To end the 2021, some water inside

[Lurcher]

Walk out take a drive and see this:

Apparently the window went down on it's own over the past 24-48 hrs by itself. Not a FOB issue, as only the drivers window down.

So now dealing with this, car was on a hill (good thing) got the seats out, new shop vac in use, dehumidifier going. Had to start the car to get in garage. Drove fine, top down ok, but stereo making a thump, thump sound every ~ 6-7 seconds. Amp (aftermarket) in trunk, Idrive working - thoughts?? Probably not hooking up battery for another 2 days.

BTW: apparently a random window going down in BMW is a thing, based on searching the web. Microswitch issue possibly?

Happy 2022...

 

[SLOWESTN54]

Sorry this happened to you! Same shit happened with my 535i but it was a fob issue. All 4 windows rolled down and the sun rood opened a 1/4 of the way all while its snowing. IDK HOW but i got lucky and not to much got into the car. Maybe the amp is being shorted by the water in the under seat sub.

 

[pbondar]

Since we don't know what/how/where the aftermarket amp is wired and where else the water has gone I suggest you dry it out as quickly as possible and avoid exercising the electrical system..if you can manage to disconnect the battery (avoiding shutting the boot lid) then that would be good...

Any connectors with water in should have some WD40 type stuff sprayed in them toute de suite to avoid electrolytic corrosion...IMHO

Have you got any moisture at the front near the FRM?

 

[Lurcher]

Subs on back wall (above that red thing in pics on right (behind seats)). Amp on other side of wall (trunk) in stock location (vertical - and dry). No moisture in the footwell, and no electronics under/behind the seat on this side (cabling does run on left side though. Been looking for any connectors for WD-40 - can't really find any short pf pulling the kick panel where the speaker is.

Got the humidity down to 30 % in the car... still getting a bit of moisture out...

 

[pbondar]

Subs on back wall (above that red thing in pics on right (behind seats)). Amp on other side of wall (trunk) in stock location (vertical - and dry). No moisture in the footwell, and no electronics under/behind the seat on this side (cabling does run on left side though. Been looking for any connectors for WD-40 - can't really find any short pf pulling the kick panel where the speaker is.

Got the humidity down to 30 % in the car... still getting a bit of moisture out...

Well that’s a relief …strange why the loudspeakers were pulsing..hopefully drying it out will restore order..

 

[Lurcher]

Down to 25% humidity (I'm outside of Atlanta - so that's a miracle in itself), and after an hour, no water in the dehumidifier. Likely going to let it sit with a fan (only) on it one more night and put it together tomorrow.

 

[Lurcher]

Last night, got down to 20%, and drained the humidifier (nothing). Let it go 3 more hours and got no additional water, so opened it all back up, put a fan on again with the carpet up (yea, I'm paranoid) and planning on reassembling today.

 

[fmorelli]

You don't want to drop below outside relative humidity. Don't dry the car out, literally. Including the leather!

You need to lift the carpet and insulation and get a small fan going in there.

 

[Torgus]

Sucks to have happen. There is brand name stuff like DampRid and they sell bags/containers/packs or you can just look for desiccant online etc.

I agree with @fmorelli gotta get the carpet and insulation up if you really want to dry it out.

 

[Lurcher]

Seats are out , carpet wrapped around steering wheel and was only for a few hrs. All done now regardless. Weather went from 80 to 30 overnight, so outside humidity all over the place too. Putting back together tomorrow, fingers crossed.

 

[Lurcher]

Back together - short drive and nothing seems out of place. Stereo working again too!

Fingers crossed, will be doing a few shorter drives over the next few days. Lets hope this chapter is done - though why this happened still needs to be resolved, but that will have to wait...

 

[NoQuarter]

I have seen with a weak battery the window comes down as expected when the door is opened but doesn't go back up when closed.