MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: howie1987 on June 08, 2014, 03:26:57 pm

Title: Drivers door won't unlock with fob.
Post by: howie1987 on June 08, 2014, 03:26:57 pm: As title really. Its only the drivers side doesn't open inless i use the key.

Everything else works and its only started doing it.

Any ideas ?
Title: Re: Drivers door won't unlock with fob.
Post by: slider955i on June 08, 2014, 08:24:12 pm: i had this and had to have lock changed by vw in the end , you can do it yourself but bit of a job
Title: Re: Re: Re: Drivers door won't unlock with fob.
Post by: howie1987 on June 08, 2014, 08:32:30 pm: Quote from: slider955i on June 08, 2014, 08:24:12 pm
i had this and had to have lock changed by vw in the end , you can do it yourself but bit of a job
it still unlocks when i use key though. So dont think its the locks. Must be somthing electric, some sort of module ?
Title: Re: Drivers door won't unlock with fob.
Post by: Degudodger on June 08, 2014, 09:03:48 pm: Had the same problem with mine which turned out to be a broken can bus wire in the door loom. Easy to fix if not a bit time consuming.
Title: Re: Drivers door won't unlock with fob.
Post by: Tortaruga on June 09, 2014, 10:50:26 am: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,52585.0.html
Title: Re: Re: Re: Drivers door won't unlock with fob.
Post by: howie1987 on June 09, 2014, 12:40:22 pm: Quote from: Tortaruga on June 09, 2014, 10:50:26 am
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,52585.0.html
cheers for that. Not as bad as i thought.
Title: Re: Drivers door won't unlock with fob.
Post by: Wragg on June 09, 2014, 07:09:00 pm: Had the same problem with mine and it didn't recognise the drivers door had been or was open..
New lock solved it.. Glad it wasn't a module as there was non in the country at the time, and it was still under warrantee..
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Post by: howie1987 on June 12, 2014, 06:45:10 pm: Its just started working today so god knows what was wrong.
Title: Re: Drivers door won't unlock with fob.
Post by: slider955i on June 12, 2014, 07:12:38 pm: dont get caught out mine played up , then ok for a while , then played up again
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Post by: howie1987 on June 12, 2014, 07:35:36 pm: Going to get it checked out anyway. Need aircon checked aswell think then pressure switch sensor seal or switch itsself is gone.