MoongrooveJimski

Ta for everything. I'll have to pull off the door card (not a job I enjoy) and root around for a break. If I find anything I'll post a pic for the next user.

Well, that was a fiddly job. The front clips came off easily but the back ones didn't and they're hidden behind the door. Got both ends of the boot off and couldn't see anything obvious. Jiggled and wiggled the wires but no reaction. Went to trim the wrapping back a bit and noticed a small piece of black electrical tape wrapping the wires (the loom one's fabric) but it was a red herring - no break - but I think someone's had a go before. Apart from this the tang on the top black plug looks damaged. So I've reseated the plugs after adding a little water dispersant, boxed it up and slammed the door a few times. Nothing so far but I think it's unlikely to be that easy. Thanks again for your advice.

Ta muchly for the pic - took me a moment to work out the problem but it's pretty clear. Fingers crossed it's something this straightforward.

Ta muchly for that. I'd kinda guessed this might be the culprit but I wasn't sure if Fabias had an issue with water incursion in the door or footwells and whether the loom or control units might be doing the backstroke where they're awash. I'll give it a look and keep my fingers crossed. It's a little cold to be stripping doors at the moment!

Hi folks, I've tried searching the forum but I can't get a specific answer to my problem so I've resorted to a new thread. Apols if it's a repeat. My 2002 Fabia 1.4i has an issue that's been bugging me for several months now - the central locking keeps firing randomly, both on and off. The symptoms are: Going over a bump while driving often un/locks the car Unlocking the car, opening the passenger door then closing it often triggers a relock (immediately, not after the security period) I believe that at least sometimes closing the drivers door will cause the locks to fire but far less frequently (it's done this at least once, luckily outside my house, but it could also be due to the rocking of the car when I slammed the door) Opening the passenger door doesn't trigger the courtesy light I did have an issue some months ago with the buzzer not sounding when the driver's door was opened with the lights on, but this went away quickly The problem is much worse during the winter, and it's annoying because you can't leave the car warming while you scrape the windows I did ask my dealer to have a look while they carried out an MOT but because it was June they couldn't replicate the problem (typically, it occurred a couple of times as I drove home). I'm assuming it's an issue with the passenger door (I noticed the speaker on that side sounds blown too) but wondered if there's anything I've overlooked? (i.e. there's a little rust on the trailing edge of the passenger side wing where it lines up with the seal. Is it likely to be water incursion here rather than in the door?) Any ideas of the likely culprit or any tests I can do before I start stripping the door card? Ta muchly in advance.