[s-cars] C4 chassis remote lock help

[Kirby Smith]

On the subject of the trunk lock.  When I bought my 95S6, I found my
trunk lock to be barely usable.  When I disassembled it, I found that
there was no grease in it, but there was a bit of road salt.  The lock
disassembly is a mechanical puzzle, but ameniable to concentrated
effort.  Just don't loose the detent balls at the end opposite to the
key entry point.

kirby



Larry C Leung wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Looking for collective list wisdom on some lock issues on my
> new to me 95.5 S6.
> 
> The remote locking (radio type, two button) had been working
> with the car correctly until this past Friday where it simply failed
> to lock the car. I locked the car manually (pushing the plungers,
> didn't know about the power lock toggle on the driver's door
> until later) and noted that the trunk did NOT lock, apparently
> correct if I pushed plungers. I guess I expected things to work
> like my 200Q (1.8 bar, H+R's, still for sale), so I was surprised
> that pushing the driver's plunger didn't work the power locks.
> I assumed the remote's battery had failed, and had to wait until
> after work to get a new one, once I got home to find out what
> the battery was (2032 CR Lithium, in case anyone wants to know)
> as there were no tools at work.
> 
> Later, upon getting home, I locked the car using the passenger's
> plunger, trunk was open at the time. When I closed the trunk,
> the alarm armed. It was then I noticed the first problem.
> 
> 1.         Has anyone with a C4 car had great difficulty getting the key
>             into the lock cylinders? Is this just a lack of use issue, or
> a
>             central lock issue (would be interesting if the car can
> prevent
>             the key being used if the alarm is set off. Super Security),
> or
>             perhaps possible vandalism. I finally got the driver's and
>             passenger's doors locks to accept and turn with the key, but
>             it took a lot of forcing, scraping with a pick and lube to
> get
>             things to work. I STILL can't get a key into the trunk past
>             halfway. I have noted the storm flap over the key hole
> doesn't
>             appear to be there. I did scrape out some dried looking grey
>             stuff, but the feeling of the key being blocked felt more
>             mechanical rather than dirt or worse still, super glue....
> 
>             Note, the keys for this car are the internal cut kind.
> 2.        The second problem is, even with the new battery, the remote
>            seems to have absolutely no effect. It doesn't activate the
> locks,
>            the alarm, nor do any lights flash in response. The alarm does
> 
>            arm now that I have the keys working to lock the car.
> 
> Things I did to reset the remote:
> 
> 1.        Totally disconnected the battery for close to ten minutes. No
> effect.
> 2.        Taka M used VAG-COM to pull codes on the car. There apparently
>                 are either no codes w/rt the central locking, or there is
> no way for
>                 VAG-COM to access central locking.
> 3.        I tried Fred Munro's procedure to resynch the alarm and the
> remote.
>                 No effect, mostly because the remote seems to be doing
> nothing.
>                 (at least I think it's doing nothing).
> 
> Anyone have any ideas what to do next to:
>         Activate the remote?
>         Access the trunk lock?
> 
> TIA, sorry for the long post.
> 
> LL - NY
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