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12th February 2008

BMW E36 Fuse Box / Relay Layout

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If you like to fix your BMW E36 electrical issues which normally happen very often and you don’t like to visit electricians almost all the time, then you must have the BMW E36 fuse box diagram. The fuse box diagram is usually found under the cover of your fuse box, but unfortunately, it’s not always there. That happens because of two possible reasons. The first, is that it has fallen off and you didn’t notice it or maybe you got the car like this. The second reason is because you don’t have a fuse box cover :lol: (like me before I bought mine).

So, if you don’t have that fuse diagram then this post was made for you. I have found the fuse box layouts for both BMW E36 325i and the BMW E36 318is.

This is the 325i fuse box diagram:





And this is the relay diagram from the Bentley Manual:



And this is the 318is diagram:



I suggest that you either bookmark this article for later reference or at least print it and keep a copy of it inside your car and maybe stick it inside your fuse box cover. Have fun!

 

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  1. 1 On February 13th, 2008, Zoltan said:

    Hi,
    I always find your blog very useful, informative and also very entertaining.
    This one is specially useful, because it reminds me what just happened to my e36 shortly I bought it.
    I bought a belgian originated left hand drive car in the UK, with no manual, no service book and nothing really, but it’s all fine.
    The reverse light gone off once, so I took it to a garage (this is my very first car in my life, and at that time didn’t really know anything about it). So when the engineer opened the fuse box, it turned out that everything is written in german, and noone really speaks german. So I had to dig up some of my primary school german knowledge from deep inside myself, which was particularly funny. After that I’ve decided to translate all the text inside the fusebox, but seemed to be quite a big job.
    Fortunately your blog just did it for me now. :)
    Thank you very much!
    Zoltan

    posted on February 13th, 2008 at 12:17 pm

  2. 2 On February 13th, 2008, Tony Sticks said:

    Thank you Zoltan very much for the sweet words. I’m really appreciate it.

    posted on February 13th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

  3. 3 On April 20th, 2008, Electric Fan Problems On My BMW E36 | BMW E36 Blog said:

    [...] So, I’m trying now to figure out how to re-connect my electric fan correctly to the auxiliary fan relay (which I found in the BMW E36 fuse box layout). [...]

    posted on April 20th, 2008 at 4:01 pm

  4. 4 On August 25th, 2008, Nate said:

    So where are your relays for a/c and aux. fan (13-15). I’m having a heckuva time finding those same relays for a 1995 325i sedan. Would you happen to have part numbers or colors?

    posted on August 25th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

  5. 5 On September 12th, 2008, dan said:

    hi there, i have a bmw 316i compact 1998 R reg and having trouble witht the wipers. they keep stopping every so often when on, people say it could be wiper motor or relay, does any one know wat the problem is. if it is the relay do u know where it i on this model as i have looked in the fuse box and nothing there, i would appreicate any ones help to my email dano104@hotmail.com

    thanks again

    posted on September 12th, 2008 at 10:15 pm

  6. 6 On December 28th, 2008, Marty said:

    hI, i HAVE CHANGED MY headlight bulbs to 100 watt….what fuses should I change?

    posted on December 28th, 2008 at 5:48 pm

  7. 7 On January 8th, 2009, Paul said:

    hi, i want to change my pump relay and i got trouble to locate the pump relay in the fuse box. is it the same location of the pump relay for both 325i and 318is? becasue mine one is 318is??

    Thanks..

    posted on January 8th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

  8. 8 On March 22nd, 2009, ducatiman said:

    hi,
    i have got a 1992 320i and the electric windows and sunroof are not working,switches work ok,but no power to them i think, cant find a fuse in the box to correspond with electric windows, thats about my limit with electrics, any help? many thanks.

    posted on March 22nd, 2009 at 5:07 pm

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