Part 3 Honda civic Power window repair, in this video demonstration i take you through one way to repair a wire harness with a faulty connector, lets do it to it
So much more gratifying to know how to troubleshoot the system rather than just swap parts and hope. That's just a recipe for disappointment and wasted money. Thank you! I understand the window system diagram now and how to troubleshoot it. One more time. Thank you!
My 2000 EK front driver door power lock actuator stopped working. Replaced the actuator and still doesn’t work. Rest of the doors do. So appears the very common wires coming out of the plug is my issue also. Probably not fun! But thanks to your video I have a good idea of how to go about it!
I'm glad I watched this video. I have a 99 civic si with a similar problem. My right Windsow stopped working and it also stopped auto locking the right door. I have replaced the window motor, and both switches with no luck. Tomorrow I will do as you did on your video and hopefully get to the bottom of my electronic issue. Thank for your video. Very detailed and helpful
Thanks for making this video. I have a 2209 Civic LX with a front passenger window that wont go down. I'm glad I came across this video before starting the project.
Great video. Good detail and camera work. I am very impressed. One thing, when soldering, put some solder on the tip to wet it, and it will heat the wires much quicker.
Very useful video and instruction. Intermittent operation of speakers or window motor is due to cut wires which are simply touching. Many many many thanks!
well done i have a similar problem on me 07 element right now came back from out of town and pass window went up only bought a new regulator only to find same result definitely will ground today
Thank you, thank you! I have had my Civic for a year and the RF window not rolling down is driving me nuts. I can't tint the windows until I can get it working. I am still mid-repair, having just cut all the wires from both connectors, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Plus, I enjoy soldering so tomorrow will be fun.
Wonderful series. It's just the inspiration I needed to tackle my passenger window which failed to come back up today. The interesting thing is that it always worked fine from the driver's side until my passenger moved it with her switch. You put so much work into that problem, if I'm not too far out of line would you mind me asking how much the job was worth?
When you did the repair did all the wires match each other? I have a 1999 honda civic ex and I hooked everything up to the matching wire and everything worked fine except the power mirror button locked the door instead of adjusting the mirror. The regular door locks still worked though..
That's a fine, real world example. I thought you were going to remove each wire insert and then clean and reinstall, using the original connector, or maybe a new oem connector. A lot of work, either way. Happy new year, Will!
Thank you, i gave that some thought lol but what a mess it was, a coin flip type of repair either way would have been ok, came down to time, and to be honest this was quicker and more durable for the application i believe, Thank you for the feed back its always appreciated, hope you had a merry Christmas and a happy new year
Great Video! You showed where you cut-off the male connector and indicated that you were soldering a splice wire to each of those wires. How did you effect the connection on the door side? Did you use the existing connector that was housed in the door, or did you cut that off as well and solder the splice wire directly to the matching wire on the door harness side? I have the same situation on a '93 Civic and I am trying to decide where to connect the wires on the door side. Did the all the wires fit into the door cavity and not interfere with the window mechanics? Thanks again for the great instruction!
Hi great how to vid.Maybe you can help me. I have a 09 Ridgeline and the back left window doesnt go up or down. I have determined the motor and all switches are good. The only thing I found which is not right,, is that with the plug unplugged from the rear door switch there is power, with the key on, to one wire yellow with red trace i think, when I plug the left rear door switch into its connector there is power to all wires at that switch. Ive swapped switches with a known good one and it still doesn't work. Any ideas how to diagnose why? Is the connector bad? maybe I should take wires out of the connector and reconnect to the pins on the switch and see what happens. Thx. Arlan
im definitely going to use these vids to help fix my windows. on my civic only my driver side window works. and it looks like because someone hooked that window up to a fuse. but i lerned more watching these then talking to anyone about fuses and what could be wrong.
Hey will very good video! I was I had the skills you do I just got a project eg9 Honda civic and none of the windows or sunroof is working and I am terrified of going at it! 😕 keep up the good work its nice when you discover proper a nice tidy repair rather than what I found..... A heap of wires joined and not only un soldered but totally in insulated Joints! 😰 wish me luck!
so nice that the connector is right there. i’m trying to replace my passenger door on my 5th gen prelude and the door wiring harness is just apart of the entire dash harness and there’s no plug to disconnect it
Do you know if the wires in the door harness are the same color(s) as the corresponding wires in the floor harness? If that's the case then determining which specific wires need to be soldered together becomes a lot easier.
I have the exact same issue on my 96 lx. Thank you for this video, makes my decision a little easier on making the commitment to getting another harness and splicing in. If you see this, do you know if the later models 97-2000 are the same connector?
good video, I am just trying to figure out which wires he connected TO those he cut. I assume its the ones from the harness in the door, but my 99 has the same one he showed at the beginning on the floor. I am hoping I can maybe cut those too and solder them. Just not sure if they will be long enough. Im gonna have to examine the harness more. I got a used one from a 2000 at the pick n pull, because I may have messed up the clip in to the power window buttons. I hate those clips. They are never as easy as they are supposed to be, lol.
