2002 XLT door harness main connector location

[Blueman2]

Well Bambi finally met the Explorer, with my 16 year old at the wheel. Scared the cr*! out of her. Bambi must have been pi . . . annoyed, as he/she made sure to roll from the front turn signal, all the way down the car to the back door. Turn signal smashed, driver side front fender, front door and back door all caved in. No body found on the ground so Bambi must have limped off

I have bought replacement doors (same color even) and in looking at the new door I noticed that the dismantlers simply cut through the harness between the door and body so I'll have to swap the harness from the damaged door. The harness is a single unit coming from the body, there are no intermediate connectors in the door.

I took a cursory look under the dash but did not see where the door harness connects inside the body. Anyone have any pointers on where the connector is? I tried searching the forums, found lots of info on removing interior door panel but none on door harness connector location.

I will have the same problem with the back door, I am hoping the connector is just inside the pillar.

Thanks for any comments.

Also appreciate the topics on the compass not working, will have to explore that further as the compass indicates NW all the time. Dealer wanted to replace the module.

 

[BigRondo]

Welcome aboard!

I hope your daughter is OK. You mentioned that she was scared but never elaborated. You should be able to trace the harness from where it enters the body. My Ex isn't here right now or I would take a look for you. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

 

[Blueman2]

Yeah sorry, I should have mentioned she was OK. We were out of town when it happened. She pulled into the next parking lot, called the law who suggested she call animal control. They asked if the carcass was in the roadway so she went back to check and found nothing. With no carcass, animal control told her not to worry. Then she called us to let us know.

Once she got over the shock she was fine. Thanks for your comments.

I'll have to take a closer lookwhen it warms up a bit. Too damn colds even in the garage right now. I am wondering if it might be easier to simply pull the existing harness out of the old door, leaving it hanging from the body, then thread it into the new door after the door is installed. There must be a reason the dismantlers just cut the harness. They did leave the rubber boot whole.

It always seems to be more complicated than I expect it to be.

 

[BigRondo]

Yeah sorry, I should have mentioned she was OK. We were out of town when it happened. She pulled into the next parking lot, called the law who suggested she call animal control. They asked if the carcass was in the roadway so she went back to check and found nothing. With no carcass, animal control told her not to worry. Then she called us to let us know.

Once she got over the shock she was fine. Thanks for your comments.

I'll have to take a closer lookwhen it warms up a bit. Too damn colds even in the garage right now. I am wondering if it might be easier to simply pull the existing harness out of the old door, leaving it hanging from the body, then thread it into the new door after the door is installed. There must be a reason the dismantlers just cut the harness. They did leave the rubber boot whole.

It always seems to be more complicated than I expect it to be.

I'm glad she is OK. They just cut the wires because it takes seconds. Time is money. You are about to find out how long it would take to remove all the connector/wires. You might not have a bad idea with leaving the old harness in the vehicle and going from there. Since you have to take everything out of the smashed door, you will know how to route/connect it in the new door.

Good luck to you!!