73veedubya
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ok so i have read some post about door switch fix's now is there anyway to maybe just take the switch out and clean up the contacts or something?
Door Switch acting up
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snakeye
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I don't know, but either way you need to remove it, which is the hard part.
Just fixed my brother's car's door switch following the following posts on vwvortex.com:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthre...indow-regulator-clips-and-or-door-lock-module
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?1542461
There was a cracked solder that I fixed by remelting it with a solder iron. The fix took 20 seconds; it's all the removing and reinstalling that's time consuming. That and diagnosing the issue. I'll need to do mine now, as it's acting up while driving. I'd roll over a bump, or take a curve, and the door ajar warning would start beeping. Pretty annoying.
Just fixed my brother's car's door switch following the following posts on vwvortex.com:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthre...indow-regulator-clips-and-or-door-lock-module
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?1542461
There was a cracked solder that I fixed by remelting it with a solder iron. The fix took 20 seconds; it's all the removing and reinstalling that's time consuming. That and diagnosing the issue. I'll need to do mine now, as it's acting up while driving. I'd roll over a bump, or take a curve, and the door ajar warning would start beeping. Pretty annoying.
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My '04s driver's door switch began randomly not regestering that the door was open this winter, to the point of where I bought a new latch assembly (from 1stvwparts.com for about a $130 savings), but as soon as the weather warmed up it has been working fine, so I never installed the latch, but will when it acts up again. Maybe the grease was getting thick.
I have heard that by '04 most of the latch switch issues were resolved, but mine shure was flaky, but the latch I bought is yet a new number (a supercession) that just came out a couple of months ago. Zeb at 1stvwparts.com had to ask me for a slight adjustment in price too because this came out AFTER I ordered it and BEFORE it was shipped. I think the part number ends in "AK" or "AS" (I'd have to check my receipt to be sure). It is certainly a new part number number.
--Nate
I have heard that by '04 most of the latch switch issues were resolved, but mine shure was flaky, but the latch I bought is yet a new number (a supercession) that just came out a couple of months ago. Zeb at 1stvwparts.com had to ask me for a slight adjustment in price too because this came out AFTER I ordered it and BEFORE it was shipped. I think the part number ends in "AK" or "AS" (I'd have to check my receipt to be sure). It is certainly a new part number number.
--Nate