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I was moving the wires whilst at my place of work a couple of days prior, when going home my car developed a problem and I knew it was the wiring. After a quick inspection the brown wire had seperated from the insulation tape which broke the connection. I initially suspected a power wire due to lack of Electrics, but I believe VW use the brown wire as a ground to complete the circuits. Either way, it was dead.<\/p>\n
Original article : https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/repairing-the-door-harness-on-my-audi-a3. Courtesy of https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk<\/span><\/p>\n I had the following problems:<\/p>\n Due to the lack of central locking, I was having to lock the car manually. Although it was the lack of Electrical windows which has been bugging me more.\u00a0I decided to carry out a quick bodge to TEMPORARILY<\/strong> repair it and restore functionality to the car until I can get a loom ordered and a rubber shroud to create a better repair<\/p>\n Please note, this repair was only temporary. I know it’s poor quality. It wasn’t designed to do anything other than complete the circuit. The existing wires are rusted which further makes it harder to solder. So don’t comment on the poor quality soldering, I know it’s rubbish. I’m not happy either, but it works. That’s all I care about<\/p>\n Once I purchase the loom, I’ll be writing a full repair article for my repair guides once I replace the loom completely.<\/p>\n The below repair took me about 30 mins to do, 15 mins of it was spent trying to disconnect the harness with my podgy fingers. Once I figured out a technique the repair was done quickly<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After I carried out the repair I then put insulation tape over the wiring and reconnected it. I tested out the central locking, and the Electrics all working. The first picture is actually after I carried out the repair, just wanted to give an idea where to pinch against<\/p>\n This was only a\u00a0TEMPORARY\u00a0<\/strong>repair as noted, I plan on purchasing a new harness connector and new wires then resoldering it all back together. There’s a common problem with the Audi A3 door loom where the wires break as they’re too short, and the constant flexing over the years. The repair looms remove this problem.<\/p>\n I will write an updated article once I do this and update this post<\/p>\n\n
How I repaired the broken wiring on my A3<\/h3>\n
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