[s-cars] Doors locking by themselves and windows not working intermittently

[Tom Green]

Hey Bob,

Instead of posting an email here once or twice a year like you just woke from a coma, you should preface these rare posts with one to quattroworld’s UrS4/6, RS2/S2 forum informing all the s-car folks you have met in one form or another that rumors of your demise have 
been premature.(If indeed that is the case.)  : > )

Tom
Knoxville, TN

> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015, at 9:57 AM,Bob Myers <bob.myers25840 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My money goes on a break in the insulation for the wires of the wiring
> harness of the driver's door.  Open it up and inspect closely.  Repair as
> needed.

>>> On Jan 6, 2015, at 10:00 PM, Jim Fleischer <jim at almgt.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey all,
>>> 
>>> Hope the Holidays were good to everyone!
>>> 
>>> I've had a few instances over the last month or two where the doors
>> would lock by themselves.  Usually it has happened when the car was parked
>> and I was away from the car, but it did happen once when I was in the car,
>> with the car running.  A little weird....
>>> 
>>> Also, I have noticed that sometimes I am unable to operate the
>> windows....any or all of them....and the lighted background on the
>> drivers-side switches is unlit at the same time.  I have been able to shut
>> the car off and restart to have full functionality restored and a lit
>> panel, but it took a few times last night and I had an open window at the
>> time I could not close....
>>> 
>>> This is on a '95 S6 avant, and I have repaired the wiring loom at the
>> hatch once already, probably 3-4 years ago.  I will say that I rarely use
>> the hatch anymore, and there has been no perceived immediate relation to my
>> locking/window difficulties and my hatch use.  I have not checked the
>> wiring at the driver's door (just occurred to me!)
>>> 
>>> The remote key fob has never worked for the 8 years I've owned the car,
>> so I'm not mistakenly hitting the "lock" button....
>>> 
>>> Any thoughts?  Believe it or not, this is one of the first electrical
>> difficulties I've had in any of my Audis, and I've had at least 10 or 11 of
>> them over the years!
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the help.....this car has been rock-solid for me for 120K
>> miles, with some of the usual stuff going wrong, of course....
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Jim Fleischer
>>> '95 urS6 avant mit 175K