Birchall
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Thanks for the clarification Tom. I guess that you could say that I was just lucky with my swaps. I have never had to change the basic coding to set up the four door/ two door electrics setting. But I now know where that is.All UK A2s, irrespective of spec', have remote central locking. A majority of UK A2s were sold with climate control, and without rear electric windows. Consequently, there is a chance that a CCCU sourced from car A will be compatible with car B without having to make any coding changes. But nevertheless, it's being left to chance. Whoever fitted the replacement CCCU to @Darpod14's A2 either believed the 'plug-n-play myth' or didn't have the necessary knowledge and/or equipment to do the job properly.
Just because the doors lock and unlock properly doesn't mean everything is hunky-dory. @Darpod14's doors were all locking and unlocking just fine, but the CCCU wasn't registering their open/closed status due to incorrect coding. As another example, the owner of a car with heated mirrors fitted could find that the heated mirrors no longer work after a CCCU swap unless the replacement CCCU is correctly matched to the car.
The coding of CCCUs in the UK is drastically different to those in Ireland, despite both vehicles being right-hand-drive. 15 years after production ceased, many A2s have crossed the Irish Sea in both directions. There are a couple of Irish A2s in my area (I live on the west coast of England, near ferry ports) and there are plenty of A2OC members in Ireland who have imported UK-spec A2s. All manner of issues would arise in both specifications of car if a replacement CCCU were to be fitted without properly matching it to its new host car.
I could be in danger of labouring a point here, but we must get away from this idea that CCCUs are plug-n-play.
If a CCCU replacement is needed, there's isn't even the need to visit me. The whole process can be done remotely. Please see this thread...
Service Offered: CCCU Replacement
Hello fellow A2OC members, As part of my ever-expanding list of A2 services, I offer a CCCU replacement service. Earlier A2s in particular suffer from an unreliable Central Convenience Control Unit (CCCU). A faulty CCCU can cause a variety of bizarre symptoms affecting the interior lights...www.a2oc.net
Kind regards to all,
Tom
Sincere thanks
Steve B