Drivers side door Controls.

[Tortoise788]

Recently all the controls on my drivers door stopped working. The power lock switch and mirror switch. The door still unlock if I use the passenger button and the window still functions fine. I checked fuses F28,F96 and F97 all fine. I also looked at the pins in the connector and nothing looked bent. My last resort was to expose the wires in the door harness and everything looked fine from what i could see. Anybody have any suggestions?

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[berb]

How many miles on your Gladiator? I had to have my wire harness replaced under warranty.

 

[Tortoise788]

65k

 

[Janster]

How many miles on your Gladiator? I had to have my wire harness replaced under warranty.

Just curiuos…which harnass? Door side or vehicle side?

 

[berb]

Both actually. They replaced the door first then did the vehicle side.

 

[Fpolanco]

I had this same issue but ended up being some wires on the harness on the door were frayed (4to be exact). Sounds like neither harnesses should be the issue.

Have you tried moving the handles from the passenger side to the driver side?

 

[Lost1wing]

If you had the doors off, I would suspect the connector pins are bent. If you hadn't had the doors off , then I would suspect the harness that you have already looked at. Now that you pulled the connector apart to look for bent pins, you could now have bent pins. You really need to look close. Take a picture of both receptacles so that you can look even closer.

 

[Tortoise788]

If you had the doors off, I would suspect the connector pins are bent. If you hadn't had the doors off , then I would suspect the harness that you have already looked at. Now that you pulled the connector apart to look for bent pins, you could now have bent pins. You really need to look close. Take a picture of both receptacles so that you can look even closer.

Ill have to do the picture method tm. i have the doors off a bunch in the warmer months.

 

[Tortoise788]

Theres a picture of the connector. Nothing looks bent to me but maybe you guys see something i dont.

 

[Panthers65]

9 times out of 10 it's the bent door pins, but with the opening and closing of the door it can cause the door harness wires themselves to break over time. You can check continuity on either side of the door harness and see if you have a break somewhere

With all the controls not working, i'd look to the main power and ground wires on the harness first.

 

[billsfanmd]

My drivers side door lock is not working. I'm at about 70,000 miles so guessing out of warranty? Is there a video out there on replacing/repairing? thx

 

[Fpolanco]

My drivers side door lock is not working. I'm at about 70,000 miles so guessing out of warranty? Is there a video out there on replacing/repairing? thx

This is what I used to help me swap out my door-side harness.

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...nstructions-parts-links-on-jl-wrangler.49241/

 

[ShadowsPapa]

The wires can break inside of the insulation. Copper work hardens and opening and closing a door "works" the copper wires.

There are also videos and info here under topics such as "add passive entry" and so on - many of us added massive entry and in the earlier years had to replace the door harness to get there. So there's a whole lot of info out there on that harness, taking the door panel off and more.

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