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

[Peter Golledge]

My first suspect would be door wiring... hinge point fractures are 
common and the resulting shorts to ground can cause a multitude of 
woes.  Same with the hatch!

On 5/27/2014 9:07 AM, Tom Rodriguez 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.
>
>   
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> 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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