Mauser Posted May 24, 2004 Report Posted May 24, 2004 OK lads another question,Replaced the tail gate loom and all seemed fine, however whenever I open the tail gate it blows a fuse.... confusing bit is the fuse which blows doesn't stop the tail gate from working. So I unplugged the 4 loom connectors and replaced them 1 at a time along with a new fuse till I found the problem, there is 12 volts feeding 1 of the tail gate wires which when plugged in goes straight to earth. Now I have followed the wire and it goes into the right hand side of the boot handle looking from the inside. There are 2 wires going into a encapsulated bit ?, I have no idea what this unit does everything works fine with it unplugged, does it possible have something to do with the lock which stops the tail gate from being opened whilst the engne is running ?. The wire down to the connector is brown with a red stripe down it.Cannot see why this would go short circuit as the original fault was broken wires in the hinge part of the tail gate loom.Cheers SimonPS its not the wires going to the micro switch its the other side :rolleyes:.1999 "V" plate 2.3 Auto Ghia Quote
Richmond Posted May 24, 2004 Report Posted May 24, 2004 Pure guess work, but could it be something to do with the alarm? Quote
seatkid Posted May 24, 2004 Report Posted May 24, 2004 Dear Confused, If you use the tis you will see that brown/red goes to the tailgate/decklid switch. The other side of this switch goes to ground. Therefore please check you have plugged the loom connectors in correctly, otherwise the fault lies upstream of the loom connector. Please advise the colour of the wire on the mating part of the loom connector and I will try and help. Yours, Confused 2 :ph34r: Quote
Mauser Posted May 24, 2004 Author Report Posted May 24, 2004 Hi Confused 2 :ph34r:,Will remove panel ASAP and check connectors, didn't think I could go wrong with these as they are all polarised. But there again I will check and let you know and the colours the other side of the conector.Thks ConfusedPS why does everything seem to work including being able to lower / raise windows from the tail gate lock etc ?. Quote
Guest docker Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 hi all dont think mine's as bad as this but just recently , occasionally when i go to open the tail gate it dos'nt open ?? is the handle electronic and is there a micro-switch in there somewhere ??? thanx anyone PHIL Quote
Guest docker Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 hi all mines not as heavy as this but , just recently started . when i go to open my tale gate occasionally it dosn't open !is the handle electronic (sounds like it ) and is there a micro-switch in there somewhere ?? thanx PHIL Quote
Guest nimrod Posted June 6, 2004 Report Posted June 6, 2004 when i go to open my tale gate occasionally it dosn't open !is the handle electronic (sounds like it ) and is there a micro-switch in there somewhere ?? thanx PHIL yes, its an electrically operated lock, it could be that you are trying to open it after the drivers door has closed with the ignition switchec on, you do know that there is a time lock on the rear hatch when the ignition is switched on? Quote
Guest docker Posted June 8, 2004 Report Posted June 8, 2004 hi nimrod , key in ign. or not , doors locked or not .it does it !!! touch wood since this post it hasn't done it but im not saying its gone away !!! will let u know . thanx PHIL <_< Quote
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