2007 BMW 525i E60 Driver Switch Block Not Working Fixed

2007 BMW 525i E60 Driver Switch Block Not Working Fixed | It's Not What You Think

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One Day on my BMW E60 5 series the complete Driver window switch block stopped working altogether. Then the next day it worked again and was fine for many months. One Day it stopped working again and this time for good. Nothing worked on it including the mirrors and rear roller sun blind. The other window switches on other doors worked fine and the driver window still worked when commanded with a scan tool. I tried a window switch block from the junkyard and had no luck. on the wiring diagram, I noticed the driver window switch block was on the same bus as the mirror auto-darkening system. I had the driver's door panel removed so I tried disconnecting the mirror. What do you know! the window switch block works again. I tried to investigate further and disconnecting the mirror glass itself made it work again. for now ill just cut the ribbon cable until I find another mirror glass.
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Update: I found another used mirror glass but it did not fix the issue. either the used mirror glass had the same short or the problem is more complex, I need to study the wiring diagram further and report back if I for sure fix the problem so the mirror can work as intended.
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@johnfanale8714 23 күн бұрын

Thanks heaps... help me a lot... wasn't sure where to go after wiring check and disassembled the window unit and found no faults... once again, thanks.

@4WheelKid 22 күн бұрын

Glad to help!

@robbieorbit3677 Жыл бұрын

Replaced the CCC on my e60 525i today and immediately the window switch stopped working. All other windows work fine. Thanks for the upload.

@4WheelKid Жыл бұрын

no problem! so it was the new CCC taking down the switch cluster?

@adventurecapture754 Жыл бұрын

Nice find. Sometimes it's the weirdest stuff with cars. Thanks for sharing.

@4WheelKid Жыл бұрын

thanks! indeed, especially on BMW's haha

@C0xy777 Жыл бұрын

Awesome content, literally jumped into my E60 535d the other day and had this happen, gonna check the auto darkness glass in the daylight, thanks 👍

@4WheelKid Жыл бұрын

no problem! it's most likely something on the same lin bus taking it down

@C0xy777 Жыл бұрын

@@4WheelKid Since posting my comment I dived in a little more and am even more confused; i believe mine may actually be the switchblock, fuse in glovebox is not blown, illumination of keypad still works and all windows work on the key, every other window bar drivers still has auto up and down functions. Literally just failed while parked for 3-5 days. Passenger mirror looks sus but disconnect either or both mirrors does nothing. Have a replacement set of glass (showed up today) will try fitting on next clear day and update, as these cars age more & more of us will come across the same issue.

@radianm6 9 ай бұрын

@@C0xy777did you figure it out? Having same issues

@C0xy777 8 ай бұрын

@@radianm6 yeah, mine was a failed switchblock haha, sorry i cannot be of more help

@THEOGGUNSHOW 3 ай бұрын

Same problem on my 2008 328xi e90. But, I don't have the auto-darkening feature. I was doing a retro-update to the auto-folding mirrors. Before swapping mirrors, I tried plugging in my new control panel and nothing.. switched back to the original panel and still nothing. No blown fuses either

@4WheelKid 22 күн бұрын

Hard to say for sure any faults in the body module?

@THEOGGUNSHOW 21 күн бұрын

@4WheelKid I don't think so. It's possibly something to do with the CPU not recognizing the new module. I'm thinking that I probably need to install the new mirrors, then the switches, and then code them in. I just wanted to see if I could test the switches prior to my second mirror arriving. I just removed the driver's door card and will hopefully swap out the mirrors today and test it again. I'll post my results afterwards.

@THEOGGUNSHOW 21 күн бұрын

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@k4igeDTR Жыл бұрын

Could I be able to put the mirror back on with connecting clip back on will that still work

@4WheelKid Жыл бұрын

Yeah that should be fine. Could cause some corrosion on the connector over a long period of time though

@muradnazirov4224 11 ай бұрын

Hello! I can try to help you with the issue you have with your car. When your car’s window (BMW F10 528i) was slightly left open during the rain, the window buttons are working fine, and all of them have their respective icons on the mirror. However, the child lock button is not working, which is not a problem if it doesn’t work, but the orange light on the front window buttons and child lock button is not illuminated at night. What could be the issue, and is it possible for the problem to resolve itself?

