Re: 1989 Audi 100

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Michael  Williams writes:
> The alarm for the car can be activated from either the drivers side or
> passenger side door but it can only be turned off from the passenger
> side. If you unlock the drivers side and hop in then the alarm goes off.

Probably electrical switch contact in the driver's door.

>    Second thing is the power door locks. They're really slow in locking
> and unlocking. It was funny when I first got the car, my wife took the
> kids to daycare (aobut 1/2 mile away) and locked the doors. When she got
> there she couldn't unlock them and visions of climbing out the sunroof
> danced in her head. Practical but not elegant. Anyway this is a problem
> and safety issue. I figure its a vacuum leak but first off I don't know
> where the vacuum pump is. Is it supposed to be under the rear seat with
> the battery or is it in the engine compartment. Should I be looking at
> the pump or for a small leak.

The bi-level pump is under the rear seat on type 44 cars.  It is
possible that the pump had gone  weak, but it's more likely to be
a disconnected or broken vacuum hose, particularly in the trunk area.

-Ti
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