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Oct 25, 2006 | 07:51 AM

EricBss7_CT

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Just checking...

Last night I go to unlock my doors with the remote. Alarm de-activiates, but doors stay locked. Unlock door manually. Shut the door. Hit the lock button on the remote, alarm activates, door stays unlocked. So I'm guessing I need a new central locking pump?

Oct 25, 2006 | 07:56 AM

Kris Hansen

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Well, what happens when you try to use the key, or the lock button inside the car?

Oct 25, 2006 | 08:13 AM

kenny (dremel)

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Pull out the lock pump and look at it. Take you 5 minutes to find out if it's busted.

Oct 25, 2006 | 08:49 AM

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Well looking at it won't tell you much...

The way I could tell when my door lock pump went bad was when I had to unlock and lock the doors manually. The remote, and unlock button did not do anything. However when the remote lock button was pressed, the alarm would arm, but the locks wouldn't go down. How about fuses?

Oct 25, 2006 | 08:58 AM

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I think he means look inside the pump...

there will be a shattered disc inside if it's broken. Common mode of failure for these things.

Oct 25, 2006 | 09:13 AM

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Lock button inside the car does nothing either. Sorry, forgot to mention.

The key opens only the driver side door and disarms the alam as well when I put it in the keyhole.

Oct 25, 2006 | 09:37 AM

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Yep. If you pull it out and it sounds like a box of cracker jack, then it's time for a new pump.

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Oct 25, 2006 | 12:46 PM

EricBss7_CT

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Nope, not yet. I will though before pulling the pump. Thanks for the suggestion.

Oct 25, 2006 | 03:19 PM

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Try to lock the doors while inside the car, you should hear a long whining sound form the right rear

I always thought that it was the fuel pump, until the damn thing broke and the whining got longer...
It tries to lock the doors longer, but can't and throws a code and shuts off. (I think this is what happens when the plastic piece fails.) Use a VAG tool to be sure. The dealership might do it for free. I'd check before trying though.