Blowing C44 fuse/wiring to sliding door control unit

MikM

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Hi

Wondering if someone with more electrical knowledge of the T6 can check my working out so far and maybe help me come to a conclusion...

The vehicle is 2019 LWB t30 rhd with single left sliding door and tailgate. Its had a full professional camper conversion. Pretty sure its a trendline.

When i bought it a couple weeks ago it had a fault where it was blowing fuse C44 (20a). Not blowing everytime it was replaced, sometime is lasted a couple of days, but i couldnt see any pattern to what id done when it blew.

Using the wiring diagrams on here I traced it under the passenger seat and by removing all the connectors and plugging them back in one at a time I figured out it was a wire in the green one furthest to the front of the vehicle. Then by bridging the contacts individually with a section of wire and a 15a fuse in a holder i found the one that was popping the fuse is the thick red with blue trace.

The rest of the wires in that plug go up to the sliding side door contacts and all have continuity from the plug to the door.

If im reading the diagrams right the connector is T10q and the thick red with blue trace wire runs from there to T8x, which i believe to be one of the terminals in J558, the left sliding door control unit.

Thats what I "believe" I know so far... although I am more than happy to be corrected :)

This is where i need to pick your collective brains...

What does that red/blue wire do when it gets to the control unit and what does the control unit do. The reason i ask is because I have picked that pin out of the T10q connector and plugged the rest of it back together and as far as i can see everything is working. The C44 fuse doesnt blow, the alarm horn, central locking/unlocking works on every door, the interior light comes on when it should from every door, the display on the dash registers every door opening and closing, so I cant think of anything thats not working or anything else to check.

I have read about the control unit getting water in it and frying components, (i dont have the electric sliding motor hole/grommet to let water through) but checking the actual unit needs to be a last resort if there is a reason i cant just leave this wire disconnected because i`ll need to cut my rear carpeting to get to it...

Hope someone can help :)

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Either way the control module is inside the rear quarter panel above/behind the wheel arch
It’s not uncommon for rain to get through the sliding door rail bolts and leak inside the rear quarter panel area so could just be simple water ingress ?
 
Either way the control module is inside the rear quarter panel above/behind the wheel arch
It’s not uncommon for rain to get through the sliding door rail bolts and leak inside the rear quarter panel area so could just be simple water ingress ?
if it was, what problem would it cause? because now I've disconnected the red and blue 12v feed everything still seems to work...
 
The power latching would no longer work
As long as the door was closed when you disconnected power it will be fine and the latch will never open ergo won’t need to close
 
Ok, now after reading another post on power latching, I`m not so sure. i definitely dont have an electric sliding door, but am i right in thinking power latching would have been an optional extra? in which case i`d need to do more research to see if i have it. I havent felt any motorised assistance when opening or closing either the side door or tailgate, but i guess i wouldnt if the fuse was blown.
 
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