central locking problem

[licklelady]

hello

My passenger door isnt working. The door seems to have deadlocked itself. I press the key and the drivers door and boot opens but not the passenger, and the same happens if I put the key in the lock. (the passenger door doesnt have a key hole)

I have tried pulling the lock inside the car but it wont budge.

Any ideas on how to get the door open??

 

[Leigh15]

How old's the car? It sounds like a dealer visit is going to be the best thing and if your under warranty then you may as well take it straight in

 

[licklelady]

its a 2002 and no longer under warranty . I cant really afford to pay £70 per hour labour, so was hoping I would be able to do it myself, or at least find someone to do it who doesnt charge wa**er tax

 

[Leigh15]

A good indepenant is probably your best bet - the problem is that with the deadlocking active its a bit of an arse to get the door open or any panels off to start looking at things - great if your trying to stop someone nicking the car, crap when the c/l packs up

 

[boss1986]

might be worth getting someone with VAG-COM on it.
think you can control the lock within it. sure iv done it with mine when messing around.

if your near leeds i can take a look

 

[gazjones]

you cant get door card off without opening the door i dont think so its a real pain in that respect. soundls like its not opening electronically or mechanically. trip to independant i think or try getting door card off and seeing if everything is connected correctly

 

[boss1986]

i wouldnt bother trying to remove it with the door closed, do more damage than good, held on with screew and clips, probley end up snapping the clips if not the door card its self.

id say its worth a try with vagcom to see if you can unlock the door elctronicly with that if it does then you can open the door and take the door apart for a better look

 

[licklelady]

thanks everyone.

where do I find this Vagcom thing

 

[minxycov]

triple d has vagcom - if you're not in a hurry i'm sure we could sort something for the meet at coombe...or get the lads to look at it for you...flutter your eyelashes at them

or he lives in rugby too.....

 

[gazjones]

few members have it few around rugby area off this site, but not sure how knowladgeable (sp) you need to be to get it to open the door

 

[gazjones]

triple d has vagcom - if you're not in a hurry i'm sure we could sort something for the meet at coombe...

or he lives in rugby too.....

was going to suggest that, take it he has laptop that works with vag com now?

 

[minxycov]

was going to suggest that, take it he has laptop that works with vag com now?

lol i think the words should be he has a laptop that works at the mo can always install it on mine...

 

[gazjones]

think he said to me his version of vag com from old laptop wouldnt work with windows vista, but yea can put it on yours

 

[Triple D]

indeed, it doesnt work with vista, but ill install it on ranas laptop and do it then.

 

[rashcupra]

door card couldnt be removed without the door open im afraid does your door card have door lock pins or dos it have the blacked off plastic caps?

 

[licklelady]

thanks everyone - hopefully Triple D will be coming to see me next weekend.

lol - have a slight feeling my car might produce a very long list!!

 

[andrewchapple]

I'd be surprised if VAG COM can help as if deadlock wont respond to key/lock request to deactivate, it wont respond to a VAG COM request but I could be wrong...
I had this on Audi A6, couldn't get door open to fix the problem, spent hours trying, gave up then happened to be sitting in car with engine running, pressed unlock and the door pin flicked up! Quickly order new mechanism and all fixed! So my tip is keep pressing unlock with engine running so power supplied is as strong as possible.
Good luck

 

[rashcupra]

liklelady does the door card have door pins or does it have blancs??????

 

[licklelady]

erm not sure - but my partner managed to get it off without dmamging anything. And then the metal panel under we managed to undo aswell - its just we dont know what were looking for. lol

I took them off in hope I could see the door mechanism and open it - but I coudlnt

 

[Leigh15]

erm not sure - but my partner managed to get it off without dmamging anything. And then the metal panel under we managed to undo aswell - its just we dont know what were looking for. lol

I took them off in hope I could see the door mechanism and open it - but I coudlnt

What Rash means is do you have these 'pins' or buttons to lock the doors at the top of the doors like in this picture -

or are they blanked off with plastic caps like in this picture -