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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: VWKev on 02 March 2010, 16:30
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Anyone been having probs with the central locking in their cars in this weather ? I would have thought that with the mk6 GTI being modern, the central locking mechanism would be protected from the weather, but It's happened to us twice now where the passenger door does not release.
It's going in to the dealers for a quick check over on Monday, is this the weather thats causing it, or could it be something else ? anyone experienced this yet ?
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the cold weather knocked my radio out in my car. My local dealer replaced it for me :laugh:
so in regards to your central locking probs, it may well be the weather. see how its goes
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Kev, has it always been like that, or just in this weather?
Some are set-up through the MFD to be like that?
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It's only done it twice in this weather, the 2nd time this morning. I do realise you have to hit unlock twice for it to open the passengers side but I've never opened the doors differently to what I'm doing now.
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What side was your damage on? I just wonder if they may have knocked something when repairing it?
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What side was your damage on? I just wonder if they may have knocked something when repairing it?
Passengers side. Same side as the side that didnt unlock.
Thing is though, the time it did it before, was before the 'incident'
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no issues here back during the cold weather
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no issues here back during the cold weather
Thanks Keelaw.
The dealer did say it might be the solenoid or it may just need greased up.
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Minus 7 in Prestwick this morning at 7am, poor GTI frozen solid, after several "tugs" at the driver's door handle, and starting to worry it would just come off in my hand, I opened the back door (much easier!) and then the front door opened easily, wierd. Shirt not quite properly tucked in, jesus wept, was it cold when my back hit the leather seat! mirrors unfolded first time though, and i managed to get home with the 2 inch hole i scraped in the iced windscreen!
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Anyone been having probs with the central locking in their cars in this weather ? I would have thought that with the mk6 GTI being modern, the central locking mechanism would be protected from the weather, but It's happened to us twice now where the passenger door does not release.
It's going in to the dealers for a quick check over on Monday, is this the weather thats causing it, or could it be something else ? anyone experienced this yet ?
Mine's playing that game too. I didn't connect it with the weather though.
I thought it was a problem with the set-up being too clever - remember, I was the one b!tching about the way the boot locks itself whether you want to to or not. I just want everything to open on one click, and everything to lock again with one click, and not before. Seems this is too complicated for the GTi.
Rolfe.
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I wonder if VW, when they hear of recurring problems, try to fix them immediately, ie if they hear of this lock problem, might they fix it on the assembly line so that mine, apparently being built now, will have had the problem removed...??
I know it's easy to say but it just shouldn't happen - locks should work - German cars do not top the car reliabilty tables in response to surveys - Hondas and Mazdas etc seem always to finish at the top - that's my experience of Japanese and German cars....I hope the Golf won't let me down - that said, my wife had a Golf Tdi 100 bhp years ago and we both loved it.
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Kev, some GTi's did this when the mkv came out.
The settings can be changed in the driver display thingy.
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Kev, some GTi's did this when the mkv came out.
The settings can be changed in the driver display thingy.
Never had a prob till now though mate. I've opened the doors the same way every day. One click when Im driving on my own, 2 clicks for the driver and passenger doors. So I've changed nothing.
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No, I changed mine in the MFD to one-click. I still sometimes find the passenger door or the boot locked when I want in. Which is a bloody nuisance when you have an armful of messages.
Rolfe.
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Funny how it just changed like that...
Rolfe did what I meant... :afro:
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No, I changed mine in the MFD to one-click. I still sometimes find the passenger door or the boot locked when I want in. Which is a bloody nuisance when you have an armful of messages.
Rolfe.
I thought i had done this through the MFD also but apparently not. It can be done through VAGCOM, and now opens all doors at the saem time with one click. Never used to before.
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For me, for some reason my 2 keys are set up differently.
My key unlocks all doors and the boot on 1 press, on my wifes 1 press will only open the driver's door and a second press opens the passenger door and the boot.
My MFD is set up as 1 press.
Bit annoying, but seeing as I do 99% of the driving it doesn't bother me too much
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Went to dealers this morning, got told I wasnt booked in ! :angry:
Silly b1tch said I can leave the car, was told I'd get courtesy car but I gotta pay for it, then told id need to get insurance through my own insurance company, a weeks worth :grin:
Turned round and drove away, going to goto the dealers i bought the car from. This is the reason why I ditched Verve (Rutherglen) in the first place, they are retards.
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For me, for some reason my 2 keys are set up differently.
My key unlocks all doors and the boot on 1 press, on my wifes 1 press will only open the driver's door and a second press opens the passenger door and the boot.
My MFD is set up as 1 press.
Bit annoying, but seeing as I do 99% of the driving it doesn't bother me too much
It may depend on which key you had in the ignition at the time you set the MFD it I know with the touareg memory settings you put the key in turn the ignition set the memory seats to where you want them and the steering wheel etc and depending on what key you have in and the car remembers which key you are using.
Not tried it with my golf though but that might be the reason it different on each key?
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Kev, some GTi's did this when the mkv came out.
The settings can be changed in the driver display thingy.
Never had a prob till now though mate. I've opened the doors the same way every day. One click when Im driving on my own, 2 clicks for the driver and passenger doors. So I've changed nothing.
...........same here mine is fine.