Strange problem - my doors seem to want to lock/unlock every so often. I could get into the car and 5 minutes down the road they would automatically lock themselves and thena few mins later unlock. It is quite intermittent, but at times is goes through a loop of locking/unlocking. Cant seem to pinpoint if it is a specific door that is causing this.

Any ideas?

Cheers.

I've got much the same problem.

Remote unlock, get in drivers door, fluff around inside for more than 15-20 seconds without turning on ignition ,,,,, clunk, central locks activated. But not every time !!!!

Do the same via any other door or hatch then all is fine!

:confused:

Drax, have you tried getting in the nearside door and sliding across, might point to a drivers door fault.

Remote unlock, get in drivers door, fluff around inside for more than 15-20 seconds without turning on ignition ,,,,, clunk, central locks activated. But not every time !!!!

Do the same via any other door or hatch then all is fine!

Does your door open warning light reliably come on for the driver's door? If not, sounds like a faulty switch (part of the door lock mechanism I think). The car automatically relocks itself if you unlock from the remote, and then don't open any doors for a while - it assumes you've pressed the button by accident.

I doubt this is Drax's problem, though, as his unlocks itself too.

it might be a broblem with the anti-hijack switch

Does your door open warning light reliably come on for the driver's door? If not, sounds like a faulty switch (part of the door lock mechanism I think). The car automatically relocks itself if you unlock from the remote, and then don't open any doors for a while - it assumes you've pressed the button by accident.

I doubt this is Drax's problem, though, as his unlocks itself too.

Drivers door warning light: I'll check.

Automatic relock: Still thinking about this one. :confused:

Thanks. :thumbup:

Teflon, where is the anti-hijack switch, is it controlled by the remote? Dis-regard this bit mate ,,,,, just got back from the boozer! :dtp:

Normal service will be resumed tomorrow.

My 2001 Octavia did this while still under warranty - it turned out to be a faulty boot lock which was somehow tripping the central locking at random (a bit distracting at first!). New boot lock fitted under warranty - problem cured. I can't operate the central locking from the boot lock now, but that's another issue.

Drivers door warning light: I'll check.

Automatic relock: Still thinking about this one. :confused:

As in, if there's a fault in the switch that tells it that the driver's door is open (tested by checking door warning light), then when you unlock, open the door, get in, and shut the door, the car might not have realised that you ever opened the door. After 15 or so seconds, the car thinks to itself "hmmm - he's unlocked the doors from the remote, then not opened anything. He must have pressed the button by mistake." It then promptly locks you in your car!

If that is what's happening, then I guess it would put the deadlocks on again too, so the remote would be the only way to unlock it and get out.

Sorry lads, been a bit slack on this one.

This is a "bump" to remind me !!!!

Got home tonight, removed the key (no interior light on), open door (no interior light on), will check door switch.

Car will lock itself if drivers door isn't opened within 15 seconds of uncloking, so i'd guess you found your answer

If that is what's happening, then I guess it would put the deadlocks on again too, so the remote would be the only way to unlock it and get out.

Bingo, that's what happened ,,,,,, once as far as I recall.

Looks like a switch syndrome. I keep forgetting to check the door open indicator on the dash!

I've now attached a note to the keys ,,,,, LOL.

Betya bolix it don't happen (all will be fine) in the morning. :(

I'll be back.

Right then;

Remote unlock, check dash ,,,, no door open indicator!

Courtesy light still comes on !!!!!

How's that work out? :confused:

On mine at least, the courtesy light comes on when you unlock the car from the remote, or when you take the key out of the ignition at the end of a journey. This means the light's always on before I open the door.

So the light would come on, even if the car doesn't realise you've opened the driver's door.

Same as mine AJB, but your missing the point.

When the light comes on because the door is open, why does the indicator on the dash not come on.

A contact (in the door area) tells the light to come on, how come in don't tell the indicator, same contact, same wire !!!!

OK - that doesn't make sense to me either. I think you're right that it's one contact (I think in the door latch itself), and one wire. The way I use mine, the light's never on because the door's open, as it's always already on either due to unlocking or to stopping the engine.

Actually, I've had one thought though. What if a faulty contact in the door sometimes briefly flicks to "door open" as you pull the handle, then back to "door closed" even though the door's open. I could imagine a dirty/failed contact being pretty random like that.

In that case, as it briefly flicked to "open", the courtesy light would come on & stay on, but as soon as it went back to closed the dash light would go out again. In that case, I wouldn't expect the car to lock you in (as the central locking would notice the brief "open" just as the courtesy light would). But maybe it sometimes doesn't even do the brief "open", and that's when it locks you in...

But I've just made all that up now, so it could well be wrong...

I think I'll go and see my local Skoda garage and ask the lads there.

From the posts on this thread it seems a common problem.

I'll be back!!

As more and more MK1's got old this seems to ba becoming quite a common issue. Someone recently posted a link to a US forum that suggested VAG door locks are prone to dry solder joints that fail with age and can cause all manner of locking issues.

I know my car has a fault code logged for the passenger door, so I guess its just a matter of time before a physical problem occurs.

Get that lock out and resolder the joins before you have it deadlocked shut prehaps?

There is a thread here showing which lock solder joints fail by turbo_boss

Skoda garage lads say it's a broken cable, with the problems I described.

Not VAG'd it yet but it's pointing towards the dry joint syndrome as CM & G suggest.

Of course, this never happens in the warm summer does it! Still 22 days time, it starts to get lighter earlier, wicked enit.

I'll have a search for the turbo_boss post, every little bit helps. :cheers:

ps: Skoda lads said it's not the door locking modual because the alarm light in the door still flashes.