Windshield, boot and roof!

mcbutler · Post by **mcbutler** » Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:28 am

With regards to your screen why on earth are you considering paying for a new one!?
Tap it with a hammer and crack it, call your insurance, they will call autoglass and you will get a brand new screen either for free or at the most a £75 excess payment.... Probably within 24 hours.....

flybobbie · Post by **flybobbie** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 5:21 pm

Well screen has been reinspected by technician. Now just waiting for the area boss to make a decision.

ori · Post by **ori** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:37 am

Reading your post with interest.
I had a similar issue although not quite as bad with a Toyota a few years back.
Original screen and it just kept smearing right in the field of vision. Dealership tried everything to clean it. Nothing worked. New wiper blades didn’t fix it.
I thought it may have been sap or something.
It wasn’t as bad as yours and I ended up just living with it.

flybobbie · Post by **flybobbie** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:59 am

Well i'm still waiting, so i suppose i will now have to start chasing it up for the next 6 months.
I give it a month before it "will" need another screen.

Prodjay10 · Post by **Prodjay10** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:51 pm

Looks to be an old thread, where were the wires that caused a68c code? Right or left side of car? I’m having the same issue.

flybobbie · Post by **flybobbie** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:53 pm

Right hand side. The break was somewhere along the red line i drew on photo. I just replaced withe new twin wire, all sorted.
I cut the wires at the connector and near the bend, then soldered in two new wires.

flybobbie · Post by **flybobbie** » Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:56 pm

Still waiting on windshield.
I'm ready just to order from BMW and get it dumped at Autoglass and say fit it.

Prodjay10 · Post by **Prodjay10** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:20 am

How difficult was it to lift the shell after it released the pressure? I’ve waited about 25 min. It’s not easy so far.

Prodjay10 · Post by **Prodjay10** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:39 am

What I did was hit the button to get it to open an inch or two. Waited about 40 min and it won come up more than 3 inches.

flybobbie · Post by **flybobbie** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:40 am

Have you dumped the pressure from the two brass hexagon sockets on pump.
Yes mine would rise few inches and stop, problem then boot might be locked.
I have modified my boot so it can be opened.
My mod. was poo pooed, but proved very useful.

Prodjay10 · Post by **Prodjay10** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:41 am

Ok. I didn’t do that. Does that come first?

Open trunk, open pressure relief valve. Close trunk. Hit the open button for the convertible top.

Prodjay10 · Post by **Prodjay10** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:42 am

Or how do you open trunk when the top is partially open?

flybobbie · Post by **flybobbie** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:45 am

Prodjay10 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:42 am Or how do you open trunk when the top is partially open?

You can't normally.
Look elsewhere someone posted a means through the fuse box.
I modded my boot with a manual release.

Prodjay10 · Post by **Prodjay10** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:40 am

Thanks. I was able to go from inside the cabin and pull the emergency release. I also found a broken yellow wire where you described. Tomorrow I’ll get to the bottom of the issue.

flybobbie · Post by **flybobbie** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 8:24 am

We don't have the benefit of the emergency release in Euro cars. Next, also need the ski hatch option.

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