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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Mr_Orange on 05 February 2013, 21:45

Title: Door Module Question!
Post by: Mr_Orange on 05 February 2013, 21:45

Hi,
Unlock car, open passenger door, after about 30 secs its started randomly relocking itself?  Don't seem to be every time.  Is this something its meant to do and I never noticed or classic door module failure, ie dodgy soldering?  I'll try it again a few times before commiting to stripping the door down for a fix.   :sick:

Title: Re: Door Module Question!
Post by: rio_gti on 05 February 2013, 21:53

Yep soldering!!!

Don't unlock then get in that side, throw the keys in then shut the door and walk round unless you got a spare!!!  :laugh:

Title: Re: Door Module Question!
Post by: dom on 05 February 2013, 22:13

Not always soldering, could be a faulty microswitch :wink:

I took mine apart a few weeks ago & the solder looked fine, I re-soldered it anyway and it didn't solve it.

Title: Re: Door Module Question!
Post by: Mr_Orange on 06 February 2013, 18:55

The interior handle still activates the puddle light, the exterior one deffo doesn't anymore as I've tried it a dozen times.
Right....  :embarrassed:
I took the exterior handle off last week to repaint it, have I broken something taking it out or not put it back on correctly?
BALLLLLS!!!!!

Title: Re: Door Module Question!
Post by: Mr_Orange on 16 February 2013, 18:50

Just noticed that opening the suspect door from the inside still activates the puddle light?.... One last chance I thought was that the cable wasn't set right on the outer handle so I reset that further back... nope, still no light when opening the door from outside  :cry:
Would all this further clarify this is the same old issue, with the same old microswitch and the same old dodgy soldering in the module.

Title: Re: Door Module Question!
Post by: paulhgti on 17 February 2013, 00:25

I got a spare passenger front module (lock) laying around its the all black version.works fine.i ordered a drivers front and the idiots sent me that haha wasnt happy after stripping the door down only to have to do it again

Title: Re: Door Module Question!
Post by: beppe2672 on 17 February 2013, 12:02

I've had 3 of my door modules go man down since I've had my golf, 1 would lock at all, 1 kept unlocking itself and the other just didn't register when it was open (no courtesy lights) they all were down to dodgy solder.

Title: Re: Door Module Question!
Post by: Mr_Orange on 27 February 2013, 20:51

Would the issue with the passenger door also affect function of the interior lights?  Now got an intermittent problem with all the interior lights!  Operate the little buttons up on the light unit or the visor vanity mirror switch, and no lights come on, but instead the door open symbol lights up on the dash?  Turn the light switch or button off and the dash thing goes out again?  Wierd!  :undecided:  CCM issue or more door module madness?