BLWNASP
Enthusiast
This seems like a common problem for some of us Gen II owners. The wires become faulty through the grommets due to the continuous pulling, bending and stretching they do in the doors.
First off, your wire is probably cracked if things like the speakers cut's out, window won't roll up or down, etc... Solution male female plugs at the wire harness gromet CLOSEST to the car side of the harness. This is where the wires crack, and eventually brake. For me it was the drivers window switch.
The wires for the window switch are solid white, and solid brown. They are on the "bottom" of the harness near the GREEN speaker wires. I am stating this so it will help others save time figuring which wires are which (14 of them!!)
I just crimped on male female connectors and plugged the two back together. Works swell!! BUT, to prevent this from happening in the future I opened the whole a little in the grommets. That is where the problem lies. They are two tight in their. More room will allow for less tension, plus now if they fail I can just plug them back together. I did cut the grommet housing to gain access to all of this. It still easily pushed back into it's holes in the metal.
Whenever someone has a problem like this, note the color of wires so we can create a list of sorts. This might have read a little confusing,
but if you're in this situation it will make perfect sense.
First off, your wire is probably cracked if things like the speakers cut's out, window won't roll up or down, etc... Solution male female plugs at the wire harness gromet CLOSEST to the car side of the harness. This is where the wires crack, and eventually brake. For me it was the drivers window switch.
The wires for the window switch are solid white, and solid brown. They are on the "bottom" of the harness near the GREEN speaker wires. I am stating this so it will help others save time figuring which wires are which (14 of them!!)
I just crimped on male female connectors and plugged the two back together. Works swell!! BUT, to prevent this from happening in the future I opened the whole a little in the grommets. That is where the problem lies. They are two tight in their. More room will allow for less tension, plus now if they fail I can just plug them back together. I did cut the grommet housing to gain access to all of this. It still easily pushed back into it's holes in the metal.
Whenever someone has a problem like this, note the color of wires so we can create a list of sorts. This might have read a little confusing,
but if you're in this situation it will make perfect sense.
