Nuje
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- Joined
- Feb 11, 2005
- Location
- Island near Vancouver
- TDI
- 2015 Sportwagen; Golf GLS 2002 (swap from 2L gas); 2016 A3 e-tron
The last five years with my previous Golf and then the Jetta Wagon before that, I had used VDS-PRO to change the function so that the hatch unlocked, and stayed unlocked, in sync with the doors; no more having to pull the key fob out just to open the hatch. If the car's doors were unlocked, the hatch was unlocked; and when I locked the car doors, the hatch likewise locked - GREAT tweak!
Now I have a new (to me) 2003 Golf, which came to me with a non-functioning hatch lock. Key worked, but nothing from the remote. So, I did the VDS-PRO thing on it and still nothing...and then started taking things apart and found that the rear wiper washer had "washed" the locking electronics into oblivion.
So now I have that all fixed up (electronics all good) and I'm not sure the hatch is working....properly. But maybe it is and I just misremember.
When I hit the "hatch unlock" button on the remote, is the hatch supposed to unlock and stay unlocked? Or is it supposed to unlock, and then you have about 0.8sec. to open it before it's locked itself again?
Mine is the latter....and it sucks.
Now I have a new (to me) 2003 Golf, which came to me with a non-functioning hatch lock. Key worked, but nothing from the remote. So, I did the VDS-PRO thing on it and still nothing...and then started taking things apart and found that the rear wiper washer had "washed" the locking electronics into oblivion.
So now I have that all fixed up (electronics all good) and I'm not sure the hatch is working....properly. But maybe it is and I just misremember.
When I hit the "hatch unlock" button on the remote, is the hatch supposed to unlock and stay unlocked? Or is it supposed to unlock, and then you have about 0.8sec. to open it before it's locked itself again?
Mine is the latter....and it sucks.