2000 A6 electrical gremlin

[Tony Hoffman]

Dave,

It sounds like you have a bad drivers door latch mechanism. The
easiest way to check is with a VAG-COM. You might try emailing the
list and seeing if someone in your area has one.

 BTW, this is a common problem with the later model VAG products.

Tony



On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Dave Fain <kf21857 at gmail.com> wrote:
> My interior light has quit coming on when I open the driver's door.  The
> other doors work OK so it's only the driver's door that is affected, not the
> rest of the system.  I suspect a broken wire in the door jamb leading from
> the door contact switch to the central locking module.  This also causes the
> central locking system to reactivate because it doesn't know the driver's
> door has been opened.  This is a bit unnerving since the car could lock me
> out if I forget to remove the keys at the gas station.  For some reason, I
> can't find the driver's door contact switch on the 2000 wiring diagram in
> the Bentley but I located it on the 1999 diagram.  It shows to be a
> green/yellow wire so hopefully it is the same on the 2000.  Right?  It
> refers to some wiring harness connectors in the "connector station, A
> pillar, left" so I figure the wire has to pass through there.  I tried
> pulling back the rubber bellows and can only expose an inch or so of the
> wiring harness.  I don't want to destroy the bellows so I was hoping to
> access it in the A pillar and inside the door and splice in a new piece of
> wire once I access the contact switch inside the door and verify that is the
> problem.  Before I start tearing stuff apart, does anybody know how to
> access the "connector station"?  Can I just remove the plastic kick panel
> under the dash without destroying anything?
> thanks,
> Dave
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