Hi.    I know there are lots of comments about this issue already and I’ve learned a lot from previous posts, but I just wanted to ask for some additional help regarding my own particular issue. 

Basically - I have a 2010 Fabia mk2 Estate Scout and a few months ago the electric windows stopped working.  This was the case on main driver’s door switches and all other switches that operate the windows.

The windows do open/close using the ignition key/ re-set method, so at first I thought it might be the switch itself, but having taken it out and cleaned it thoroughly, I found that wasn’t the problem, so I followed the advice of previous posts and unclipped the rubber boot between the door and body of the car and sure enough found a black & blue wire was broken near the connector end. (*See picture) 

Initially I thought the wire had just come out of a terminal in the connector, but having tugged it slightly I can see that the other end of the wire is still attached to the connector, so I think the rest of the broken wire is somewhere just inside the rubber boot.

As far as I can see this is the only wire that’s broken, so I wanted to have a go at repairing it, rather than replacing the whole door loom. (Using an additional piece of wire and connectors/heat shrink, as I don’t have a soldering iron.) 

Obviously, at the moment I can’t get access to the wire, and as I’m pretty much a novice at all this, I just wanted to ask a couple of (probably rather dumb!) questions.

Firstly:  Is it possible to remove the door end of the rubber boot on its own, or is it actually a fixed part of the wiring loom?

Secondly:  If it is possible to remove it, can it be done without taking the door card off?

Thirdly: Would the additional piece of wire need to be 12 gauge or higher?)

As I said, I don’t have much experience with this sort of thing and I should probably just get on with my knitting! (Okay, yes I am female and getting on a bit!) But, having successfully replaced the window regulator on my last Fabia I a few years ago, with the considerable help of this site, I’m willing to give this one a go if I can.

Many thanks

 

Buy a repair wire from skoda, cut in half and put the new terminal in the socket/plug which you can do by releasing the plug with the orange leaver, and pull out the pink release. then solder up the repair wire to the black/blue wire

 

The wires are very tight in the door rubber, they are all held tightly by a cable tie, i snipped it and pulled the wires through abit more and re cable tied it.

Thanks for the replies guys. 

 

I think maybe  didn't explain properly rhinopower -  I meant the other end of the broken wire in the picture already goes into a terminal in the connector/socket, so I think the rest of the (broken) wire is in the rubber boot somewhere - that's why I thought I'd need access 'inside' the rubber boot to get to the wire & repair it.  

 

I take your point about the tightness of the cable tie hutchysrs50 - I'll definitely do that once I've got this wire sorted, so it reduces the chance of it happening again.  

 

Still not sure if I can remove the door end of the rubber boot though, or if I'll need to remove the door card?

 

Thanks again.

If it's the same as on a Mk1 Fabia, the door end of the rubber gaiter just pulls out of the door metalwork.

Thanks Wino, that's what I thought too - (I had a mk Fabia 1 before) but the gaiter just won't budge.  That's why I wondered whether it was fixed somehow - with clips or something, from the other side.  (Which would be a pain, as then I'd obviously need to take the door card off.) 

I've tried prising it with a ruler, in case it was just glued/sealed in place, but it wont move!  Grrrr!

 

 

I have removed it before, if you think it's hard to remove, try re-fitting it!

 

if you can struggle with it left in place, do that.

 

i pulled the wires tight with the rubber boot pushed as far out the way as I could and used a rag and mole grips to keep it pulled out the way so I had plenty of room to work with.

Hi. How do you get the rubber boot out of the door pillar?

Edited 2 April, 20188 yr by GraandSon

Thanks all. I pulled the boot off and found half the wires have cuts in them. No how to fix....

On 03/04/2018 at 05:17, GraandSon said:

Hi. How do you get the rubber boot out of the door pillar?

If you get a screw driver put a bit of tape on it you can pull it off from the top down. There are two clips the top you can pull it down. 

On 27/02/2017 at 14:01, spember said:

Thanks Wino, that's what I thought too - (I had a mk Fabia 1 before) but the gaiter just won't budge.  That's why I wondered whether it was fixed somehow - with clips or something, from the other side.  (Which would be a pain, as then I'd obviously need to take the door card off.) 

I've tried prising it with a ruler, in case it was just glued/sealed in place, but it wont move!  Grrrr!

 

 

 

They are as mentioned only pushed into the door, BUT they are very "stiff" rubber and are difficult to remove / pull out from the front without damage.

 

When I did my rear window retrofit, I had to push the boot from the inside of the door when replacing the loom as I could not move it any other way although I needed the door trim off anyway.

On 06/03/2019 at 01:44, UrbanPanzer said:

 

They are as mentioned only pushed into the door, BUT they are very "stiff" rubber and are difficult to remove / pull out from the front without damage.

 

When I did my rear window retrofit, I had to push the boot from the inside of the door when replacing the loom as I could not move it any other way although I needed the door trim off anyway.

 

Sorry to bother you old bean, can you put up the link to the part number for the replacement door wiring loom please? Thanks in advance.

 

It looks very much like ours will need replacing, we're now encountering problems with central locking, drivers window, electric mirrors. An auto electrician who lives locally will get a chance to assess it and fix it but if it's easier to fit the new loom than have him soldering all sorts of wires then we'll get the part and have him fit it.