My 95' 90Q seems to be locking itself

[Brett Dikeman]

At 2:54 PM -0800 1/22/03, <audi90sq at yahoo.com> wrote:
>I was quite surprised as I heard my car lock itself
>(with the engine running) as I closed my trunk the
>other day.  Luckily I was able to get another set of
>keys to open it up again.  It seems that something is
>amiss with the central locking system wiring in the
>trunk, causing it the lock the the car any time I move
>my trunk lid.  Has anyone seen this before?  Do the
>trunk lock switches go bad, or do I have a wire
>shorting out somewhere?

Lid wiring, at least on the type 44, is done via one of the lid
supports, both are hollow bent tubing.  The wiring on my old 5000
cracked/chaffed where it rubbed on the tube end, and I had to tape it
up.  Later type 44's, as evidenced by my 200q20v, came with a rubber
grommet of sorts.

You might have a similar problem on your hands- find where the wiring
goes to the lid and check for cracked/broken/chaffed wiring.

Brett
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