Post by skorpiius on May 4, 2024 14:33:34 GMT -6
it smells like... Aurora
As I finished up soldering together the serial wires under the drivers seat to fix my issue with only the driver's door/windows working, I noticed these wires going into the rear left door damaged with one having completely melted off it's insulation
I confirmed the wire on the other side of the door connector was fine so I started tracing back though the wiring harness on the floor towards the back seat and realized 2 wires had melted, a black white stripe ground wire plus a grey with white stripe which I believe is a courtesy lighting signal wire (this is the one fully melted going into the door)
Going further back I found this mess at this connector at the rear driver side
And then as I was working to remove the black plastic harness cover that goes across the car under the back seat I realized there was a giant melted hole in it by the battery
and underneath a melted mass of wires. I was able to pull them apart to see the damage
What a mess!
Any clues how this could have possibly happened? I've never noticed any burning smells in the car so I have to assume this happened prior to my ownership.
Also no discoloration under the back seat.
Also anyone know what this wire is which seems to have blue foil shielding inside it
As I finished up soldering together the serial wires under the drivers seat to fix my issue with only the driver's door/windows working, I noticed these wires going into the rear left door damaged with one having completely melted off it's insulation
I confirmed the wire on the other side of the door connector was fine so I started tracing back though the wiring harness on the floor towards the back seat and realized 2 wires had melted, a black white stripe ground wire plus a grey with white stripe which I believe is a courtesy lighting signal wire (this is the one fully melted going into the door)
Going further back I found this mess at this connector at the rear driver side
And then as I was working to remove the black plastic harness cover that goes across the car under the back seat I realized there was a giant melted hole in it by the battery
and underneath a melted mass of wires. I was able to pull them apart to see the damage
What a mess!
Any clues how this could have possibly happened? I've never noticed any burning smells in the car so I have to assume this happened prior to my ownership.
Also no discoloration under the back seat.
Also anyone know what this wire is which seems to have blue foil shielding inside it
