P38A Centre fascia switch panel

oakey · Dec 2, 2015

All my windows, sunroof and mirrors suddenly stopped working.
I checked behind panel and connector looks ok
All the fuses are ok including F1
Nanocom says "cant communicate with switch panel".
Help would be much appreciated cos I would hate to buy a new one when not needed
Does this switch panel have a favourite failure mode?
Are there any other tests I can do before I buy a new one?
Thank you

TAKdriver · Dec 2, 2015

oakey said:
All my windows, sunroof and mirrors suddenly stopped working.
I checked behind panel and connector looks ok
All the fuses are ok including F1
Nanocom says "cant communicate with switch panel".
Help would be much appreciated cos I would hate to buy a new one when not needed
Does this switch panel have a favourite failure mode?
Are there any other tests I can do before I buy a new one?
Thank you

I had to replace mine earlier in the year : simple enough job.
I had a leccy friend have a look at mine as it was possible that something as simple as a resistor had gone. It looked to me as if it was delaminating and I decided that life was too short to go playing around with the switchpack. I hadn't heard of any pattern of probs.
If you're leccy knowledgeable you could carry out a full check on it but to get that done professionally would probably not make economic sense

wammers · Dec 2, 2015

Everything is done by the BECM the switch panel is just for signalling the BECM to perform a function. Suggest you have a look at diagrams.

ovalandrover · Dec 2, 2015

If you have a nanacom you can operate the widows from it and that will let you know if its the switch pack or other problems

oakey · Dec 2, 2015

Thanks Tak I think I will order a pack and then have a footer with the old one and keep as a spare.
I have Nanocom and didn't know I could do that with it so I will try that tomorrow thank you.
Wammers I haven't found anything in Rave yet but will look again. This computerised stuff is a bit baffling I am afraid.

oakey · Dec 5, 2015

Changed switch panel and everything works again.
Thanks for your help

P38A Centre fascia switch panel

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