@4WheelKid 11 ай бұрын

Yeah let it dry out good and maybe it will resolve itself

@JacobAnawalt Жыл бұрын

It’s like when you have a bad computer/network card on the network breaking its peers

@4WheelKid Жыл бұрын

exactly. haha

@BryanLezama-ig8un Ай бұрын

Hey Brodie I have a 2006 325i E90 and mime are doing the same thing the switch lights up all other windows go up and down except driver side and I disconnected my mirror and still nothing by n e chance u know what else I could do ohh and fuses are all good

@4WheelKid 27 күн бұрын

Probably something else taking down that lin bus. You gotta find everything on that lin bus using a wiring diagram and disconnect each component 1 at a time and see if it starts working. Also shorted wiring can take down a lin bus as well. Rodent chew. Or one time a body shop did a horrible wire repair on the rear bumper touchless trunk open sensor and that took down the lin bus. And stopped the driver window from working since it used the same line bus. You just need to find a wiring diagram and go from there. Also did you try both mirrors??

@shaheer1432 Жыл бұрын

Only rear lh (driverside) window not coming up from master switch but can move down from rear both up and down working what is the problem any idea?

@4WheelKid Жыл бұрын

Thats a strange one, would need to look at the wiring diagram for your specific bmw, they are all different

@juliusbsonny Жыл бұрын

i actually broke my mirror as i was reversing on my F30 and bought a new one and the master switch doesn't work. any ideas?

@4WheelKid Жыл бұрын

I would unplug the entire mirror assembly and see if it works again. probably a lin bus issue somewhere. I had a newer bmw G20 where the entire driver switch block was inop. I knew the rear trunk structural panel had been replaced by a body shop. I commanded the driver window up and down through ista and it worked fine. had lin bus faults currently present. looked at the wiring diagram and saw the rear contactless tailgate opener module shared the lin bus with the driver door switch, I knew exactly where to look. the body shop had ripped the connector off the harness when repairing the body damage. they attempted to solder the wires back the the pins and did a horrific job at trying to repair the wring they damaged. the ground for that module had came loose and took down the lin bus. if I unplugged the contactless tail gate opening module the driver window switch worked fine again. fixed the wiring and connector properly and everything was back to normal again. chances are something with the new mirror, and or wiring somewhere is taking down your lin bus that is shared with the driver window switch.

@salmaniftikhar6583 11 ай бұрын

Bro my front passenger side window doesnt work on auto , I reset also but its doesnt work on auto , what should I check

@4WheelKid 11 ай бұрын

did you try initializing it? I would connect the scan tool and see if the module is receiving the auto up/down commands if it is then it's probably and initialization issue

@Lukas-gv1vf Жыл бұрын

Same problem.. driver switch didnt working.. also mirror led.. on driver side didnt working.. i try to disconect mirror but problem still there 🤔 where search problem? Also il try to change new driver swich but didnt work

@4WheelKid Жыл бұрын

It’s probably something else on that same lin bus that is taking it down, need to look at a wiring diagram to see what else shares that same lin bus, could also read the fault codes, may have a lin bus fault for each component using that lin bus. Try both mirrors

@almalikialmaliki8875 Жыл бұрын

Did u end up finding the problem? Because I have the same issue on my 2011 bmw 328i, the rear windows roll up and down fine but the driver and front passenger both don’t work and I tried replacing the switch and tried unplugging both mirrors but nothing seems to work, any suggestions?

@coolexperiments205 Жыл бұрын

@@almalikialmaliki8875 same here. any solution?

@radianm6 2 ай бұрын

@@coolexperiments205same.. did you fix problem?