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  • Door Problems - Looking for Advice

    Just wondering if anyone has any advice or can suggest a possible cause/remedy for a faulty sliding door. Our MY12 Highline Mulitvan has electronic sliding doors. The right (driver's side) door refuses to shut; repeatedly opening until it is held in place near the rear slide arm.

    When I had it serviced the faults were shown on the report. The van is still under warranty so we had the caryard nominate a repairer who thought he had solved the issue by replacing a bent sliding arm. We were told the door had been operated several times - even demonstrated to us when we collected it - and all worked fine. When we came to use it the next day the same fault has re-appeared. The left side door operates with no issues.

    Before I go back to the repairer, I just wanted to know what solutions I might be able to offer to them - other than me saying I will take it to a "proper" VW Repairer?

    Cheers

  • #2
    The rubber seal on the body of the van, nearest the pillar shared with the driver's door, has a contact strip in it.

    Rub your hand up and down the strip, and re-test.
    '07 Transporter 1.9 TDI
    '01 Beetle 2.0

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    • #3
      Now that was so simple a fix it is scary! Thanks, works fine now.

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      • #4
        Very clever there Umai your a genius .

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        • #5
          Great work Umai!

          Has anyone retrofitted electric sliding doors to one of these vans?

          It's something that if I had my time again, I'd order from the factory. They're bloody heavy doors and if the van is on any sort of incline (like my driveway), they fly open at a million miles if the kids release them. Then the opposite happens when it's time to close them- they're too heavy for kids to shut!

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          • #6
            Well done Umai!
            2018 Crafter Runner
            2012 T5.1 6sp manual.
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