xxwiggyxx
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We bought a P reg 2ltr Alhambra recently but the central locking doesnt work. We bought new batteries for the remote key fob but theres no red light or anything when you press the buttons (is there meant to be??).
Tried using it to unlock the doors but nothing happened. Read online that there is a common problem in the sharan, alhambra and galaxy of the windscreen washer line leaking water under the passenger seat that can affect the central locking cpu and make it do some strange things with the electric windows/central locking etc, so we checked it for signs of damp etc, all seemed nice and dry in there, checked the wires around and to the cpu, all good apart from a bit of corrosion on one of them which was cleaned off by unplugging and plugging back in a few times, checked the fusebox and noticed a fuse was missing so replaced that and then heard a noise like a servo so started to think it would be fine, but after pressing the unlock/lock buttons on the remote key a few times and trying it in the door we realised it wasnt going to work
BUT... there was a sound of a motor or servo every time the key was turned anti clockwise in the drivers door and when the petrol cap was left open to see what happens with its locking pin you could see the pin slide out but seemed to continue on its cycle returning to its unlocked position! Also, with the fuse in place, we were unable to lock the drivers door so had to take it back out so it could be locked
So were thinking it could be that the cpu has been wet or very damp in the past and something has gone wrong, or maybe something wrong with the mechanism itself????
Any help here would be appreciated, its a nice car, we all love it but atm its a pain in the getting the kids to try and help lock the doors every time
(sorry for long post, but best explained as thorough as poss!)
Thanks in advance
Tried using it to unlock the doors but nothing happened. Read online that there is a common problem in the sharan, alhambra and galaxy of the windscreen washer line leaking water under the passenger seat that can affect the central locking cpu and make it do some strange things with the electric windows/central locking etc, so we checked it for signs of damp etc, all seemed nice and dry in there, checked the wires around and to the cpu, all good apart from a bit of corrosion on one of them which was cleaned off by unplugging and plugging back in a few times, checked the fusebox and noticed a fuse was missing so replaced that and then heard a noise like a servo so started to think it would be fine, but after pressing the unlock/lock buttons on the remote key a few times and trying it in the door we realised it wasnt going to work
BUT... there was a sound of a motor or servo every time the key was turned anti clockwise in the drivers door and when the petrol cap was left open to see what happens with its locking pin you could see the pin slide out but seemed to continue on its cycle returning to its unlocked position! Also, with the fuse in place, we were unable to lock the drivers door so had to take it back out so it could be locked
So were thinking it could be that the cpu has been wet or very damp in the past and something has gone wrong, or maybe something wrong with the mechanism itself????
Any help here would be appreciated, its a nice car, we all love it but atm its a pain in the getting the kids to try and help lock the doors every time
(sorry for long post, but best explained as thorough as poss!)
Thanks in advance