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Gasket

Member Since: 30 May 2020
Location: Manchester
Posts: 629

What are these wires under the carpet?

Hi everyone. I’m just in the process of removing my factory rubber ‘carpets’ in the front of my 2010 90SW.

Under the drivers side, I’ve come across two wires and I don’t know what they are.

One runs from behind the dash, under the mat and into the seatbase near the handbrake. It is a very spindly black wire with some Tesa tape round it.

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The second might be an aerial, it comes from under the drivers seat and is taped to the front of the seatbox and ends in a crimp. Remote fob aerial maybe?

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Anybody know what they are? I’m mainly making sure that a previous owner or garage haven’t relocated something they shouldn’t have.

19th May 2022 2:52pm

UtilityTruck

Member Since: 09 Jan 2014
Location: Oxford
Posts: 463

Is the first wire for the handbrake switch perhaps?

Second wire looks aftermarket? Due to the way it’s taped to the seat box..? 2014 Keswick Utility 2.2

19th May 2022 5:10pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17372

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

I would (almost) put money on neither of those being there when the vehicle left the factory - not even Landrover would do something that shoddy! It is, I suspect, evidence of an inept previous owner.

The only sure way to find out what they are is to find the ends. Once you do this, all will become clear. Either that or cut them and see what no longer works.

19th May 2022 5:40pm

UtilityTruck

Member Since: 09 Jan 2014
Location: Oxford
Posts: 463

Blackwolf wrote:
Either that or cut them and see what no longer works.

AKA the ‘high risk strategy’

2014 Keswick Utility 2.2

19th May 2022 6:14pm

Gasket

Member Since: 30 May 2020
Location: Manchester
Posts: 629

I’ll have a good look once I’ve taken out the mats. The weird thing is that the one taped to the front of the seat box is buried under a load of factory foam - it doesn’t look right, but I can’t think why a PO would have removed the seat box rubber covering - that’s the only way they would have had access to tape it.

Edit: the start and end points of these wires look about right: https://www.lrworkshop.com/connectors/defender-2007/C0091

Just need to work out where the routing should have been. Working theory is that when the body was off while I was having the chassis galvanised that they’ve ran the wires through the can instead of under it.

19th May 2022 10:13pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17372

All I can say is that on my 2007 Puma there are no factory wires between the carpet and the floor.

20th May 2022 7:31am

hank

Member Since: 12 Sep 2016
Location: South Wales
Posts: 2299

People extend the orange central locking/alarm antenna wire to extend the range of the keyfob... Could be something to look for > 110 XS Double Cab

20th May 2022 8:21am

Martin
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Member Since: 02 Apr 2007
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 6605

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red

Have you got 13 pin or the 12S (aux - white/grey cap) tow electrics?

1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top

2015 D90 XS SW

20th May 2022 9:07am

Co1

Member Since: 19 Aug 2018
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 3674

hank wrote:
People extend the orange central locking/alarm antenna wire to extend the range of the keyfob... Could be something to look for

Tell me more Hank! My Key fobs has only ever worked when standing right next to the vehicle! Would love to get a bit more range!

20th May 2022 1:23pm

Gasket

Member Since: 30 May 2020
Location: Manchester
Posts: 629

Martin wrote:
Have you got 13 pin or the 12S (aux - white/grey cap) tow electrics?

Just basic towing electrics Martin - a single 7-pin black (genuine LR) socket

21st May 2022 12:39am

Cragster69

Member Since: 15 Jun 2021
Location: Scotland
Posts: 193

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Cairns Blue

Co1 wrote:
hank wrote:
People extend the orange central locking/alarm antenna wire to extend the range of the keyfob... Could be something to look for

Tell me more Hank! My Key fobs has only ever worked when standing right next to the vehicle! Would love to get a bit more range!

Details in this link

https://defender90xs.blogspot.com/2014/11/...nsion.html

It's on my to do list. Craig.

“Don't believe everything you read on the internet.” ― Abraham Lincoln

www.scotgrc.co.uk

16th Jun 2022 9:09am

hank

Member Since: 12 Sep 2016
Location: South Wales
Posts: 2299

Co1 wrote:
hank wrote:
People extend the orange central locking/alarm antenna wire to extend the range of the keyfob... Could be something to look for

Tell me more Hank! My Key fobs has only ever worked when standing right next to the vehicle! Would love to get a bit more range!

There are many threads on it - this one has all the info you need

https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic3107.html > 110 XS Double Cab

16th Jun 2022 9:35am

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