Front door switch

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beerdude

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Hi Does anyone know where to find the switch that brings on the interior light and tells the car the door is closed, I cant get the suspension to rise cos it thinks the door is open and the immobiliser won't arm although the central locking works. Its a 2000 d2
 
Hi Does anyone know where to find the switch that brings on the interior light and tells the car the door is closed, I cant get the suspension to rise cos it thinks the door is open and the immobiliser won't arm although the central locking works. Its a 2000 d2

the immobiliser must arm even if one door switch is not good...it's named partial arming... you must hear a misslock warning(short alarm sound)... provided it's not disabled... do you know which one is with problems, if not you have to identify it and replace the door lock assy... close all doors close with fob then open them one by one, if the alarm goes off disarm, close that door arm again and go to the other... the door on which the alarm doesnt go off that's the problematic one
check this out and be aware that when they say lalarm armed it means immobilised too cos they are together:
Partial arming
Partial arming allows protection of as much of the vehicle as possible if the alarm is armed with one or more doors or
the bonnet open.
Partial arming allows the vehicle alarm to be armed even if the following conditions exist. When the bonnet or door is
closed, the BCU activates the perimetric alarm and the volumetric alarm after 15 seconds have elapsed:

l The bonnet is not closed: If the bonnet is open when the alarm is armed, the BCU activates super locking and
volumetric sensing. In this condition, the alarm enters a partially armed state. All other functions of the alarm are
active and the BCU monitors the bonnet for a change of state. If the bonnet closes, the system is completely
armed.

l The passenger door, a rear door or the tail door is not closed: If a door is open when the alarm is armed, the BCU
does not activate super locking or volumetric sensing. In this condition the alarm enters a partially armed state.
All other alarm functions are armed and the BCU monitors the open door. If the door closes volumetric sensing
and super locking become active.

l Failure of a door latch switch: If a short circuit in the door latch switch occurs, the BCU presumes the door is not
closed. In this situation the BCU does not activate super locking or volumetric sensing. All other alarm functions
are armed.

l Damaged wiring harness: If a short circuit in the wiring harness for the door latch switch occurs, the BCU
presumes the door is not closed and does not activate super locking or volumetric sensing; all other alarm
functions are armed. If an open circuit in the wiring harness for the door latch switch occurs, the BCU presumes
the door is closed and arms the alarm as normal.
 
Thanks for that, its the nsf door that's causing the problem. I will investigate more tomorrow.

I had a similar problem with my drivers door. After a lot of multi meter testing, it turned out to be a broken wire in the doors flexible rubber sleeve.

Unfortunately, the lock mechanisms aren't cheap.
 
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