Permission to say "bugger" ? 

 

I had this in a Touran and found it was easier to fit a new loom than mess around with a repair, I think it was about £70 back in 2019. 

Blame VW-group for their design and materials choice.

Spider is innocent, I feel. 

 

Any symptoms yet?

5 minutes ago, Wino said:

Spider is innocent, I feel. 

 

Any symptoms yet?

 

Yes, the one-touch settings are not accepted, and the comfort closing from the key fob doesn't operate - I also have a small battery drain that requires a charge every few months, but I'm not sure whether that is linked or not. 

 

As to the contribution of Mr Skinny Legs (Peppa Pig reference for those without small children!), when the wife sees the cost of the loom it'll be easier to blame him!

12 minutes ago, Wino said:

Any symptoms yet?

 

An overactive imagination and irrationality?

 

Sounds like me during a Malarial flare up!

Battery drain could be linked, if the module is getting wrong inputs and so not shutting down fully when it should.

I might be able to tell you which wire might be the only one causing the problem, if you want? Is it the 2010 car or the the 2012?

58 minutes ago, Wino said:

Battery drain could be linked, if the module is getting wrong inputs and so not shutting down fully when it should.

I might be able to tell you which wire might be the only one causing the problem, if you want? Is it the 2010 car or the the 2012?

 

@Wino thanks, that would be good to know - perhaps a repair of one wire will suffice until I get more symptoms?

It's a 2012 Greenline S

Edited 22 July, 20214 yr by b1ackb1rd

You have 3 wires with damaged insulation visible in the photograph, the conductors in all of them appear intact, they or other wires may have fractured cores within undamged insulation, they all need stretching and bending to verify.

The violet/white one at top of pic would be one worth giving a little pull to, to see if it falls into two bits. 

To be honest the whole bundle look pretty brittle, I don't think repairs will be practical. 

 

I've done some searching this afternoon and I have a feeling this is going to be expensive, there are no used ones on eBay and in any case they are likely to be in the same position. 

There are loads of repair kits on ebay with connector shell and ample wires with the connector inserts pre-fitted, long enough to get you well into the door where you can make inline connections to the original loom. Original loom is likely to be fine beyond the area that flexes.

This sort of thing Door Cable Repair Set 107063 Febi Harness Wiring Loom Genuine Quality Guaranteed | eBay

 

 

 

@Wino Thanks, I'll take a look. 

 

To be honest, I was looking at the new loom route as the thought of all that soldering doesn't give me the horn - I'm a pen-pusher and as someone once said 'man's gotta know his limitations' 

Thinking along the lines of corporate parts bin, and on the basis that other models sold in bigger numbers etc - will the drivers door loom from another model ie Octavia, Superb of the same year fit? 

Unlikely, I think.

Do you know what the part number of your loom is? (By having read the label).

13 hours ago, Wino said:

Do you know what the part number of your loom is? (By having read the label).

 

Not terribly practical to take the guts out of the door just for a part number? It's not a 5 minute job. 

 

I'd've thought the label would be somewhere it could be seen with just door card removed, but could be wrong.

I count 7 different possible part numbers for RHD, depending on date of manufacture and equipment options. 

single parts whitch are not included with the par... - Yeti(YET) [EUROPA 2012 year] (7zap.com)

 

Guess if you're buying new from a dealership you can let them sort that side of things though. 

 

Edited 23 July, 20214 yr by Wino