Fuse box won't come out

[Msport]

Watched a few YouTube videos on how to access the fuse box and tried to access mine (2012 Z4 e89).

I took the trim covering off fine, and I did the screw to drop the fuse box.

It didn't drop far at all and it won't slide out either!

Has anyone else had this problem?

It is even a pain to get back in, the wiring loom now seems to be in the way and so t want to damage anything

[flybobbie]

I couldn't see how it comes out so gave it a good yank.
It pulled of the mounting pivot, but at least it was out.
You can then see how it slides out.
But then bit of a fiddle to get the pivot lugs back in place

Also the sliding arm gets in the way of replacing a relay.
Overall another stupid design.

[jamesgarbett]

I’ve managed it just now . The knack I found was to put my thumb on the end of the plastic rail and then pull the box with my other hand

[jamesgarbett]

You do have to make sure none of the wiring bundles are fouling the box otherwise it won’t budge . I also couldn’t get it quite to the end of the rail but if it was far enough for me to be able to access what I needed

[N4LLY]

E89 Fuse box = design of the century

AA man had fun for half an hour

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[Msport]

You do have to make sure none of the wiring bundles are fouling the box otherwise it won’t budge . I also couldn’t get it quite to the end of the rail but if it was far enough for me to be able to access what I needed

Cheers, move mine about an inch but then the roof fault I have fixed itself so going to put it all back. Where did you put this wire loom when putting it back; does it sit on the fuses itself? Mine is getting caught when closing ATM..

[Msport]

E89 Fuse box = design of the century

AA man had fun for half an hour

20210113_130131.jpg

doesn't surprise me