Thread: 110 Puma Passenger rear doors Central Locking doesn’t!

I vaguely remember reading the wires going between the B Pillar and the door chaffing inside the rubber tube.

You can be sure pretty well most faults on a Land Rover have been covered before on AULRO, this is one of them....

While it can be a faulty lock actuator (yes both) its more likely and common for it to be a broken wire in the door harness, all that pesky opening and shutting doors is the fault.

*Pull the door card off and either:
*repair the harness, wire and solder it.
*replace harness, part number LR016439 (for either side).

*Due to the outrageous hourly rate I charge, I replace the harness on customers vehicles.

Thanks Dazza and Weeds.
Ill get on to it Friday and report back if I find the fault.
Good on you.

Ken

The pink wire got nipped and cut. Just splice it back together but using a thicker wire on the part that gets nipped and you should be good to go.

For good measure, check the opposite door as well and it shouldn't be too far behind and do this "mod" to prevent or shall I say minimize this inconvenience in the future.

Hope this helps

Originally Posted by Baytown

Thanks Dazza and Weeds.
Ill get on to it Friday and report back if I find the fault.
Good on you.

Ken

I actually used a sleeved two core power cable and lengthened the wire altogether. also did not have to remove door card to do the job as i removed and worked on the B pillar side fo the harness.

regards

Was a chafed wire in the conduit between pillar and door on one of mine too.
If both failed together, have you also checked fuses?

Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

*Due to the outrageous hourly rate I charge, I replace the harness on customers vehicles.

Thats the way D. Totally agree there. Do it once properly. The horror of the initial invoice fades away eventually when the fault doesn't reoccur on a weekly basis....😄

Originally Posted by justinc

Thats the way D. Totally agree there. Do it once properly. The horror of the initial invoice fades away eventually when the fault doesn't reoccur on a weekly basis....😄

...replacing more with the same is prudent I wonder, there is clearly a design issue as the wiring is underrated and the fault will guarantee to reappear at some point unless reengineered IMHO.

On a preventative note, i think using a self bonding tape over the bare wire will likely prevent the kink from happening

3M Scotch 23 Self Bonding Electrical Tape HT002007413