Driver Door Lock/Unlock buttons not working

[18BlackJLRU]

I noticed this weekend that my driver door Lock/unlock buttons were not working anymore !

I did not have any bent pins at the connector… I took my ohm’s meter out and started the troubleshooting this afternoon… It turned out that I had 2 broken wires and 3 that were almost broken within the black insulation part between the door and the footwell …. I took my welder out and fixed all 5 wires…. Here’s a few pictures.

The way that I found out the problem was by doing continuity tests between the connector within the door (behind the door panel) and the one that connects at the footwell.

I used 18 AWG wire, although it looks like the harness wires are 20AWG (2018 Rubicon)… I only had 18 & 22 AWG !

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[Gregj]

FYI, that complete door harness is about $50, if you have to take the door apart why not replace it?

Gregj

 

[18BlackJLRU]

FYI, that complete door harness is about $50, if you have to take the door apart why not replace it?

Gregj

That’s good to know !

 

[Lithics]

Thanks for this post, used it to track down the issue in my Wrangler and fix 7 broken and cracked wires.

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