Hi all,

My central locking remote stopped working last Friday, which in turn turned out to be a central locking problem on the car.  I also had the door open light on the dash  and then noticed the power windows weren't working. I checked the fuses and fuse 14 had blown. I went to replace it, but it just blew straight away. Randomly I was getting a message that the boot was open too. When I locked the drivers door with the key, all the other doors would lock and then unlock again. I have to manually lock all the doors at the moment.

My mate ran a scan but it couldn't communicate to the relevant controllers (made sense as there's no power if the fuse can't be replaced).  We disconnected the boot wiring from under the panel but the fuse still blew. We then disconnected both back door wiring at the connectors but the fuse still blew.

I've done a search and found a post where someone suggested the central convenience controller. Is that my best bet to check and where exactly is it on a 1u5 estate as someone said passenger footwell but I think the Haynes manual said it was under the drivers side dash????  What's the large electronic box in the drivers side door, could that be anything to do with it?

 

Thanks for any help

Vijay

bump........................

What year is the car? 

Hi Pete,

2004

That fuse covers interior lighting as well as central locking, apparently. Expands the search area a bit.  

Sorry, don't know enough about mk1 Octy enough to help any more than that.

thanks anyway Pete

got a little further on the weekend after stripping off door cards. Found a few broken wires (through the door pillars) but narrowed it down to the interior lighting or sunroof circuits. Bit more work on it when I get time................