Driver door soft close
04-08-2013, 11:59 AM
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04-08-2013, 06:12 PM
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soft close is close the door half way and it will suck the door all the way in. If you close your door half way and it it just sits there, like my kids, they will turn around and use their butt to push it in all the way, you don't have soft close.
I don't know if 04 has the options, but I wouldn't be surprised it has.
Cheers,
Louis
I don't know if 04 has the options, but I wouldn't be surprised it has.
Cheers,
Louis
04-09-2013, 06:28 PM
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5 days ago my driver door stop "soft closing" on my 06 A8. the thing is i dont hear the motor attempting to close the door shut. can this also be the ripped cable or maybe a sensor of some sort?
i always use my soft close feature... left the car unlocked about 5 times because the door was open.
i always use my soft close feature... left the car unlocked about 5 times because the door was open.
01-06-2014, 06:35 AM
#37
Same Problem, but on Driver's Door
Gary,
I bought some Silikroil. I was wondering if you could clarify where you did the spraying. I hear actuator noise when the door gets to that first latch position and it has been cold in our area recently, so I'm hoping this might do the trick.
Thanks,
John
I bought some Silikroil. I was wondering if you could clarify where you did the spraying. I hear actuator noise when the door gets to that first latch position and it has been cold in our area recently, so I'm hoping this might do the trick.
Thanks,
John
01-14-2014, 06:36 AM
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John,
Look at the door as it gets close to closing. You will see where the latch mechanism is in the door that mates up with the chassis. Using the 'snorkel' on the Silikroil, I carefully sprayed into that area on the 'outer' side of the latch (the side away from the chassis). Then I closed the door several times. Did another spraying after a few minutes and repeated the closings. The temperature was about 60 degrees when I did this and after these two 'treatments', the door would then perform the soft close. I treated it another couple of times - just for good measure - and it now closes softly in all temperatures down to the 2 degrees we had last week.
Be very careful with the Silikroil, as you do not want to get any silicone on the body itself. Silicone on the paint of the car leads to serious problems if re-painting is ever necessary in that area.
Hope this helps.
Gary
Look at the door as it gets close to closing. You will see where the latch mechanism is in the door that mates up with the chassis. Using the 'snorkel' on the Silikroil, I carefully sprayed into that area on the 'outer' side of the latch (the side away from the chassis). Then I closed the door several times. Did another spraying after a few minutes and repeated the closings. The temperature was about 60 degrees when I did this and after these two 'treatments', the door would then perform the soft close. I treated it another couple of times - just for good measure - and it now closes softly in all temperatures down to the 2 degrees we had last week.
Be very careful with the Silikroil, as you do not want to get any silicone on the body itself. Silicone on the paint of the car leads to serious problems if re-painting is ever necessary in that area.
Hope this helps.
Gary
01-16-2014, 06:01 AM
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My drivers door wasn't working when I bought my '07 but what bothers me is the door doesn't close as smoothly as the others, it requires a bit more elbow. Could this be do to the feature not working? After sitting for a while I sometimes here a click and what could be the motor once the door is open. Records indicate a window was replaced and I assume it was on this door, window also creeks a bit just before fulling closing. The door seems to be aligned but I'm wondering if it needs adjusting?
01-07-2018, 12:33 AM
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My '07 A8 SWB with 60K miles had the right rear door not functioning on soft close when I bought it last fall. The other three worked perfectly. I could hear a 'clicking' sound when I closed the door to the point where the soft closing should take over, but no movement of the door.
Couldn't see any obvious problem, but one day I decided to see if something was 'sticking' in the mechanism. So - I sprayed some Kroil Penephite (Kroil penetrating oil with graphite) on the components by the door latch. In a 60 degree F environment, it then soft closed some of the time. Didn't close when colder. I then used some SiliKroil (Kroil penetrating oil with silicone) and sprayed carefully in the same manner. It now functions all the time at temperatures above about 30 degrees F. I'll probably spray it a few more times this spring/summer and see what happens when it gets cold again in the fall.
Simple and easy fix for me. Probably wouldn't tear the door apart if that hadn't worked, as we rarely use that door.
Gary Knox
Couldn't see any obvious problem, but one day I decided to see if something was 'sticking' in the mechanism. So - I sprayed some Kroil Penephite (Kroil penetrating oil with graphite) on the components by the door latch. In a 60 degree F environment, it then soft closed some of the time. Didn't close when colder. I then used some SiliKroil (Kroil penetrating oil with silicone) and sprayed carefully in the same manner. It now functions all the time at temperatures above about 30 degrees F. I'll probably spray it a few more times this spring/summer and see what happens when it gets cold again in the fall.
Simple and easy fix for me. Probably wouldn't tear the door apart if that hadn't worked, as we rarely use that door.
Gary Knox
I know this is an old thread but was checking it out as I had the same problem on the n/s/f door on my RS6 (2009). I could hear the door close motor running but it wasn’t pulling the door to the close position. I decided to try the penetrating oil solution before spending a few hundred pounds at the dealership getting it diagnosed and repaired. I purchased some white lithium spray grease (3in1). First application didn’t work. I then used a screwdriver blade to press into the lock mechanism to activate the soft close whilst the door was open. After a few attempts it ‘locked’ on to the screwdriver blade. Whilst in this simulated ‘fully closed’ position, I was able to give the closer mechanism a good coating of lithium grease. It’s worked faultlessly ever since (3 days now) and temperatures down to minus2 some nights! Hope this works for anyone else with the same problem!