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"Door Open Warning Light" - VW Passat

  • 11-04-2006 5:23pm
    #1
    Dummy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭


    Before I start, yes all the doors are tightly shut.

    The warning light indicating that there is a door open started to come on yesterday morning. It is on all of the time now.

    Anyone know where the sensors for this indicator are in an 03 VW Passat and what could be causing the problem?


    Regards,

    D


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  • #2
    $Leon$
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭$Leon$


    Dummy wrote:
    Before I start, yes all the doors are tightly shut.

    The warning light indicating that there is a door open started to come on yesterday morning. It is on all of the time now.

    Anyone know where the sensors for this indicator are in an 03 VW Passat and what could be causing the problem?


    Regards,

    D


    car needs door lock


  • #3
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    $Leon$ wrote:
    car needs door lock
    I'll second that - it's common VW fault - There's alway been problem with VW Passat door locks ince the 1997 model was introduced. And with Golfs & Boras.
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  • #4
    MrSinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 589 ✭✭✭MrSinn


    And ya get the same door lock problems on seats which are made by VW
    Anyway i have seen this before and the problem just might be with the boot door,check it!


  • #5
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    MrSinn wrote:
    And ya get the same door lock problems on seats which are made by VW
    Anyway i have seen this before and the problem just might be with the boot door,check it!
    AFAIK a 2003 Passat has seperate tell tale light for the boot.
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  • #6
    MrSinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 589 ✭✭✭MrSinn


    crosstownk wrote:
    AFAIK a 2003 Passat has seperate tell tale light for the boot.
    Well i stand corrected,lol.never owned anything newer than 6 yrs old!
    To the op,does the boot indicator light come on when the boot is open?


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  • #7
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Dummy wrote:

    Anyone know where the sensors for this indicator are in an 03 VW Passat and what could be causing the problem?
    D
    The sensor/switch is in the door lock and not available a seperate part.
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  • #8
    tigerman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭tigerman


    I would flod down the rear seat and get someone to pen and close the boot to see if the light goes off,

    I imagine its the boot light.

    Also does the lights on buzser work when you open teh door and remove the key with the light on??


  • #9
    Dummy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭Dummy


    Hi Tigerman - just as suddenly the light started to come on, it has now suddenly decided to not come on (except when boot or a door is open).

    It works OK now so I will leave it alone. And I didn't do anything to it.

    Gremlins I tell you, gremlins.



    D


  • #10
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Dummy wrote:
    Hi Tigerman - just as suddenly the light started to come on, it has now suddenly decided to not come on (except when boot or a door is open).

    It works OK now so I will leave it alone. And I didn't do anything to it.

    Gremlins I tell you, gremlins.



    D
    Gremlins = water

    In a lot of cases its rain water ingress that cause the fault. Best to get the car plugged into a VW diagnostic. (46 - Central Convenience Module and interrogate fault memory). I'll hazard a guess that the light will come on again after the next heavy rainfall. Those door locks caused untold grief a while back. If you have an alarm fitted there is a possibility that it may false alarm due to the dodgy door contact switch.
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