daftlad
Member Since: 12 Jun 2016
Location: Worksop , Nottinghamshire
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Hi All
Thanks gtstuart for the link to this cracking post , below is my issue , could be the wires mentioned , worth a look , question is how do I get the trims off without distorting them, I have looked at removing the Door sill finisher before but it bent a bit I stopped , I have the tools but don't want to break the threshold trim
issue below
Bit of a strange issue , whilst on holiday in Cornwall with the caravan on the last day we packed the D3 with all the gear through, the night the car kept unlocking and locking itself.
Eventually I sorted with the fob.
It did the same last night it was locked and a few hours later it unlocked itself then relocked and so on a couple of times.
When I tried to lock it with the fob straight after it opened it would blip the horn as if a door was open.
Leave it a while and it will lock but unlock a little while later , when I locked it again I think I got 4 flashes on the hazard lights.
It did lock after leaving it 10 mins after it unlocked itself.
Any clues ??
cheers Phil
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 3rd Aug 2020 11:44 am |
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Weedyapl
Member Since: 23 Sep 2015
Location: Melbourne
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This thread is the gift that keeps on giving just fixed mine too thanks! Aidan
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| 27th Aug 2020 6:03 am |
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KevinD3
Member Since: 05 Aug 2020
Location: Sutton Coldfield
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Great thread that will be around as long as the D3,
just wondering, we’ve had a number of D3s stolen in our area over the last year so getting past the immobiliser, alarm etc looks achievable, if this splice going open cct kills the canbus feed and stops the vehicle starting, I wonder if it’s possible to wire the splice to a discrete switch, “cutting” the splice when you leave the car? Bit of extra security, even if they get your keys it won’t start. Bit extreme but considering it’s location in the passenger areas, should be a doddle extend it out to under the seat or somewhere. 2008 HSE Stornoway Grey
My Wife thinks the D3 is a hobby, The D3 thinks the wife is 💕
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| 15th Sep 2020 10:07 pm |
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Carlson
Member Since: 24 Apr 2020
Location: Moshi
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| Re: Central locking green wire splice |
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Wow!!!! Thanks so so so much. I found those three wires, cut the connection and reconnect wow! Not only Key remote is now working but also Radio and NAV are also working perfectly.
ONCE AGAIN THANKS SO SO MUCH.
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| 11th Nov 2020 12:25 pm |
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Wigham
Member Since: 19 Apr 2015
Location: Quillan
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| Where are the green wires....... |
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2005 tdv6 lhd. Like others on this thread I have found the “two into one” wires in the passenger footwell towards the front of the car. They were actually disconnected and so have been repaired.
As for the other three coming from one direction and joined together......nothing! Cannot find them at all. I have searched back through the black plastic shroud that protects the loom going through the frame towards the back seat and forward to the (slowly drying out) footwell.
Central locking still u/s.
Any ideas from out there welcomed...
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| 27th Nov 2020 8:12 am |
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everlaat
Member Since: 30 Dec 2020
Location: Torquay
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Thanks everyone for their detailed descriptions (and photos). Just located the wires, resoldered them and problem fixed \o/.
I had a lot of water in the footwell and I am wondering how to prevent that from happening; I don't have a sunroof and think I'll focus on the aircon.
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| 6th Jan 2021 5:23 am |
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aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
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The water will be coming in through the windscreen pillar trims or through the heater vent.
Drop the lower glovebox and pull your pollen filter out an see if its wet.
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| 6th Jan 2021 6:27 am |
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leroymusic00
Member Since: 12 Jan 2021
Location: Carlisle
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Bobs wrote:Think there are 3 to 4 options .... all semi linked .... 
Wether you have a sun roof or not and wether someones done any previous work or not .... 
Under the 'search' option above (on the site) look up a few threads ... TBH it could be a few things .... I am slowly going through each of them so the problems are done and dusted once and for all...
I have been on here for a short time as well .... so with the TDV6 and no sun roof I found water in the driver sill whilst replacing a broken trim (door floor panel) .... water is the cause of most issues and this seems to be either sun roof issue (blocked pipes or ducts) or a known design fault in the A pillar trim (requires an upgreade kit from LR - £9.50 and a bit of sticking and trimming ) .... Both covered on here ..... or lastly air conditioning (covered on here) ....
If water gets in the sill then it effects other things as thats where the electrics (wire looms ) are situated ... one issue is the central locking (covered on this thread) if the water collects and is left unchecked.... it can build up and spills into the driver and passenger wells......
