Walesy 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Arse, feck, bugger. I've had my 96 A4 Avant off the road for ages but want to get it back in action. I went to unlock it and nothing happened when I turned the key in the drivers door, as in nothing at all not even the drivers door unlocked! Fortunately I could unlock the boot and managed to climb into the car and open it from the inside. I'm a bit stumped by this as I would have thought if it was a battery or C/L pump problem then at least the door that i'm trying to open would work but this isn't the case! - can anyone suggest what may be the problem here? Also, as the car is low on fuel I want to put some in but can't access the fuel filler as the flap is locked! I've pulled off the O/S boot trim and cant seem to find a lever to manually open the flap, and I haven't been able to find anything in the owners manual about how to open the flap in the event of C/L failure - can anyone here tell me if there's a way of opening the flap manually? I know its not a rado but the C/L system is the same so I thought it'd be worth asking anyone on here for suggestions! Cheers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Right, I've managed to get the fuel flap open, so just the locking problem to sort out now! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toad 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Have you got her running now? Charged battery etc? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted April 22, 2009 I've got it started up and driven it half a mile but it's got next to no fuel at all in it! - this caused a catch 22 situation as I couldn't get the fuel flap open to put fuel in so I could drive it and get some life in the battery :censored: :lol: The thing is, is that i'd expect the C/L not to work due to lack of battery, but the lock should work individually from the key in the door which they dont :shrug: - this leads me to believe that it isn't to do with the battery? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toad 0 Posted April 22, 2009 The central locking can be a funny bugger. I've had mine playing up before. Does the car have an alarm on it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Yeah it has a factory alarm, it's an Audi don't you know :camp: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toad 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Posh VW then? :lol: I think they still use the funny vaccum central locking. Get her charged right up and see what happens. The issue might get resolved. :shrug: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted April 23, 2009 Yeah it's a vacuum system like on rados etc, and yeah hopefully it's down to lack of charge - the problem being that there's no MOT/TAX on the car so getting it charged it difficult! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
