Hi All,
My son’s A2 has been standing for the past 3 years while he’s been at Uni, but the time has come to get it back on the road. After a quick once-round and replacement of the front discs and pads I took it for its MOT, and was very pleased to hear there was only one issue – the Passenger door wouldn’t unlock.
I though this would be a fairly easy fix – sticking lock or something – but quickly found out after looking at the forums this is potentially quite a big issue.
I’ve tried disconnecting the battery but that didn’t work. It’s fair to say the battery has been a bit neglected while it’s been sat. I’ve charged it every now and then when I had to move the car, so I thought that the CCU might have got a bit confused, but no such luck.
I’ve done a VAG COM diagnostic on it and it’s reporting that the passenger door won’t de-safe.
I’ve pulled the door card and wiggled all the plugs, and lifted the floor and wiggled the plugs on the CCU. No joy. I’ve removed all the screws I can on the aluminium panel inside the door and can see the lock but don’t want to try prising anything and make matters worse.
The key in the driver’s door does everything it should for the three remaining doors – they all lock and unlock as they should. The car has electric windows all round. These all work fine.
I’ve replaced the CCU in the past – it went back to Germany for Lau to fix it for me, but there were further problems with the original unit so he sent me a ‘C’ unit which does everything I need but doesn’t work with the alarm.
I have noticed that the multi-function display on the dash shows the passenger door is open when the driver’s door is open, but this may be something that’s to do with having a mis-coded continental CCU installed in a RHD car – I’ve never noticed this until now.
I’d be really grateful for some pointers as to where to go now as I really need to get this thing MOT’ed and away.
Many thanks in advance,
Chris
My son’s A2 has been standing for the past 3 years while he’s been at Uni, but the time has come to get it back on the road. After a quick once-round and replacement of the front discs and pads I took it for its MOT, and was very pleased to hear there was only one issue – the Passenger door wouldn’t unlock.
I though this would be a fairly easy fix – sticking lock or something – but quickly found out after looking at the forums this is potentially quite a big issue.
I’ve tried disconnecting the battery but that didn’t work. It’s fair to say the battery has been a bit neglected while it’s been sat. I’ve charged it every now and then when I had to move the car, so I thought that the CCU might have got a bit confused, but no such luck.
I’ve done a VAG COM diagnostic on it and it’s reporting that the passenger door won’t de-safe.
I’ve pulled the door card and wiggled all the plugs, and lifted the floor and wiggled the plugs on the CCU. No joy. I’ve removed all the screws I can on the aluminium panel inside the door and can see the lock but don’t want to try prising anything and make matters worse.
The key in the driver’s door does everything it should for the three remaining doors – they all lock and unlock as they should. The car has electric windows all round. These all work fine.
I’ve replaced the CCU in the past – it went back to Germany for Lau to fix it for me, but there were further problems with the original unit so he sent me a ‘C’ unit which does everything I need but doesn’t work with the alarm.
I have noticed that the multi-function display on the dash shows the passenger door is open when the driver’s door is open, but this may be something that’s to do with having a mis-coded continental CCU installed in a RHD car – I’ve never noticed this until now.
I’d be really grateful for some pointers as to where to go now as I really need to get this thing MOT’ed and away.
Many thanks in advance,
Chris