[s-cars] Door locks

[James Murray (QA/EMC)]

Bob, the IR is indeed a strange beast... however mine works fine as long as
I always remember the rule never to use it indoors under florescent lights.
Better yet... stop being stubborn and get with the times... convert to RF
;-) 

here's something to help you in your quest:

http://www.mnsi.net/~natwhite/Audi/lock.htm

http://forums.audiworld.com/a6100/msgs/20147.phtml

http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/47755.phtml

http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/12104.phtml

Or alternatively you can just get a Votex RF Lock Upgrade - it comes with
harness and is a plug & play install into C4 Audi's for a bit more coin:

http://www.vagparts.com/pages/S2rem.htm


Hope that helps ease your stubborness... ;-)

Cheers, /Jamu.

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From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
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Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:35 AM
To: Bob Frizzell; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Door locks


Reply to my own post,
I've decided that the IR locks on these cars are one of the great mysteries
of the world, right up there with the origin of life and how they get the
caramel in the Caramilk bar.  Now the driver door inside locking switch is
working semi-properly: it locks all the doors but won't open them.  The IR
function on the drivers side is still not working.  What is involved in
getting at the receptors and testing them or switching sides?  I know I
should junk the system and convert to RF but I'm stubborn.  As well, I've
been threatening to sell my car and I believe the thing has picked up the
vibes, it's saying "you can't sell me because I will constantly have some
annoying little thing wrong so nobody will buy me.  I'll fix you for parking
some Japanese tin can beside me in the garage".  As well, now the car has
developed an intermittent miss that is never there when I try and do the POS
and coil checks at home.  More on that later, I'm sure.
Bob
93 Behaviourally Disturbed S4
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Frizzell" <bobfrizzell at shaw.ca>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 7:35 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Door locks


> S-men,
> I finally got back to working on an old problem with my door locks that I
have yet to resolve. Here's what happens:
> >From the passenger side everything works as it should.
> >From the drivers side the IR does not work. It all locks with the key as
it should.
> The button on the drivers side door does this:
> -With the ignition on, it sends a signal to the control unit that makes
the sound it should but the doors don't lock.
> -With the ignition on and all doors manually locked from the inside
pressing the button will open all the locks.
> Question: I have 4 wires running to this switch.  There is one blank
terminal.  Is this the way it should be or do I have a loose wire floating
around in the door?  I'm quite sure it worked properly for a while after I
had the door apart for a new amplifier a long time ago, and it appears to
show 4 wires in the wiring diagram so I think it is ok.
>
> I have tried lubricating the driver's lock, checked the vacuum lines on
the control module, and checked the wiring.
>
> Any ideas/suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
> Bob
> 93//S4
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