Discovery series 2 rear windows not working

[Parrot of Doom]

I'm trying to track down a fault on this Disco I'm selling. The rear windows don't wind up or down, either at the console or on the doors. A bit of searching reveals a common dry joint problem at the window ECU, so I went behind the glove box looking for this ECU, and haven't been able to find it.

What I found instead was two single-pole wires, and a third twin-pole cable, not connected to anything. I wonder if something has been removed, and if anyone can tell me what?

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...and the three connectors. It almost looks as though the two black wires should be plugged into the yellow cable, and the combination plugged into the firewall somewhere, but I'm not going to risk that until I know exactly how it's supposed to be wired.



Is the rear window fix a solution for the Disco 1, and not the series 2?

[GKP]

The yellow connectors are usually the industry standard for air bags.

[tubster1275]

Hi,

The yellow wire would be part of the SRS airbag system, usually the SRS components have yellow trunking around the wires and yellow or red connectors. I'm assuming it's not something as simple as a duff or disconnected isolator switch on the centre console? I can't find the two wires you have in the connector view diagram sadly.

Cheers,

Tubs

[Parrot of Doom]

Thanks, I got a response on an LR forum that the wires are probably part of the standard loom, and whatever accessories they connected to aren't included on this version.

The controls for the Disco 2 rear windows are apparently under the steering column, I've pulled that away and checked the fuse and that's fine. There's a relay to control the windows, however I've no way to test that right now. Also found some horrid bodged wiring, and an empty relay slot titled "IGN".

[Parrot of Doom]

Well I found the problem. Power to the rear door switches, just a pity there's no motors or regulators to move the windows!