Key Fob/Electrical problem?

It was raining pretty heavily earlier, and i noticed my key fob wasn't locking the drivers side door. All other doors were locking with the key fob, but the drivers door needed locking with the key. I thought it just needed to relearn the car, i've had that problem in the past when the battery has been off. No luck!

Thing is, i need noticed the window controls aren't working as well as the interior lights not automatically turning off.

Any ideas? The car itself is running and driving great.

This is following a trip to the garage to get a tyre swapped. I cant really see that they've done anything though, they literally just fitted a new tyre.

I was thinking of taking the car on a longish run with the heater on, not sure if that would make any difference? But maybe theres water where it shouldn't be?

Any help would be much appreciated!

bez101 said:

wires from door to car
pull rubber boot back and repair the wires
give them a good tug as they may look ok but there broke in the plastic.

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Thanks for the reply. I should add that none of the electric window controls are working. Only just thought to try the individual door controls.

bez101 said:

still try the above
or check your footwell for water passenger side

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No water in the passenger side footwell that i can see or feel. Running out of light now, so i'll take another look tomorrow. At least i can lock the car manually for now.

Ok so I've just taken a look at the wiring loom between the car and drivers door. There's a red wire which the outer has split, the wire itself seems intact (as far as I can tell anyway). However there's a brown wire that's completely broken, I can't find the other end of it yet. Is this earth?

bez101 said:

wires from door to car
pull rubber boot back and repair the wires
give them a good tug as they may look ok but there broke in the plastic.

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Sorted! You were absolutely right mate! Soldered the wire back together and its working great now!

Thanks for the advice :icon_thumright: