Author Topic: Door unlocking prob  (Read 842 times)

Offline av8r

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Door unlocking prob
« on: 22 January 2010, 14:26 »
98 Golf Gti 8v. Yesterday, when i went to unlock the car with the remote fob, the C/L operated normally, all the 'stems' on the doors popped up as they should do, and all the doors unlocked EXCEPT the drivers door! I manually unlocked it using the key instead. I've cycled the C/L several times since and sometimes it repeats this snag, sometimes not. Also i've discovered that when the door does not unlock via the C/L you can lock/unlock from the inside using the door stem and it then physically unlocks no problem. The door ALWAYS locks ok  using the remote C/L, so i don't think that its a pipework issue but not sure, hense here i am. Hope that all made sense...lol. Anyway any info/experience about this would be much appreciated, i've had a search and can't find anything to match this problem.

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Re: Door unlocking prob
« Reply #1 on: 22 January 2010, 14:49 »
sounds liek you have an aftermarket kit and the actuator in the drivers door has packed in, have a look at the wiring to it, especialy the wiring between the door and body inside the rubber boot
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Re: Door unlocking prob
« Reply #2 on: 22 January 2010, 19:42 »
Thanks for that info, i'll have to take the door trim off and have a look