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    I did a TT 2 last week where the drivers lock was inop, the wires in the conduit were snapped so I fitted a new harness which is easier than trying to make a permanent repair on the original.
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    Same here I only fit door looms unless it's just one broken wire.

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    It wasn't bad either, about £60 and took me two hours to fit. That you can just disconnect the multiplug on the A pillar is a great idea compared to the old way.
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    The central b***** locking on my daughters MK5 Golf seem to have a mind of of it's own, with me having bought a copy drivers door actuator online and a Comfort Control Module from a scrappers and before I've had time to fit them, some of the central locking has started to work again all by itself.

    Before, the central locking was doing nothing, opening the drivers door with the key would only open the drivers door and clicking the key fob did nothing. Now, all on its own, the key fob has started locking and unlocking the hatch and the back drivers side door, but nothing else, while the using the key in the lock and switch on the drivers door is still only locking and unlocking the drivers door.

    To me, as the remote key fob is now locking and unlocking the hatch and drivers side back door, I can rule out the comfort control unit at the back of the glove box as a problem as it must be talking to the key fob, so now all I've got to do is find out why it's not working on the drivers and other side doors, and why the key isn't working any of the doors apart from the drivers door, any ideas guys?

    I know that I really need to get the system read by a VW specialist, but the 2 local independent and main dealer can't fit it in until the end of next week, and not only that, my daughter who's car it is is a working single parent with 3 kids at home, she just can't afford the prices they are likely to charge. Does anybody know anywhere in the North West, (close to Blackpool), where she may be able to get the central locking scanned cheaply and soon?

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    Now more of the door locks are working, with both the key and remote, odd times them all working, then a random door lock not working

    My guess is the car hadn't been run for a good while before my daughter bought it and damp had set into the comfort unity, and as she's running the car, it's drying out.

    If that's the case, hopefully in a few days everything will be back to working as it should

    Thanks for the advice peeps, at the very least I know how complicated the central locking is on MK5 Golfs

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    Would still recommend a scan with ODIS or VCDS.

    You might get lucky but I doubt they will stay operable for long as they are a common failure on Mk5’s.

    First you need to properly diagnose the problem.

    An OBD scan is the first port of call.

    Then I would inspect the door jams and look inside the bellows to see if there is any exposed or broken wiring.

    I agree buying OEM parts is expensive but aftermarket and copies are simply futile. They won’t last!

    I’ll be honest here....I often go to the scrap yard and get one there because at least it’s genuine but obviously it’s still prone to failing.

    I try to find a a newer vehicle that uses the same part but obviously you can still run into problems.

    The amount of times I’ve had the door skins off.....you’re best off just buying genuine for peace of mind!
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by willdudeuk View Post
    Would still recommend a scan with ODIS or VCDS.

    You might get lucky but I doubt they will stay operable for long as they are a common failure on Mk5’s.

    First you need to properly diagnose the problem.

    An OBD scan is the first port of call.

    Then I would inspect the door jams and look inside the bellows to see if there is any exposed or broken wiring.

    I agree buying OEM parts is expensive but aftermarket and copies are simply futile. They won’t last!

    I’ll be honest here....I often go to the scrap yard and get one there because at least it’s genuine but obviously it’s still prone to failing.

    I try to find a a newer vehicle that uses the same part but obviously you can still run into problems.

    The amount of times I’ve had the door skins off.....you’re best off just buying genuine for peace of mind!
    I appreciate your advice, but she's just passed her test and only intends keeping the car 6 months until she's settled into driving and got any early bumps out of the way, with it being a tidy 2 owner, 135,000 04 1.4 with FSH that we only paid £550 for with a full years MOT, (so the locks must have been working then), so the last thing we want to be doing is spending almost £200 a time on genuine VW window actuators or Comfort Control Units when we can get new copy window actuators online for £25 and Comfort Control Units from a scrappers for £15.

    If they work for 6 months until she sells it, (hopefully getting back what she paid for it), great, if I end up having to replace a couple of actuators with £25 copies for her over the next 6 months, not a major problem as I'm handy with the spanners and got access to great workshop facilities, so to me, it would be stupid to splash out £400 or so on genuine parts for the car.

    Interestingly, the local VW dealer parts department told me that they don't stock them as they are too expensive. When I said that I was surprised at that as I was finding it a common problem and I'd have expected a demand for them, he replied that there was, but because the genuine VW ones were so expensive, most people bought far cheaper copies, there being plenty available online.

    I also found it funny when I looked at the Comfort Control Unit I'd got from the scrappers, (that ended up being the wrong one, so not swapped) - It was a genuine VW unit, clearly marked as such with the genuine VW part number, and guess what? It was Made in China

    So much for dodgy Chinese parts, it's where VW has them made

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    Vehicle manufacturers such as VAG run at a profit margin of around 3 to 4 % on new car sales. The money needs to be made elsewhere and so in my opinion its on the part's.

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    the amount of time with long reply's O/P, you could of just pulled the bellows.

    why wont you pull the bellows open.

    please post a picture of wires inside drivers side bellows.
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