1999 Volkswagen Passat Door lock demon

1999 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
120,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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JOHNE
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I have the remote keys, but they no longer work remotely. Problem started with driver side door: I would turn to lock, and maybe all doors would lock ,except the drivers side. Now, it is worse. I will lock the doors, and it will unlock later and all windows will roll down.

My non-VW mechanic took the door off and found two electrical units malfunctioning, which he believes are at fault, replacing them may run into 450$ - 500$.

I just want to disable the whole thing, and pen and clos doors manually (can this be done?).. Or maybe, I should go to certified ($$) VW mechanics and have them fix and rekey the whole she-bang.

Otherwise the car runs fine, so I hate to pour money into it.

Can you help?
Apr 5, 2008 at 12:36 PM
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2CARPRO JACK
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Unfortunatly looks like disabling the door locks will disable several other things too.I personally think you should have it looked at by a VW specialty shop or (gulp) the dealer, unless your guy is good with electrical troubleshooting, then let him at it, but guess work will get expensive
Apr 6, 2008 at 7:57 AM
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LBUCHANAN
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I had similar problems. Remotes failed 2 years ago. Recently gas cap would not open. Then driver side window would not open (despite hearing a click when button pressed). Next, the key would open some doors but not all. Doors would not lock, but alarm would activate. Then it became intermittent. My mechanic tried to fix it twice. Taking the door panel off would bring it all back. I'd drive off the lot and an hour later it would all fail again.

Broke down and paid VW tech $720 to replace a module in the driver's door and then he found a bunch of cracked wires in a "comfort module" located under the driver seat.

Everything works now, even the remote (after replacing the batteries).
May 1, 2008 at 6:53 AM
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