[s-cars] Central door lock system won't pass state inspection

[Tom Rodriguez]

It's not that the locks are required, but that the malfunction hinders
egress from the vehicle in case of emergency.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cody Forbes [mailto:cody at 5000tq.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 12:36 PM
To: Tom Rodriguez
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Central door lock system won't pass state inspection

Where do you live that door locks are required for state inspection? That's
a new one to me!

-Cody Forbes (mobile)

On May 27, 2014, at 11:07 AM, "Tom Rodriguez" <trodri69 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Please HELP!  My central door locking system is malfunctioning and 
> will not pass state inspection which is due this week.  I searched the 
> FAQs and recent discussion topics on Quattroworld for a fix, but to no
avail.
> 
> 
> 
> Symptoms (for the past week or so): From outside the car the doors can 
> be locked and unlocked with the key as intended.  From inside the car 
> the door lock buttons on the driver's and passenger's doors do 
> nothing.  Occasionally when driving, all the doors will lock if I 
> lower or raise the windows, and sometimes they seem to lock 
> spontaneously due to no discernable action on my part.  When this 
> happens I am locked inside the car and the only way to get out is to 
> lower either the driver's or passenger's side window and reach out to
unlock the door from the outside (this will not pass inspection).
> 
> 
> 
> Another symptom which may or may not be related is that the vacuum 
> pump for the central locking system runs on for about 30 seconds 
> whenever the doors are locked or unlocked.  This has been happening for
about a year.
> 
> 
> 
> Any insights or BTDTs will be greatly appreciated.  The car is going 
> to the shop tomorrow and I'd like to have the wisdom of this group 
> before I get my mechanic's diagnosis (and his cost estimate!)
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Rodriguez
> 
> '95 S6
> 
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