Volkswagen Passat (- 2000) - 99 1.8 Petrol Estate- Central locking faults

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Sat 20 Feb 2010 14:34
Volkswagen Passat (- 2000) - 99 1.8 Petrol Estate- Central locking faults - pswinhoe
i have been having problems for a while, sometimes the car locks and other times it does not, if i lock via the boot the electric windows sometimes come down. recently the problem has go a lot worse, i can no longer lock/unlock via the drivers door and sometimes when im driving the car will continuously lock & unlock, i can no longer leave it parked up because sometimes i come back and it has unlocked itself, plz help!

Edited by rtj70 on 20/02/2010 at 14:47

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Sat 20 Feb 2010 14:49
Volkswagen Passat (- 2000) - 99 1.8 Petrol Estate- Central locking faults - rtj70
This sounds like there could be water in the control unit. Is the carpet wet in the passenger footwell? Can you check under it even.

These cars are known to let water in due to a fault with the pollen filter which ends up in an ECU in the passenger footwell and can cause all sort of problems.
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Sat 20 Feb 2010 14:52
Volkswagen Passat (- 2000) - 99 1.8 Petrol Estate- Central locking faults - pswinhoe
the problem has been on going for 6 months, its dry at the moment but its possible it got wet at some point, will i have to get a diagnostic on the ECU
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