power for 1992 touring tailgate switch

[Jachenbach]

Happy Holidays everyonesanta

I have a 1992 525i touring and having difficulty troubleshooting the inoperability of both the tailgate and rear window switch. I checked for broken wires on the wire bundles that are exposed when the tailgate is lifted and also checked all fuses. The Bentley wiring diagram shows an inline fuse for the 1990 model, does anyone know if this applies to the later years?

[shogun]

The fusible link is always close to the battery, see some pics here http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main/Maintenance/Electrical/Fusible_link.htm
Did you check both sides wires looms on the rear hatch? There should be 2 of them as far as I remember, also check in the wiring diagrams here
E34 (1988 to 1995 5 Series) Wiring Diagrams
•1988 e34_88.pdf (10,476,973 bytes) e34_88.zip (8,451,206 bytes)
•1989 e34_89.pdf (10,863,822 bytes) e34_89.zip (8,588,005 bytes)
•1990 e34_90.pdf (14,676,816 bytes) e34_90.zip (11,295,570 bytes)
•1991 e34_91.pdf (18,332,496 bytes) e34_91.zip (13,399,412 bytes)
•1992 e34_92.pdf (15,153,055 bytes) e34_92.zip (11,963,569 bytes)
•1993 e34_93.pdf (15,214,090 bytes) e34_93.zip (11,994,722 bytes)
•1994 e34_94.pdf (15,860,270 bytes) e34_94.zip (12,448,814 bytes)
•1995 e34_95.pdf (15,392,094 bytes) e34_95.zip (11,897,304 bytes)

http://shark.armchair.mb.ca/~dave/BMW/e34/