Hi all,
I lost outside temperature display this weekend then a few drives later all driver's door controls. Connected VIDA and it confirmed that I lost communication with the DDM (Driver Door Module). Checked the fuse and it was OK. Tonight I took some time to pull the rubber sleeve that protects the harness coming out of the body to the connector on the door itself since broken wire issues was often mentioned when I searched this problem online. And there it was, 3-4 wires cut inside the sleeve, a few mm from the connector housing. What is weird is that the wires don't look chaffed or worn through like you would expect from the repeated opening action but rather deeply dented or cut accros like if something sharp was forced on the wires... strange. Anyway, I need to repair that mess and I'm still wondering how to tackle this job since there is no way I can a) retract the rubber sleeve enough to reach the 'inner' end of the wires and b) no room to work with a soldering iron.
I'm reaching to you for ideas on how to repairs this.
So far I'm considering two options
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1- Fishing new wires along the existing harness : The idea is to fish new wires and to solder at both ends. The harness can be found under the carped near the hood release handle with enough space to solder and on the connector side, I should be able the remove the terminal so I won't be cramped to solder that end. The problem I might encounter is actually being able to fish the wires using a thin fibreglass rod or some steel wire as the routing is all but in straight line...
2- Removing all the terminals from the housing and pulling the whole harness inside the car so I have room to work on it and solder new sections. The problem I see is that I risk damaging the fragile terminals (bending them or messing with the locking tabs).
How would you tackle this repair ???
I lost outside temperature display this weekend then a few drives later all driver's door controls. Connected VIDA and it confirmed that I lost communication with the DDM (Driver Door Module). Checked the fuse and it was OK. Tonight I took some time to pull the rubber sleeve that protects the harness coming out of the body to the connector on the door itself since broken wire issues was often mentioned when I searched this problem online. And there it was, 3-4 wires cut inside the sleeve, a few mm from the connector housing. What is weird is that the wires don't look chaffed or worn through like you would expect from the repeated opening action but rather deeply dented or cut accros like if something sharp was forced on the wires... strange. Anyway, I need to repair that mess and I'm still wondering how to tackle this job since there is no way I can a) retract the rubber sleeve enough to reach the 'inner' end of the wires and b) no room to work with a soldering iron.
I'm reaching to you for ideas on how to repairs this.
So far I'm considering two options
1- Fishing new wires along the existing harness : The idea is to fish new wires and to solder at both ends. The harness can be found under the carped near the hood release handle with enough space to solder and on the connector side, I should be able the remove the terminal so I won't be cramped to solder that end. The problem I might encounter is actually being able to fish the wires using a thin fibreglass rod or some steel wire as the routing is all but in straight line...
2- Removing all the terminals from the housing and pulling the whole harness inside the car so I have room to work on it and solder new sections. The problem I see is that I risk damaging the fragile terminals (bending them or messing with the locking tabs).
How would you tackle this repair ???