There's 2 black ground wires for pins 22 and 23. One is thicker than the other, do you remember which one goes where? It doesn't say in the service manual and I don't want to mess up
Your demonstrating the fix on a PC molex connector, huge difference when your working on a car's harness, wires are super thin. You should've at least soldered a few at the door jam.
i fix the wire harness and still nothing for the passenager side but the driver side work thats it and the two rear didnt work either could it be the wire harness its self in the doors
I was hopeing the vid would tell me what wire goes where as both my main harness and the door harness ( drivers side) are shot 13 wires on main only about 8 on door and the colours don't match.
what if i do have enough time and i am just trying to do repairs that don't cost anything? how would i resolder the wires using the existing connector? at first, i was going to create my own harness by connecting the wires inside my car with butt connectors and fishing it through the outside and into the door, but i am not satisfied with the way those wires would create a seal in comparison with the rectangular connector which makes a tighter seal and is more solid which would be better for noise reduction.
Crimps can work better in fact if done properly (proper crimping tool, lined up on the butt connector properly, non insulated butt connectors with heat shrink). Manufacturers don't solder any wires together except when joining wires to circuit boards. Crimps are used all throughout the various harnesses to join wires. The problem with soldering two wires is that the strands are flexible against the inflexible solder. With frequent heat cycles, vibration and movement, the strands can break off and the solder can crack. Even "best practice" can be prone to failure, however, as you can see with the need for this video.
hey thank you so much if it wasn't for this video I would of spent a lot of money that I don't have because of I knew exactly where to go check my window works better then before thank you so much sir excellent video well worth the 3 parts thank you that's all I could say 😂😂😂😂😂🍻🍻🍻
DAMMIT,,, I just seen this is a 5 year old video... Ok,,, Ummmm I will check and see if you are still doing videos but right this minute I want to tell you I fkn appreciate how detailed you are with this video. I have a 96 with 200+_ and weird window operation , driver door window works well, the right rear window works when the driver door is wide open with the driver door switch but not the right rear window switch at all. I hate wiring issues. :{ Thank you for giving me something to LOOK for....... fkn automobiles ,,,,,, GRRR who started this shit..... ? :P
Had to come watch this again because I have the same problem on my 96 civic. I wish they made a repair kit for this this problem where you put new molex ends on the wires and snap them back in the connector plug.
Please Please help I removed the connector from both ends and just ran the wire to each other did I mess up? Do I really need the connector? because nothing is still working
or you could pull all the conector inside. and do it from the inside of the car, without remowing any panels (forgot, i dont have the black thingy that goes with the fender, protects from all the shit)
Where is your video on doing this? Do you have one or are you just running your mouth. I appreciate this Robinson fella doing a video on this because I have a 96 civic ex that the driver door window works and the right rear window works if the drivers door is open all the way out and the passenger door window and driver passenger side widow does not work at all.... Just asking if you have a more in detail video for me to watch before I break out a can of whoop ass on my car to make all the windows work. Yes I work in a shop and we all run our mouths but , EXTRA thanks go to those who take the time to show their work, Dont make me come over there. Just give a url/link to your video that makes this job an easier job.
That is what I want to know too.... I have the same issue on my passenger door. All electric has been dead for the past 2 years. Only thing I can think of is going to a junkyard and cutting the connector off. but I don't know if they would let me do that without taking the entire cabin harness...
Civic door harness repair. I'm in the same boat you were. Went to take the door off and the bolt to ill call it hinge, center one that goes into the door, just spins. What can I do now to remove the door? Ideas
+Greg Rogowski u can get that pin out with a hammer and a flat head,the pin will normally spit in half then you can just punch it out the rest of the way
Charles Elston that wiring goes threw out the hole inside the car. It's a time consuming job to gut out seats, carpet and old wiring. Just to put in a new one
Honda,huh? So,they used CHEAP wires that do not stand flexing (opening and closing of the door),and break! should use wires with more strands,honda! But,you knew that,lol... planned obsolescence? Thanks for your videos,amazing what a lot of hours it takes to fix a simple window that stops working;
The wires are fine. The strands pull out of the crimp connectors inside the plug. The other failure that happens here is the insulation gets brittle and cracks, giving you intermittent shorts especially when they get wet. This will sometimes cause sections of the plug to melt. It's an economy car btw.
WTF you are do man ?! Why? Just go to junk yard, buy cuter wire with new connector, remove old broken connector , put in new , weld new wire with connector and you will have same easy remove door. Fok man, you just make mess...
