Door Wiring Harness Issues

[bc-77]

Yea contorting myself that waybwas impossible. It would be great if they just turned the harness 90 degrees so you could see what you're doing.

If you take a flat head screwdriver, you can carefully pop the harness off the wall and then you can turn it and see what is going on with the bent pins much easier

Thanks! I wanted to try to pop it off but wasn't sure if I would snap it. I'll give it a go tomorrow.

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[bc-77]

Yea contorting myself that waybwas impossible. It would be great if they just turned the harness 90 degrees so you could see what you're doing.

If you take a flat head screwdriver, you can carefully pop the harness off the wall and then you can turn it and see what is going on with the bent pins much easier

I was finally able to get to it today. Thank you for the tip because contorting was not possible.

I was able to carefully realign the pins and now my radio turns off and my doors unlock when I open my door again. Also, my Avengers dash light is gone.

It's such a shame the pins are so fragile. I thought the design of reconnecting them was supposed to prevent this. I love taking my doors off, but I always need to put them back on when I do. Erf. Now I have to be extra extra careful.

 

[Stlrfan152]

I was finally able to get to it today. Thank you for the tip because contorting was not possible.

I was able to carefully realign the pins and now my radio turns off and my doors unlock when I open my door again. Also, my Avengers dash light is gone.

It's such a shame the pins are so fragile. I thought the design of reconnecting them was supposed to prevent this. I love taking my doors off, but I always need to put them back on when I do. Erf. Now I have to be extra extra careful.

Hopefully youll have better luck no matter how careful i am the thing bends them every time.

 

[elnonio]

SOLVED (at least on my plugs)! The bent pins aren't the actual problem.... They are the first symptom of the problem.

The REAL problem is that the male plug doesn't function correctly.

With the plugs disconnected, you should barely see the top of the pins on the male plug. The real problem, then, is that the white piece inside the male plug should extend over the pins as you remove the female plug, offering both protection and guidance to the pins.

If you see the full pins, the inside white piece has failed to extend (hence, faulty plug) over the pins, and that's why the pins can get bent: as you reinsert the female plug, the pins aren't guided back to where they need to be by that white sliding piece.

So no, not user error. Faulty plugs.

 

[Stlrfan152]

SOLVED (at least on my plugs)! The bent pins aren't the actual problem.... They are the first symptom of the problem.

The REAL problem is that the male plug doesn't function correctly.

With the plugs disconnected, you should barely see the top of the pins on the male plug. The real problem, then, is that the white piece inside the male plug should extend over the pins as you remove the female plug, offering both protection and guidance to the pins.

If you see the full pins, the inside white piece has failed to extend (hence, faulty plug) over the pins, and that's why the pins can get bent: as you reinsert the female plug, the pins aren't guided back to where they need to be by that white sliding piece.

So no, not user error. Faulty plugs.

Were you able to put the white part back?

 

[elnonio]

Were you able to put the white part back?

I didn't want to mess with it any more than necessary. It works now, and next time the doors come off I'll readress.

Besides, been busy with other projects like building a little 2-motorcycle chock system. Nothing fancy, just 2x4s and an e-track section in the middle of the bed.

 

[RockDoc]

Thanks for this thread. Just mirror failure / auto radio shutoff failure after having the doors off this weekend. This sounds like it will be the issue.

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