BMW 5 series windows wont stay up

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

Did my usual thing of bringing down all four windows as I reversed out of the drive this morning (model F11 530d)

 

now the front two windows will go up all the way, but they then drop down an inch or two

 

I have checked for obstructions, turn the car off and locked it and then reopened, but they still wont stay up

 

any ideas anyone?

 

just off to do some googling, thought someone in here might know

[Captain Colonial]

Will the windows shut if you press and hold the lock button on the key fob?

[Norman Verona]

Give it a viagra.

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

Will the windows shut if you press and hold the lock button on the key fob?

 

they go up, but they then come down again

[pickmaster Andy Lowe]

I'd get the fault codes read

It could save hours messing around

Theses modern cars are a pain now

The previous holding button is a good idea to try

Good luck

[Doug Dastardly]

Funny this...but my BM windows lowered themselves half way down yesterday while it was locked and I had to fiddle about opening and shutting doors, locking and unlocking for 10 minutes before they went up again

[Norman Verona]

Must be a BMW security system.

[bhouse]

Might be worth cleaning out the slots the windows close into. It sounds as if the anti-trap mode may be being triggered...

But knowing BMW I'm sure it won't be that simple.

Brian

[Rab (bombero) Reid]

I don't know if there's a similarity across systems, but my Audi occasionally does something similar. the Audi remedy is:

1. Turn key to 'ignition'.
2. Press and hold switch to bring window all the way down.
3. Press and hold switch until window is fully up.
4. Release then immediately press and hold switch again in the 'UP' direction for 2 secs.
5. Repeat on any/all other windows, if necessary.

Window(s) should work as normal. Hope this works.

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

will give that a try - thanks chap

 

well I phoned my beemer dealer at 9ish this morning and requested a call back from service - no response yet - mmm I thought BMW might be a bit better than this

[Norman Verona]

A quick google found this;

 

http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62834

 

Simple.

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

printed off Norman - will go try that in a bit

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

well seem to have got the drivers side working

 

had to ring the dealership in the end after not returning my call - no courtesy cars available for two weeks, nobody available to have a quick look until next Wednesday (while you wait appointment)

 

must admit I am really not impressed with their after care

 

if this is standard practice then I wont buy another beemer

[Stuart]

I've had electrical faults with 4 of the 5 BMWs I have 'owned' (company cars).  Mainly dash related - latest 328i was recalled after 6 months for some reprogamming and the 3 blink touch system on the indicators has since failed at 9 months old.  Always had spurious warning lights coming on and then going off never to be seen again as well.

 

Don't know if it's their weak point or whether I've just been unlucky. 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman)]

Had four F10/11 five series over the last few years and all were absolutely trouble free. No experience of the dealers though, so couldn't say.

 

But previous dealer experience of Audi etc is the customer service quality is purely down to the particular dealer franchise you use. I had my Audi's through Links in Macclesfield, and Links were superb. (So much so that I kept with Audi's when I changed cars, just so that I could use Links)

 

The only thing I have noticed with the F11's is that the electrical hand brake set up does vary car to car. My first five series with it worked superbly, the next was very grabby. The one after that needed you to be absolutely stationary and an extremely firm press of the brake pedal before it would auto engage.