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door switch wiring

7 years ago

06 equinox. door wire bundle is a known factory issue. the wires break. mine did.

there is a connector at jamb area that leads from dash harness to the door harness. but, several of the wires on the door side of the connector are a different color than the wire on opposite side? such as blue wire on dash side and green wire on door side. 12 of the wire colors make sense but 2 are a different color. driver window goes up/down. power window works. speaker works. but doors will not lock. oddly i can lock doors using pass button but if i push driver door lock button than the locks will unlock? seems a new door harness MAY fix issue. i have looked at junkyard noxs and all wiring is in same condition. broken. snapped and so on

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jemdandy
7 years ago
You will need a good wiring diagram to sort out where the connector are.

This is a common problem with several Chevy models: Broken wires in the boot of the driver's door. A root cause is the use of 7 stranded wire, the lowest number of stands, and flexing the wire through a high degree of bend. A more flexible wire (more stands) should have been used, but it is more difficult to make compression connections without breaking stands.

Most repairs that I have seen, other than complete replacement of the entire wire bundle, is to slice open the boot and splice the broken wire. If possible, replacing the broken wire is better. The boot should be closed else it may admit water to the door and cabin.
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