99 Golf door auto lock feature.... MUST DIE!!!

RodneyWright · **Posted:** Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:32 pm

This little Golf is a fun little car to drive, but there is one feature that's got to go, the door autolock. All doors lock when you hit 15mph and that's not so bad. What sucks is this thing will auto lock while sitting still and not running. I can unlock the door via the remote and if I don't open the door it will auto lock on me and if I do open the door and don't shut it, it still auto locks the doors. Now I'm paranoid as hell I'm going to leave the keys in the car and then I'm screwed.

From what I've read on line, you need a VAG-com to reprogam the car to kill this feature. Not sure what this is, but does anyone have one or can you tell me how to kill this feature? Any advice is appreciated.

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

I'm sure the guys at Black Forest (Adam Ligon) can disable it for you for a few bucks.

Might be able to ask nice at the dealer too, but my success rate of them doing things like this for free is near 0%

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:45 pm

yep sounds like a perfect case to use your "presidential" status to something better for you!!!! :thumbsup:

RodneyWright · **Posted:** Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:11 pm

jeremy gast wrote:

yep sounds like a perfect case to use your "presidential" status to something better for you!!!! :thumbsup:

lol.... I've found that this extra presidential status gets you nothing other than more work. I need to wise up for next year

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:24 pm

oh dont even go there. I think you were forwarned!!!!

Stephen Westerfield · **Posted:** Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:27 pm

Rodney, the easiest way for you to fix your problem is to fix the thread title. Let me help.

99 Golf.... MUST DIE!!!

Yeah, that should take care of it. The easiest way to fix any VW I've ever owned was to slap a for sale sign on it. Looking out the window to see it missing from the driveway was quite therapeutic.

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

An A4 platform car has electronics issues?

RodneyWright · **Posted:** Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:17 pm

Andrew Jonell wrote:

An A4 platform car has electronics issues?

Not really, everything works, just that this feature has to go away....damn annoying...

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

I asked my cousin George McDonald, who runs the Ace Hardware in Apex (plug, plug), for his advice regarding your predicament. He recommended the following solution, which is both comprehensive and elegant in its simplicity.

Stacy King · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:12 am

This might sound like a stupid question... and I mean no offense by it Rodney... but have you read the owner's manual?

RodneyWright · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:35 am

Stacy King wrote:

This might sound like a stupid question... and I mean no offense by it Rodney... but have you read the owner's manual?

Yes, not much ref to this option....

clinehall · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:36 am

I think my race car does this, just will lock unexlpained. Fortunately it doesn't have window so I don't have to drive to APex Hardware.

BretLuter · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:01 pm

clinehall wrote:

I think my race car does this, just will lock unexlpained. Fortunately it doesn't have window so I don't have to drive to APex Hardware.

or learn how to operate a hammer........
:stick:

BAZINGA!!!!!!!!

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:36 pm

and that is why he(cline) has no glass in the car now. So sounds like I need to stock up on VW door glass'

RobLupella · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:24 pm

RodneyWright wrote:

Andrew Jonell wrote:

An A4 platform car has electronics issues?

Not really, everything works so far, just that this feature has to go away....damn annoying...

Fixed that

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