Electrical Issue on one Side of Car

[Tropheus]

Hi,

 

Experiencing an odd problem with my wife's 2013 1.6D Elegance.  Electrics on both passanger side doors have stopped working.  This includes mirror, windows and central locking.  I'll do a scan later, but anything obvious that could be causing this?

 

Thanks,

[Breezy_Pete]

Probably a broken wire or wires in the passenger front door wiring bellows, between A-pillar and door.

[Mister Paul]

I've had broken wires in fbe bellows of my Roomster tailgate and passenger doors. You can buy patch looms on Amazon. 

[Tropheus]

Thanks, I'll take a look.

[gav_is_con]

Do a search on here plenty of people written about it. You can repair just those wires and others. Buy a kit from eBay or have the whole loom replaced. 
 

 

[andrehj]

In 99% of these cases the problem is not in the passenger door, but in the driver's door, since that one has much more open-close cycles, and therefore the wires wear faster.

[Tropheus]

Thanks for the pointers.  I had a go at this tonight and unfortunately didn't have much success.  BTW, this got worse to the point where all 4 electric windows and the central locking (bar the boot) doesn't work.

 

There were broken wires on both sides from what I can see.  On the driver's side, there was a broken thin purple wire.  On the passenger side, there were two broken wires - the two thick wires - brown and red/orange.

 

Since the wires on the passenger side look more substantial (I'm guessing power?), I did that first.

 

I bought this kit of Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C4JSY6BZ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details.  I really only need the replacement wires and the pins.

 

I decied just to replace the damaged wires - I de-pinned the broken wires form the connector and added new wires that connect to the loom inside the door.  I soldered them and checked that they were secure.  To get this far I had to obviously remove the door card, the door stay and then push the loom back into the door so I had room to work on it.  Removing the old brittle insulation tape was the worse and longest part.

 

When I reconnected the loom, the windows and central locking still don't work.  The passenger door speaker is working and the airbag light triggers when I pull the harness with the ignition on, so somethings working.  I can reset the airbag light so not a biggie.

 

Does anyone have a pin out wiring diagram for the Suberb II?  Any pointers as to what else I can try?  Is it possible I have to fix the purple wire on the drivers side to get everything working?  I would have thought the passenger side window would at least work with the wiring in tact on that side.

 

BTW, I did check the fuse for the windows and central locking and it's fine.

[Tropheus]

Quick update on this.  I did the drivers side of the car.  One wire was broken and a few others had cracked insultation.  I repaired the broken wire and patached up those that were cracked.  I'm recovering from a broken shoulder so will do a more permanent job in a few months when I'm fitter and it's warmer.

 

However, even after fixing that wire, nothing worked.  I then had another look at the fuses.  I checked all the 30 amp fuses and found one that had blown.  I swapped it out and everything worked again.  This fuse didn't correspond with the fuse for the windows/central locking shown in the owners handbook.  Not surprising as the handbook shows the LHD fusebox and they probably changed over time and would not necessarily be updated in the handbook.

 

Glad that everything is now working.  It's a bit of work, but using the Amazon/Ebay kits for around £30 is a cost effective option to fix the problem.