RE: Central Locking/Alarm

[Christopher Callahan <chriscal@microsoft.com>]

This bit me in the ass this weekend.  My `95 GLX is now in a state where the
alarm is permanently on and the ignition won't start.  What luck on a three
day weekend.
Can anyone on the list let me know how much this is going to cost me.  Do
they just replace the alarm computer or do they replace the whole fuse box
as well?  I've heard that this is very common with the `95's is this true?
If so why hasn't there been a recall?  My car has ~95K miles on it so I'm
way out of warranty, is there any chance they'll fix it for free since it is
so common of a problem?

-Chris Callahan

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark A Williams [mailto:mw6b+@andrew.cmu.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 9:23 AM
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Subject: Re: Central Locking/Alarm


Casey,
    I bought a black '95 GLX in December, and had some similar problems.
 Sunroof would jam open.  Dome lights wouldn't work.  Alarm would go off
randomly as the result of locking/unlocking the car.  Central locking
would sometimes work, sometimes not.

    The dealer characterized it as an "itermittent short" in the fusebox
that had eventually fragged my alarm computer.  They replaced the
fusebox and computer, and now all's well.  Be forewarned, though, the
repairs cost some ungodly amount of money...luckily I was under
warranty.  Hopefully you are too.

Hope that helped,
--Mark Williams

'95 StealthJet...Bilstein/SofSport/rollbars should be here any day now.