Hi, I found this site while trying to find help for a problem I'm having with my trusty Cupra.
For the past few months I've been having an intermittent issue with the central locking. I've been trying to lock or unlock the car using the keyfob (the only physical key lock I have on mine is the boot lock, none on any of the doors) but it hasn't been working. No sound as if the locks are trying to lock/unlock or anything. What I normally have to do then is unlock the boot, climb in and lock/unlock using the button on the driver door.controls. This has worked up until now. The keyfob usually starts working again shortly after.
I went out to my car yesterday, tried to unlock it and got nothing, so I went and unlocked the boot with key. This is where the problem gets annoying. As soon as I opened the boot, the alarm started going off. I climbed in, tried to unlock the doors using the button but nothing. Now I can't unlock the car at all apart from the boot, and as soon as I open it, the alarm goes off every time.
Can anyone help me? The local garages won't touch it, they say take it to the seat dealer, but the dealer is saying it wants a fortune just to look at it (I hate to imagine how much they will charge to actually fix it, probably more than the car is worth).
Please help
For the past few months I've been having an intermittent issue with the central locking. I've been trying to lock or unlock the car using the keyfob (the only physical key lock I have on mine is the boot lock, none on any of the doors) but it hasn't been working. No sound as if the locks are trying to lock/unlock or anything. What I normally have to do then is unlock the boot, climb in and lock/unlock using the button on the driver door.controls. This has worked up until now. The keyfob usually starts working again shortly after.
I went out to my car yesterday, tried to unlock it and got nothing, so I went and unlocked the boot with key. This is where the problem gets annoying. As soon as I opened the boot, the alarm started going off. I climbed in, tried to unlock the doors using the button but nothing. Now I can't unlock the car at all apart from the boot, and as soon as I open it, the alarm goes off every time.
Can anyone help me? The local garages won't touch it, they say take it to the seat dealer, but the dealer is saying it wants a fortune just to look at it (I hate to imagine how much they will charge to actually fix it, probably more than the car is worth).
Please help