Ohh baby, am I in trouble, now.
My wife just bought a 97 Cabrio. It's her new baby. I was entrusted to go pick it up from the dealer and they said they weren't able to get it to program so she could have the keyless entry she had asked for.
So I pull out the Bentley & Haynes manuals and have *some* idea of how the central locking system works.
Start with testing it- per the directions in the Bently manual. I roll down the windows, lock the drivers door and the little light starts blinking.
I pull up the lock button and nothing happens. It stays up. [but the light stays on] I re-lock the door and pull on the handle. The alarm sounds. I lock the door, unlock it. . . and all is well.
Then I go to the passenger side. I pull up the lock button and it stays up. Then I pull on the door handle, the alarm sounds.. . and nothing short of disconnecting the battery has been able to silence it.
I've tried locking/unlocking the drivers door, the passenger door, and using the dash lock. I tried locking the passenger door and unlucking the drivers door twice. [Bentley says this is how you unlock the pass. door from driver's side]
I know the central locking system is not 100% as I found a disconnected and plugged vacuum hose in the trunk lid. [the plugin to the actuator was broken & someone plugged the end of the hose] It looks like the hose that goes from the trunk actuator to the passenger door.
I'll go back to Bentley and Haynes-- but if anyone can point me in the right direction here, I'd apreciate it.
Thanks- Jim