help -- climate control not working

[Yackedy Sacks]

just noticed today. the climate control unit on my '99 coupe is out -- nothing lights up, none of the buttons respond. it was fine yesterday.

thoughts?

[desynch]

Look up climate control bad capacitor. Pretty common problem.

[98Motorsport3]

From what I've heard if the resistor is bad the climate control will still light up but nothing will actually work. I guess it is possible that the resistor could knock it all out. Check fuses, and resistor if thats not it then you need a new ihka unit. Bavarian auto recyclers has them and at a very fair price. Hope its just a resistor or fuse though, good luck!

[Yackedy Sacks]

Look up climate control bad capacitor. Pretty common problem.

thanks, i think you're right.

if anyone else has this problem, there are guys on ebay who will fix it for ~$40.

i also found a diy guide here:
http://www.macadamizer.com/bmwfix.html

[mfan621]

That DIY has been around for a while. I had this problem last year and a new capacitor fixed everything. Not bad for $0.50 & 30 minutes of your time. I would definitely not pay $40 and go through the trouble of shipping the unit. Good luck!

[ZUUD BYE]

+1 http://www.macadamizer.com/bmwfix.html FTW!

check here for cap http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1503032