Quote, originally posted by Der Kommissar » |
Awesome write up-it seems that the 99.5 cars have a lot of problems with this. |
Quote, originally posted by mschaff » |
The locks on my g/f's car have never been quite right and we've always had to go back and double check that the driver's side door locked properly. This weekend I had the alarm go off on me in front of AutoZone no less than 5 times before I could get it to lock properly...
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Quote, originally posted by mschaff » |
I hate living in an apartment! I would have fixed this a while ago if I had a decent place to tear the car door apart. |
Quote, originally posted by mschaff » |
It would be nice when people fix this, that they snap a picture of the cracked solder joints. Maybe enough of these pictures can spur VW to admit a manufacturing defect and fix it for free http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif . -- Mike |
Quote, originally posted by VgRt6 » |
...hopefully that and the PhD after my name would get this noticed. |
Quote, originally posted by mschaff » |
I'm glad to see that a Ph.D. is good for something. ![]() ![]() -- Mike |
Quote, originally posted by DubberNix » |
Great write up. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
![]() In a wierd way, I'm dissapointed that my 02.5 doesn't have this problem. I'm always happy when I get to break out my soldering iron ![]() |
Quote, originally posted by VgRt6 » |
It seems like there's problem with some '00 and '01 cars as well. |
Quote, originally posted by mschaff » |
So, I still haven't tried the fix yet (no free time), but after reading your update, I had a couple questions: 1. If it turns out to be a bad microswitch, how would one test this? 2. Will VW sell you just the switch or try to sell you the entire lock module assembly? How about a part number? I just don't want to rip the door apart only to have to put it back together to drive to VW. Thanks. -- Mike |