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Title: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: bisleywrangler on February 21, 2016, 12:20:36 AM
I've just realised that my drivers door switches etc don't work. I can't use any of them. Also the door doesn't lock from the fob. The lights are still on the switches at night but I get no function. It doesn't appear to have a separate fuse. Where do I look now?


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Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: bigjeepzj on February 21, 2016, 09:03:45 AM
Hi check were the wiring go's from the door to the body that's the normally the weak spot
Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: Mike Pavelin on February 21, 2016, 10:08:19 AM
They all do that. Just disconnect the battery for a few seconds to reset the door module.
Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: wildwood on February 21, 2016, 10:17:06 AM
Mine did that and window got stuck down......usually wire chaffing through door to body where it goes down to panel by your right foot.

No choice but to check those wires....

Had to get second hand door module to cure mine as it kept rearing its ugly head......with stuck window usually on a wet day :jpshakehead:
Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: bisleywrangler on February 21, 2016, 11:06:29 AM
I'll give the battery a quick go, but sounds like I'll have to dig about in the wiring. Thanks.
Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: bisleywrangler on February 21, 2016, 04:18:21 PM
Taking off the battery worked! I should have more faith in simple fixes.


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Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: Mike Pavelin on February 21, 2016, 05:16:39 PM
Hah! See!  Ye of little faith :icon_super:
Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: isle of man on February 21, 2016, 06:27:53 PM
It's in the hand of the GOD's
Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: bisleywrangler on February 21, 2016, 06:35:06 PM
Thanks mike! saved me stripping out the wiring as i'd never thought to do that! 


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Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: delboy259 on February 22, 2016, 08:20:58 AM
The Old Battery Off Trick On a ZJ Fixes A Multitude Of Errors.
I'ts Like Rebooting A Computer :-)
Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: bisleywrangler on February 22, 2016, 07:48:22 PM
Unfortunately it didn't fix my grumbling rear axle. That's gunna be a little more tricky.


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Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: LairdScooby on February 26, 2016, 11:58:06 AM
Unfortunately it didn't fix my grumbling rear axle. That's gunna be a little more tricky.


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I think that will need a hardware change rather than a software reboot!  :icon_winkle: :icon_biggrin:
Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: bisleywrangler on February 26, 2016, 12:39:49 PM

Unfortunately it didn't fix my grumbling rear axle. That's gunna be a little more tricky.


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I think that will need a hardware change rather than a software reboot!  :icon_winkle: :icon_biggrin:

Sure did! It took me 4 hours to do Wednesday evening. It's brilliant, all I can hear now is tyre noise.


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Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: bgbazz on February 26, 2016, 04:42:09 PM
 :icon_super: :icon_super:
Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: LairdScooby on February 26, 2016, 06:22:08 PM

Unfortunately it didn't fix my grumbling rear axle. That's gunna be a little more tricky.


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I think that will need a hardware change rather than a software reboot!  :icon_winkle: :icon_biggrin:

Sure did! It took me 4 hours to do Wednesday evening. It's brilliant, all I can hear now is tyre noise.


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I hope you've got a nice, warm, well lit garage to do that in! Wednesday was nice through the day but the temperature dropped faster and lower than the light levels when the sun went down!
Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: bisleywrangler on February 26, 2016, 06:26:50 PM


Unfortunately it didn't fix my grumbling rear axle. That's gunna be a little more tricky.


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I think that will need a hardware change rather than a software reboot!  :icon_winkle: :icon_biggrin:

Sure did! It took me 4 hours to do Wednesday evening. It's brilliant, all I can hear now is tyre noise.


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I hope you've got a nice, warm, well lit garage to do that in! Wednesday was nice through the day but the temperature dropped faster and lower than the light levels when the sun went down!

I was fortunate enough to be able to do it at work in our machine packing bay. Warm and dry but no ramp! It would have been much faster had I used the forklift to pick it up. Shame I couldn't as the room wasn't tall enough and it was far do dark outside.


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Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: delboy259 on February 26, 2016, 06:55:55 PM
I did mine on my drive.....
Not that difficult but the bloody thing weighs a ton.....
Only problem I had after was the ABS. It kept kicking in.....
Who knew that you had to set the sensors at a certian gap.... (Not Me)....  :017: :017:
Title: Re: Zj drivers door switches not working
Post by: bisleywrangler on February 26, 2016, 07:13:10 PM
The hardest part for me was getting the old inner pinion bearing off the pinion shaft. I had to grind through it. I sheared tip of my hydraulic gear puller trying to get it off. Still all done now.


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