Problem Solving - Forum Guide to Fuses - E85 and E86

[Adamski]

Ok, so we've had a few members report problems associated with fuses.

I thought I would pull together this guide to fuses, and their functions so that any members searching for fuse related issues would arrive here in future. I've organised the thread so that anyone searching can find the specific terms. There's a picture at the bottom of this post with the fuse numbers and their relative positions

Hope you find this useful.

Equipment - Fuse Number

Airbag - 13, 45
ASC/DSC - 7, 24, 42, 43
CD-Changer - 48
Central Locking System - 11, 30
Cigarette Lighter - 5
Cigarette Ligther ( Australia ) - 5, 8
Clutch Switch - 14
Cruise Control - 28
DMTL ( fuel leakage diagnosis ) - 33
EGS Transmission Control - 9
Electric Seat Heating - 12, 16
Electric Circuits - 12
Electric Box Fan - 33
Electro Inside and Outside Mirrors - 25
EPS ( electric power steering ) - 22
EWS ( electric immobiliser ) - 10, 12, 54
Fold-in Mirrors - 27
Front Fog Lights - 36
Fuel Pump - 19, 33
Headlight Cleaning System - 40
Heated Blower - 57
Heated Rear Window - 20, 25
Heated Spray Nozzles - 21
Heater/Air Conditioning - 22, 39
Ignition Starter Switch - 54, 58
Instrument Cluster - 12, 23, 24
Interor and Luggage Comp. Lights - 10, 12, 26
Light Circuits ( headlights, indicators, brake lights, hazards etc ) 14, 23, 59, 60
Mirror Adjustment - 8
Mirror Heating ( driver, passenger ) - 8, 21
Multi Function Steering Wheel ( MFSW ) - 28
Navigation, TV - 49
OBDI Power Socket - 9, 24
Park Distance Control ( PDC ) - 8
Power Soft Top ( Roof Motor ) - 12, 31, 55
Radio - 47, 50
Rain Sensor - 28
Reversing Light - 6
Seat Adjustment Left - 29
Seat Adjustment Right - 15
Secondary Air Pump - 33, 56
Shirting Illumiation Gate - 24
Sport Button Switch - 7
Sequential Manual Gearbox SMG Control - 9, 32
Telephone - 49
Thiefproofing System - 30
Window Lift Motor - 41, 46
Wipe Wash System, Window Cleaning - 38



Fuse box access is through the glove box. Push up on the tabs shown in the circles below to drop the glovebox down fully, which will reveal the fuses....



Please advise of any errors or ommissions, and I'll update the list

 

[AlanJ]

Excellent - have printed this off and put in the file in my Zed for reference. THANKS

 

[aquazi]

or even better this diagram - which shows the ones which are powered on ignitions or not:

 

[AlanJ]

Ah..... the power of the Forum.

 

[Bing]

Great posts guys

 

[Adamski]

Updated with a picture of how to access the fuse box. The BMW manual doesn't do a good job of explaining how to access

 

[Jembo]

Brilliant Adamski, need to refit headlamp washer fuse for MOT at end of the year so will print & keep this to oneside

 

[tomscott]

Awesome Work Adamski

 

[Swiftly]

Good job Adamski

 

[bcworkz]

Very useful info guys! Keep in mind there are some differences between original and facelift versions. The fuse for the auto-dim mirror changed, as one example. Most are the same though.

 

[Dice]

Thank you guys!

 

[RickH]

Adamski

I salute you sir

This was very useful to me today when the fuse has blown to the cigarette lighter (really the tom tom power and iphone charger) and I was faced with a bank of 50 ish fuses.

15 amps Crickey I wonder how that has blown but have installed the auto roof upgrade recently. Anyone else have this problem?

Anyway thanks

 

[Cyberface]

are any of those empty sockets powered from the ignition? i want to hardwire my DAB into the glovebox this seems the ideal solution

 

[big_al]

I've just been looking at this to figure out what fuse is best to tap into to power a hidden bluetooth music streaming dongle thing and ended up putting this spreadsheet together of which items relate to which features. Thought it might be of use to other people, so here are some links to it as .xlsx and .pdf

Edit: the links stopped working from Google drive due to changes with the security for links, so here’s an image for now and I’ll upload the originals again soon.

 

[BranNubian]

Super useful, as my fuse chart was missing. Thanks a lot for this.

 

[ba3bas]

Can someone do me a favour please

My 3.0si coupe is marked to have a 20a in fuse 19 but mine doesn't have a fuse in it.

Can someone check if their 19 has a fuse there or is it also missing

Car is a 2007

 

[lsteph0]

I need to check the fuse for the air con compressor as my a/c has stopped working. I released the clips at the top of the glove box but no matter how hard I pulled the glove box would not lower any more. Is it because I have a pneumatic strut which opens the glove box or does having an 'M' make a difference.

I did feel that if I pulled any harder something might break and the manual doesn't help as it doesn't even show where the fuses are!

Any ideas or advice anyone or am I doing something wrong?

 

[Wondermike]

You need to disconnect the damper too.

 

[CXZ4]

Thank you so much Adamski & Aquazi, really useful. I can hopefully sort out my non-functioning cigarette lighter (charger) now

 

[cavalree]

The rh button above the steering column which should should show the clock reset or the oil level indicator does not work . Any suggestions please.