Hi All,

Not to sure if i am posting in the right place, so apologies if i'm wrong as i am new to this forum thing, I am Looking for any help at all on a problem i have with my 1998 audi a4 1.6 litre, My central locking system gave up on me about a month ago and since i dont have the funds to fix it at the moment i am just using the key to open the car, problem is that i only got one key with the car from the guy i bought it from and it will not open the boot, i have tried to pull the seats down in the back but it seems that they are just not meant to be put down :-( its just impossible to get into for me, s if any body has any idea on an alternative way to open the boot i would greatly appreciate the help..

Hope you guys can help me out
cheers
Sharkey17

 

sounds like he gave you the valet key

w/o the central locking pump there's no way to unlock the trunk with the key or key fob. However, i seem to recall reading about a guy on here who crawled into the trunk through the back seat, took the carpet lining off the trunk lid and jimmied it open that way. in lieu of buying a whole new pump, you could buy a re-build kit if you think you could do the work?

 

were i can get this rebuildkit??? i bought a second pump myself from the junkyard.... it worked for a whole 3 seconds b4 that carbine piece broke in that one 2

 

eh sorry, just found the link i was thinking of. Its not a repair "kit" per-say, but the guy in this DIY snatched a pump from a early-90's passat and Frankenstein'd his back together.

 

yea ive seen that .... and ive been trying to find the pump from a early passat with no luck

 

Where are you at? I have an extra central lock module with pump I can sell you. PM me if interested.