2008 model, drivers door switch failure.

[Chris_55]

Anyone had any experience of fixing this?

 

Found some info in the web suggesting poor solder joints on golfs etc. which involves removing the window winder carrier to gain access to the lock module.

 

Does the Fabia II have the same setup?

[Diesel Estate]

Hi

 

I had drivers door window fail and the dealers replaced the electric window switch on the drivers door.  On my previous Fabia estate I had the driver's door interior light switch fail on the car body.  This was replaced by the dealer and the alarm worked again.

[Tech1e]

What are the symptoms?

[fordfan]

Pop the switch out, dismantle, dry out and clean up, all easily doable on the Fabia 2 without having to remove the interior trim panel.

[Tech1e]

That's what I do for the centre console cdl switch. However I'm not sure that's what the op is referring too hence the question.

[Chris_55]

Tackled the job today, please see attached.

 

Pity I started by taking the door switch out and found nothing wrong, then looked for the wiring fault!

Skoda Fabia 2008 door wiring fault.pdf

[fordfan]

Good work and a nice write up.

[Tech1e]

Very common fault that one, a little more info at the start and could have pointed you there.

But thanks for the update, will help future concerns.

[Flavio]

Hi got the same problem great write up! One question how do you get the gaiter out?

[Flavio]

Ok worked it out now! Made a little plastic screwdriver out of a old credit card to get under the rubber at the top to depress the clip and pull bellows/gaiter out. Indeed what did I discover but the brown and yellow control wire broken! I think skoda are gonna have big problems with this our car is a may 2010 so 6 months out of warranty! The white and grey wire is also split and will need attention too ???? soldering iron here I come... Thanks again for this article it's already saved me £35 in diagnostic checks????

[mrgf]

Had similar problem on the passenger side, with the mirror wiring. Had a snapped wire, preventing the mirror from moving up/down. Used a 5amp block terminal as a quick temporary repair.

[Flavio]

Soldering now completed, all working again now don't know if I'd solder again though it's a right old fiddle - very frustrating! Getting insulation tape on is even worse... I wish I'd remembered to put a length or earth shield on too before soldering to beef the fragile wire up a bit. If I does it again think it'll be a new door loom at about £80 or strip the old out repair then refit. Why do these things never happen on a sunny July afternoon?

[Chris_55]

I soldered extra lengths of wire in and used heat shrink tubing to insulate, I also used croc clips to hold the wire going towards the door, this helped.