Rear Electric Windows Not Working Unless Drivers Switches Unplugged

[darrenwarner]

Hi i have a galaxy ghia mk2 and i have a strange fault with my electric windows on the rear, they work until i plug in the drivers door switches, my first thoughts is the child switch but i have shorted the terminals 11 and 14 as per the haynes manual but the colour coding does not match the plug can some one help many thanks

[BrianH]

broken wires in door gaiter (front drivers door) a likely cause. Could be faulty switch - not sure if it goes open or closed to lock them out, but its possible connecting other bits of the switch are making bare wires in the gaiter live.

 

Its  a common place to have issues and relatively easy to check