Ben Martin > wrote:
>
>I have a 90 BMW 325is. I started up my car and noticed that I did not have
>power windows.

Did you try pressing the power window circuit breaker to the right of the
steering column?

>I drove the car about 5 miles and seemed to hear some "unusual noises" - but
>power and peformance were good.

Were they the sort of noises that you hear if the key is jammed into the
"START" position and never returns to "RUN," thus leaving the starter
engaged?

>I got home and turned the car off. Now the starter won't turn and I did
>smell something that smelled like burning wires.

Could be all kinds of things. Do the interior lights dim when you turn
the key? Does the starter click? Can you pushstart it?
--scott

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