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melting central locking pumps

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my new car seems to like melting the central locking pumps, its done it twice now, one of which was a brand new vw item.. not cheap!!! it has no door locks or door pins meaning iv had to climb in the boot and out the window a couple of times. not the best car to have to do that in! i did check all the lives n earths going to the unit and they all seemed fine, must be some sort of intermittent problem, has anyone else had this problem and how did you overcome it?

 

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Are you sure that it's not running the whole time? That could cause it to overheat and melt. Can't think why a brand new pump would die otherwise.

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Are you sure that it's not running the whole time? That could cause it to overheat and melt. Can't think why a brand new pump would die otherwise.

 

The result of a relay sticking closed/open?

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thats what i thought, but it worked all right for a while, and it ran ok with the pump from my other corrado in while i waited for the new one to arrive. im pretty sure u can hear it lock, and unlock, just for like a second or two. it must be very intermittently getting stuck on. what could cause that?

 

there is no relay i can find for the central locking, thats exactly what i originally popped into my head straight away. any info on a relay for the pump wud be great, i looked in the bentley manual and cudnt seem to find any mention of one.

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