This may not be relevant but afaik, the cause for my door locks "going crazy" (cycling through lock, unlock on their own), was the failure of small springs that support the brass "see saw" electrical contact inside the actuator. That part provides electrical contact as the actuator piece moves up or down (unlock, lock). I used a pen spring to replace those springs. IIRC, I did this on the driver side door. The passenger side door will now cause the same former issue if I unlock it with key. Don't know if the slider or hatch use the same type of actuator. images of relevant parts https://tinyurl.com/y5fw22o9 https://tinyurl.com/y28mymgz https://tinyurl.com/y6kplgxy dirty connector contacts; water got in there and inside actuators of course https://tinyurl.com/y37nwc2a
On 6/30/19, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote: > Resolved > YEA ~ > > It appears as though some Motor/Switch in the System had gotten Out Of Sync > > ie Signals Crossed ~ I just went out and activated the Slider Lock with a > Jumper > > Batt a few times (with slider open) leaving it in the Locked config', closed > the > > slider & now All Locks are back to Normal ~ > > A few days ago a Friend & I had been standing @ the sSlider working > with > > some Camera Gear that was inside & when We were done I discovered that one > > of the Keys that I had on a KeyChain hanging out of My right jeans pocket > was > > Extremely Hot > guessed that I had been holding it up against the Slider > Lock > > Contact Pins & didn't think any more about it > I have done this in the past > & > > it has always before gotten My attention by Actuating the Locks on contact, > not > > sure what was diff' about this time ~ Anyway, I'm suspecting that that is > what > > caused something in the System to get "Sideways" ~ > > Thanks Much for all help ~ > > ORR ~ DeanB > -- Neil n VE7TBN 1988 Westy 50º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> |
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