Need Top Test Fit Someone's Central Locking Module In My Car

[muffking]

Hi guys.

I've been living with a central locking fault for a while now where the drivers door doesn't always lock via the alarm fob. I originally put this down to a dodgy drivers soleniod, but finally changed this today, only to find the the fault had not gone. The only other thing that I can think could cause this problem is the central locking control module which lives in the recess under the passengar seat.

I tried a VAG-COM check, but it found nothing wrong.

 

Can anyone please let me fit their module in my car as it's a 10 minute swap and would save me from buying a

[NikpV]

Hi I'm not too far from you - peterborough way - you don't say what year mk1 or mk2 - happy for you to try end of next week if it helps you

[muffking]

Mk2 Nick.

 

I'm heading to Berkshire on Wednesday, but will be in York & Birmingham after then, then it's xmas, although there's always the New Year if all else fails.

[NikpV]

Mk2 Nick.

 

I'm heading to Berkshire on Wednesday, but will be in York & Birmingham after then, then it's xmas, although there's always the New Year if all else fails.

 

 

ok no probs - pm me if needed - just a thought though - have you investigated the wiring as it passes through the rubber boot between door and pillar - common problem with wires breaking inside the insulation and can give rise to intermittent faults - some info in the faq

[Guest MATT jr]

iv just had our passenger seat removed aswel!

 

MJR

[muffking]

iv just had our passenger seat removed aswel!

 

MJR

 

It's in the recess in the floor under the carpet rather than in the seat itself.

[redneck01246]

may be wrong but i thought central locking module was move behind dashboard on mk2 the only box on the floor on mine is the parking sensor ecu? :lol:

[muffking]

may be wrong but i thought central locking module was move behind dashboard on mk2 the only box on the floor on mine is the parking sensor ecu? :lol:

 

Darn!

Can anyone check that and fit out where if possible ?

[NikpV]

may be wrong but i thought central locking module was move behind dashboard on mk2 the only box on the floor on mine is the parking sensor ecu? :lol:

 

Darn!

Can anyone check that and fit out where if possible ?

 

thought it was on the bulkhead just beside drivers/passengers right knee :lol:

 

13 is the control unit - this is for a LHD car though

[NikpV]

saw the ad for the solenoid where you said that it was another problem so did you sort it? - what was it ?

[muffking]

Finally after almost a year & half of living with faulty central locking I finally managed to solve the problem.

As the weather was good today I decided to read through all the old posts about central locking not working and despite having already changed the motor in the drivers door and decided to try looking for the control module.

 

I originally thought it was the module under the passengar seat, but after translating the German writing it had via the internet it turned out to be the. The red/white wie had totally parking sensor module, so I stripped the drivers dash area around the fuse box as the information on here suggested that the Mk2's central locking control module is supposed to be inside the drivers lower A-post, no luck there either.

 

My next thought was that as I then had access to the loom that goes through the A post to the drivers door was to try NickP's thoughts about faulty wiring........ and bvgger me I found a broken wire right inside the rubber grommet leading to the door itself. There was a red wire with a white stripe that had a clean cut straight through it. In fact there were at least 3 other wires which had cuts in them, so I soldered a patch wire between the broken one & put it all back together.

 

Now all my doors lock from the remote again & my windows go back up when I turn the key in the door [one very happy muffking]

 

If there is a lesson to be learned here then it is that we should take the the issue of dodgy wiring to the doors more serieously when we have electrical problems. If I'd had believed that this could have been the problem in the first place, then I would have solved this problem over a year ago & saved myself

[NikpV]

y next thought was that as I then had access to the loom that goes through the A post to the drivers door was to try NickP's thoughts about faulty wiring........ and bvgger me I found a broken wire right inside the rubber grommet leading to the door itself. There was a red wire with a white stripe that had a clean cut straight through it. In fact there were at least 3 other wires which had cuts in them, so I soldered a patch wire between the broken one & put it all back together.

 

:ph34r:

[muffking]

I did listen.. promise :ph34r:

Just took a year or so to act on it as it looked like a harder jpb to do than it actually was.