my windows not working

[steve75]

hi im new to this and new to bmw never had one befor .my windows are not work i have a 318i 4 door but only front windows are electric ,now where to start ,only had the car 2 weeks .got the car noing the windows were not working but the gut said it was the fuse and it holding needed to be fixed ,not a prob ,yer right ,there is i think no fuse no holding and no loose wires in the fuse box (i got the lid of dont ask how )so i need to no what fuse number is it for the windows , i think its 14 . or can anyoe tell me how much they think it will cost to fix ,need my window open summers coming .

[VMZ]

If the seller was saying it's just a fuse you should have been wondering why they didn't spend a few cents on two new fuses and fix it... and possible loose wires in the fuse box? I would have been running away.

The lid should have come off no problem? That's a little concerning.

Front window fuse it No.14 as you said.

As far as fixing them goes.
There is a few suggested fix's around. If you Google a bit you should find them. I have some window trouble(not as bad as yours though) and none of them solved it.
Window trouble is a fairly common problem with e36s.

Without being able to see whats going on there is no way to give you an accurate price. You could have a few buggered wires some where or two blown motors. The price would vary greatly. If you're not into DIY, BMW or an auto electrician is going to be the easiest way by far.

[steve75]

thank you for the reply ,maybe i should have ran of but it was cheap becouse the windows were not working ,as he said it was just the fuse and holding that needed fixing well so hes says ,got a mate to have a look at it so let hope he can see the prob .the fuse box lid would not come of becouse of where the bolts are but i got it of (was a bit pissed of by this point )

[steve75]

hi its all ok now window are working

[VMZ]

I'm guessing you were talking about the upper piece of the fuse box because the lid shouldn't have any bolts. I bought some wobble extensions for the second time I removed those bolts...Much easier.

So what did the problem end up being?

[steve75]

i still dont no but a mate rewired the windows so now they work ,so we think i still have a fuse missin, so there was no power goin to the window but can not find the live wire ,so we just made a new live to the window with a inline fuse and now it works