Hi guys,
I've just finished rewiring my driver's door loom with a brand new replacement loom using Cully's guide which was massively helpful. A couple of the wires were broken before and now it's repaired all of the electrics work except the driver's side central locking (which was working fine before I started the job?!).
All the following functions work on both doors: windows, speakers, electric mirrors
When I lock the driver's side door with the key both doors and the boot lock.
When I press 'lock' on the fob the passenger door lock goes down then up and the boot makes a noise like it is trying to lock. The driver's door lock does nothing (no noise, no movement).
If I lock the doors with the key and press 'open' on the fob the passenger and the boot door unlock (the driver's side does nothing)
Things I've checked:
All the fuses are OK
I've checked the continuity between the door plug and all the wires that are inside the driver's door skin that are going towards the door lock mechanism to identify that they are definitely pins 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 & 19 as per the table in the pic
I've tried a few combinations of swapping/changing the wires coming from the A pillar into the new loom (changing one wire at a time and testing things).
For reference this is how I have wired up the A pillar wires to the wires in the new loom (btw the numbers in the middle row e.g. A275, 606 etc don't bear any resemblance to the numbers on the wires coming out of the A pillar, I just copied these from Cully's guide in case they were going to be of use):
Possible problems:
I've got the wires coming from the A pillar wired into the replacement loom wrong (I'd say this feels most likely, I don't think power is getting to the driver's door lock)
The driver's solenoid has broken (I'm wondering if I've caused it to short out/break)
The door isn't properly bolted back on yet so the door sensor is out (unlikely as the door still closes properly even without the bolts back in it).
Also the washer jets just stopped projecting water recently - I doubt it has anything to do with it but I mention just in case.
Any advice or help would be really appreciated on what to try next to work out the fault - I really want to get this sorted out so I can put the loom back into the door and start using the car again. I have a multimeter but have only learnt how to use it for continuity so far - the trouble is I don't know which wire from each of the PINs mentioned above does what.
Cheers
I've just finished rewiring my driver's door loom with a brand new replacement loom using Cully's guide which was massively helpful. A couple of the wires were broken before and now it's repaired all of the electrics work except the driver's side central locking (which was working fine before I started the job?!).
All the following functions work on both doors: windows, speakers, electric mirrors
When I lock the driver's side door with the key both doors and the boot lock.
When I press 'lock' on the fob the passenger door lock goes down then up and the boot makes a noise like it is trying to lock. The driver's door lock does nothing (no noise, no movement).
If I lock the doors with the key and press 'open' on the fob the passenger and the boot door unlock (the driver's side does nothing)
Things I've checked:
All the fuses are OK
I've checked the continuity between the door plug and all the wires that are inside the driver's door skin that are going towards the door lock mechanism to identify that they are definitely pins 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18 & 19 as per the table in the pic
I've tried a few combinations of swapping/changing the wires coming from the A pillar into the new loom (changing one wire at a time and testing things).
For reference this is how I have wired up the A pillar wires to the wires in the new loom (btw the numbers in the middle row e.g. A275, 606 etc don't bear any resemblance to the numbers on the wires coming out of the A pillar, I just copied these from Cully's guide in case they were going to be of use):
Possible problems:
I've got the wires coming from the A pillar wired into the replacement loom wrong (I'd say this feels most likely, I don't think power is getting to the driver's door lock)
The driver's solenoid has broken (I'm wondering if I've caused it to short out/break)
The door isn't properly bolted back on yet so the door sensor is out (unlikely as the door still closes properly even without the bolts back in it).
Also the washer jets just stopped projecting water recently - I doubt it has anything to do with it but I mention just in case.
Any advice or help would be really appreciated on what to try next to work out the fault - I really want to get this sorted out so I can put the loom back into the door and start using the car again. I have a multimeter but have only learnt how to use it for continuity so far - the trouble is I don't know which wire from each of the PINs mentioned above does what.
Cheers
190k Moonstone 3dr HDI sold
..on the lookout for a 6/rallye
..on the lookout for a 6/rallye