2011 i do sell a few wiper switches Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted December 15, 2011 Interesting one... To the E39 experts, Is this a common E39 problem? Has happened twice to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted December 15, 2011 had it once ... car got a cock punch and it never happened again Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted December 16, 2011 Please advise location of said 'cock'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMWTouring 20 Report post Posted December 16, 2011 Relays arent uncommon to fail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted December 19, 2011 Yep the relays overheat if the wipers are on for an excessive amount of time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1rotty 40 Report post Posted December 19, 2011 ^^^ dont you love bmws...that the relays overheat on what was a $160k car Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted December 19, 2011 And people say the E39 was ahead of its time, ha, overheating relays is an E30 thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NZLSAF 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2011 i suspected an electrical overheat of some description as once i pulled over turned off for a while it came back to life. Any more suggestions on what to avoid, should i bother replacing the relays, if so where are they? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
