E36 Sunroof is Dead

[kerrynzl 3]

Little problem here, The Sunroof on my E36 has died.

I probed it with a multi-meter, and there is no power at the fuse

Now,behind the fuse, there is two wires a Red/purple stripe that goes to the Sunroof and a Red/yellow stripe that goes to a power source somewhere

Does anybody know where the other end of this power wire goes to [it goes thru the firewall]

or should I wire it Direct to the battery [at the fuse box]as an easy fix

cheers everyone. . . . . .Kerry

[MADBMA 0]

Car year and model might help

[kerrynzl 3]

Car year and model might help

OOPS! 1993 320i Coupe

[BM WORLD 1283]

i have complete mech from a coupe

[kerrynzl 3]

i have complete mech from a coupe

Thanks for the offer Brent!

My sunroof works OK if I bridge the fuse from another power source in the Fuse-box.

I just need some Info on where the power source for the Red/yellow stripe wire comes from.[eg; a relay that is controlled by a delay or whatever] this wire goes thru the firewall

if it is a relay, where is it?

Regards Kerry

[jochen 4]

You'll have a dead relay for sure.

Read here for relay location and diangosis:

http://www.bmwnut.blogspot.com/

[kerrynzl 3]

does it hurt to wire this live?

[jochen 4]

Here's more info on the comfort relay that fails:

http://bimmer.roadfly.com/bmw/forums/e36/8001720-1.html

and more info here as well

http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/bmw_e36.html

Easy to fix

[kerrynzl 3]

If the comfort relay is Toast, wouldn't that affect my windows as well ???[mine are working fine]

[MADBMA 0]

does it hurt to wire this live?

aslong as its fused it wont make a difference, just do it and if you have any problems with any other eletrics in your car go back to it, but i think you should be ok to wire it live, i cant find a diagram for your car with a red/yellow wire going anywhere round it, according to the diagrams i did look at thoe its just coming straight from the power distrubution block and fused then the red/purple stripe to your sunroof, my geuss would be that the red/yellow wire is going to a relay that is switched by the ACC power alowing the constant 12v through, you can bypass the relay with a constant 12v just make sure its fused and your sunroof will work at all times when car turned off.

[kerrynzl 3]

I found the 'comfort Relay' behind the Glovebox [ the red/yellow is fed from it]

I bridged from the Red to the Red/Yellow via an inline fuse with spade terminals ,The Sunroof now is working OK

[i'll try and get a relay tomorrow]

Thanks everybody on this forum for the help I got