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E21, E30General discussion and technical help for 1975-1991 3 series cars.
Ok..so I was screwing around in my car and it started raining and I was getting bored waiting for the rain to stop so i started to play with the lights..I turned the four ways on and then the dam button got stuck. So after trying to get it unstuck for a good five minutes I finally get it. THEN being the idiot that I am I push the button again to make sure it doesn't get stuck again... well...it got stuck again and I couldn't get it unstuck. I ended up reaching through the hole where my radio would be since circuit city sucks..and popped the thing out. Then I tried to get it unstuck a little more and failed. So I disconected the button part so the lights would quit flashing. Now that I told you all of that what do you guys think a new one would cost from bmw..I don't know that I would want an old one from a scrap yard (it might get stuck) edit: I forgot to say now the button half is sitting next to me at the computer and I still can't get it...
Last edited by Dr1ve4fun; 10-05-2006 at 11:45 PM..
Yeah but I was kind of afraid it will get stuck too..I guess I will just push it to make sure...I just got it unstuck though...I hit it on a corner of my desk...but I'm not pushing it in again . I just won't use them unless I get a new button.
i have the same problem with my defroster switch. i smack it with my knuckle to get it to come out. sometimes, i use the remote for my head unit to smack it too. i plan on replacing it. that button is $31.95
in my other E30, the fog light button was the same way.
edit: its around $41 - $45 on other sites too. i know i have heard you can recondition these things, but to me its just not worth it.
I didn't even think about cheking them..My fog light button does it too but I can get it to come out..I'll probably buy a new one eventually..Does't seem that important to me to have the button.
Your Ride: 1991 318is (e30 m42), 2007 Mazdaspeed 3
I have the same problem with my defrost and have heard stories of it getting stuck on and the rear window getting too hot and shattering. Usually I can get it out with soem fumbling. Also trying at different times of the day can be helpful. One day mine wouldn't come out, the next afternoon i tried and it came right out.
Thinking about it I think it may have been stuck from the humidity...My car hates it when it is humid...When I first got the car the button worked perfectly..so that might be part of it..
10-05-2006, 11:43 PM
So after trying to get it unstuck for a good five minutes I finally get it.
THEN being the idiot that I am I push the button again to make sure it doesn't get stuck again...
well...it got stuck again and I couldn't get it unstuck. I ended up reaching through the hole where my radio would be since circuit city sucks..and popped the thing out. Then I tried to get it unstuck a little more and failed. So I disconected the button part so the lights would quit flashing. Now that I told you all of that what do you guys think a new one would cost from bmw..I don't know that I would want an old one from a scrap yard (it might get stuck) edit: I forgot to say now the button half is sitting next to me at the computer and I still can't get it...
. I just won't use them unless I get a new button.
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