Hope this helps ....... 
Parts are cheaper than you think though and fixes are all covered on here ....
I was looking for some advice on this also - I did the splice solder, heatshrink thing and the CL now works fine. However, I did check further down the loom and the green wires had little breaks along the way so I cut back quite a bit. The car is great but the drivers footwell (UK) gets soaking wet with any rain. I have checked the little valve behind the intake and that seems fine. How do I try to unblock the sunroof drain, drivers side. Help :-/
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| 19th Jan 2021 8:51 pm |
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ballast
Member Since: 13 Apr 2007
Location: South Midlands
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Headlining down (remove visor and grab handle). Pipe connected to sunroof drain (check it's not cracked). Pull the pipe off and either use a rod to clear it out or compressed air. Water should flow freely down to rear of the wheel arch. Once it's clear (and assuming the drain on the sunroof is OK), refit and test with a little water. Not a bad job to do and very satisfying when you unblock it 
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| 19th Jan 2021 9:40 pm |
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leroymusic00
Member Since: 12 Jan 2021
Location: Carlisle
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Thank you very much for your advice - I am going to buy some narrow tubing from B&Q this moning and try and blow it clear with a pump 
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| 20th Jan 2021 8:30 am |
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ChilliDisco
Member Since: 07 Jul 2021
Location: Bristol
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A few people mentioned the D4 might not have the splice in the passenger sill loom.
I can confirm that my 2010 D4 GS does not have the splice after tracing all green and white wires in the loom.
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| 9th Aug 2021 10:51 am |
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Jimbob42
Member Since: 23 Mar 2022
Location: Leicester
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Cured central locking fault. Amazes me how this used to affect d3 years ago and it’s still cropping up!
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| 17th May 2022 8:15 pm |
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Powermax104
Member Since: 08 Apr 2020
Location: Rhyl
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I've been out today and stripped all tape off the loom and spent about 2 hours going right through it but no sign at all.
Found a couple of splices but none were the correct green and white colour and none were 3 wires all ending from one direction
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Would it be easier for me to feed a new direct live from the fuse box to the receiver and a new earth? I could tap the fresh wiring into the wiring that feeds the receiver above the 2nd row dome lights.
I already checked for 12v on the receiver connector with my multimeter and its only showing 0.5 volts.
Hopefully someone out there has done it this way already and can advise.
Cheers guys.
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| 3rd Jul 2022 1:27 am |
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JJames84
Member Since: 13 Mar 2019
Location: London
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| Central locking fixed with this trick. |
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Thanks so much for this post. Central locking suddenly stopped working this afternoon. Worked fine this morning, no rain, then by the afternoon nothing.
Followed this guide and spliced, soldered, heat shrinked and covered in a glove finger and now all works fine again. Getting the trim back in was by far the worst bit! There was quite of bit of water sitting in the passenger footwell so need to look into this now too. My back washer hasn’t worked for 6 months or so despite that pump sounding so I’m wondering if this is the culprit and sending water down into the footwell.
Has anyone found the rear washer hose to be the problem in the passengers footwell?
If so, if anyone has any advice where to start investigating that would be much appreciated! Thank you,
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| 12th Sep 2022 5:14 pm |
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Powermax104
Member Since: 08 Apr 2020
Location: Rhyl
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Glad you sorted yours. I couldn't even find the splice on mine after about 3 hours of searching in Total! Mine ended up being both key fob batteries being dead at the same time. Even though they both had new batteries about 12 months previously.
One was an ebay key fob repair and my other fob I purchased a new board and battery which I programmed up with my iid tool. They both worked perfectly for about 12 months.
So when I got locked out of my car one day and managing to get back inside, drove home and grabbed my spare and that also didn't work I just presumed it must've been the 3 wire splice problem and wasted hours of my life stripping the trims and searching for it  Not funny at the time though.
So I'm not sure if there was an update on my 2007 TDV6 HSE or what, but there's absolutely no evidence of anyone doing a splice repair as all of the loom was intact perfectly from the factory. Mine was bone fry along the sill loom channel.
I would definitely suggest you check the water drain pipe from the sunroof which rots and then leaks into the footwell. It is behind the Fuse box somewhere.There is another which travels down behind the rear passenger seatbelt trim that could be letting in water also. I'm not sure if the rear washer pipe would be the cause, but I'd definitely be checking that too. There's lots of videos on you tube that will help
Hope you manage to get the leak sorted.
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| 12th Sep 2022 7:48 pm |
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