LED in drivers door - problem?

[agentz]

Had a wee search around the forum and couldn't find anything....

The red LED on the drivers door of my 56 plate Octy II sometimes comes on solid, and stays on even when I unlock the car and open the door. I've got to shut the door, relock and unlock the car again to get it to go off. Only happens very occasionally, has happened three times in the last fortnight.

As far as I can tell the alarm and locking seem to be working OK - if I leave a window open, lock the car, wait for a few moments then shove my arm through the window it will trigger the alarm. In fact, managed to set the alarm off last time I machine polished the roof of the car!

It's just done it again - parked outside the local shop, popped in, grabbed a paper came out and the LED on solid.

My next door neighbour has a code reader and has scanned the car and there are no codes present but not sure if his basic reader (a Gendan unit) scans the appropriate module.

Any suggestions? Like I said, it all seems to be working fine, but usually in my experience a solid red light usually indicates a problem. The car is due a service in about 300 miles (not that it's given me a service reminder, which I thought it was supposed to do) so I'll be asking the dealer to take a look anyway but thought I'd ask here.

[rob_e]

Mine's had the light on a few times - no idea why. Seems to clear itself without any problems so I've just ignored it.

I'd be interested to find out why it does this?!

[agentz]

It's very odd.

Managed to find a few previous threads (thanks Google!) about this issue but not really any definitive answer. Seems it could be either the interior ultrasonic sensor is faulty, or the 'inclination sensor', or it could be a problem with the central convenience unit, or it could just have a mind of it's own.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/164158-odd-immo-led-problem/

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/64731-red-led-on-drivers-door-on-unlock/

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/123605-red-warning-light-in-drivers-door/

I'll be asking my dealer in a couple of weeks, will see what they reckon.