2000 Passat getting weird

Hi,

I have a 2000 Passat GLX wagon 2.0 V6. It's been doing weird things
lately. Here are some examples:

a. The power window buttons sometimes work in the opposite way. That
is, I have to press "open" in order for the window to close.

b. The feature that allows me to open or close all the windows by
turing the key in the door lock no longer happens. Also, when I would
unlock the door with the key, it used to disable the alarm. Now, the
door unlocks, but the alarm stays active. Thus, if the battery on my
remote keyless entry goes dead, I would still not be able to drive the
car even if I had the actual key.

c. When leaving the car turned off and no key in the ignition, the
door locks would remain as they were (either locked or unlocked).
Now, if I walk away with the doors unlocked, after about 60 seconds,
the doors lock on their own and the alarm is set. This doesn't
happen always - only sometimes. This new "feature" is particularly
annoying, since it's resulted in my keys/wallet getting locked in the
car. I had to go home to get my second set of keys.

Otherwise, I'm not getting any engine warning displayed on the
dashboard.

Any advice on these perplexing symptoms?

Thanks,
AABob

Two groups that you might want to join that deal with Passats.

The Passats group on Yahoo.
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/passats/join
Or, just send an email to "

Or the VW Passat group on Yahoo.


I would venture to say that you have a problem with wiring at the doors.
The wires sometimes break inside of the harness between the door and the
body. Or the microswitch is bad.
There is a write-up on
http://www.taligentx.com/passat/main...lockmechanism/ that might
help
--
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a 2000 Passat GLX wagon 2.0 V6. It's been doing weird things
> lately. Here are some examples:
>
> a. The power window buttons sometimes work in the opposite way. That
> is, I have to press "open" in order for the window to close.
>
> b. The feature that allows me to open or close all the windows by
> turing the key in the door lock no longer happens. Also, when I would
> unlock the door with the key, it used to disable the alarm. Now, the
> door unlocks, but the alarm stays active. Thus, if the battery on my
> remote keyless entry goes dead, I would still not be able to drive the
> car even if I had the actual key.
>
> c. When leaving the car turned off and no key in the ignition, the
> door locks would remain as they were (either locked or unlocked).
> Now, if I walk away with the doors unlocked, after about 60 seconds,
> the doors lock on their own and the alarm is set. This doesn't
> happen always - only sometimes. This new "feature" is particularly
> annoying, since it's resulted in my keys/wallet getting locked in the
> car. I had to go home to get my second set of keys.
>
> Otherwise, I'm not getting any engine warning displayed on the
> dashboard.
>
> Any advice on these perplexing symptoms?
>
> Thanks,
> AABob
>

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:14:50 -0700, montadmail wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a 2000 Passat GLX wagon 2.0 V6. It's been doing weird things
> lately. Here are some examples:
>
> a. The power window buttons sometimes work in the opposite way. That
> is, I have to press "open" in order for the window to close.
>
> b. The feature that allows me to open or close all the windows by
> turing the key in the door lock no longer happens. Also, when I would
> unlock the door with the key, it used to disable the alarm. Now, the
> door unlocks, but the alarm stays active. Thus, if the battery on my
> remote keyless entry goes dead, I would still not be able to drive the
> car even if I had the actual key.
>
> c. When leaving the car turned off and no key in the ignition, the
> door locks would remain as they were (either locked or unlocked).
> Now, if I walk away with the doors unlocked, after about 60 seconds,
> the doors lock on their own and the alarm is set. This doesn't
> happen always - only sometimes. This new "feature" is particularly
> annoying, since it's resulted in my keys/wallet getting locked in the
> car. I had to go home to get my second set of keys.
>
> Otherwise, I'm not getting any engine warning displayed on the
> dashboard.

You have a defective driver door locking unit.

Would replacing the door lock module will also require
resetting some codes in the car's computer or
reprogramming the keys?

Thanks,
AABob