asutherland

Looking for a 2002 or compatible drivers side front door latch. The sensor in mine is gone and the computer thinks the door is open ALL THE TIME.

Let me know if you have one. PM is preferred

Andrew

zimzamy

i think i have what yoru looking for

asutherland

Alright, so I don't need this anymore. My friend and I spent almost all day last weekend and fixed the problem.

On the 2002 A4, the sensor module is part of the door latch. However, you can seperate the two. Only problem is - try getting Audi to sell you JUST the sensor. Not going to happen. FYI Audi sells the door latch for $220.00

After a LOT of work, we got the door panel off, and the latch removed. The panel was held in place by several screws:
- 2 or 3 behind the silver trim
- 2 behind the little cover under the handle
- 1 big one at the bottom of the door

Once the door panel was removed, the latch had to come out. This was quite difficult as well. You have to remove the 2 torx style screws in the door jam, remove the wiring clip, remove the plastic cover for the inside of the door itself, remove the insulation padding in the door, then reach inside the door and remove the cable that connects it to both the KEYHOLE and the HANDLE.

The keyhole is connected via a funny bendable wire thing that pressure-sits itself into the latch. (this is for anti-tampering for theives) The latch is attached via a hard metal rod. You disconnect the rod by pulling down on the plasic tip, then popping it out.

Then you have to fumble with the latch to get it right out of the door. It's a tight fit. Once the latch is out, you'll see near the bottom of it where the sensor module fits in. There's a little metal clip looking thing that holds it on. Undo the clip, and pull the sensor module out. It's about 3-4cm by 1-2 cm black plasic rectangle that has 2 wires coming out of it.

On the little sensor module, there is a push-pin style button that is depressed when the door is open, or not when the door is closed (may be vice versa, can't recall exactly). This pin is very, very small, has a rubber cap and IS MADE OF PLASIC - which is why it breaks. I replaced mine with a hack-sawed off head-end of a picture hanging nail, covered it with thin hard plasic.

It works great - That being said, I would not have gone at this if I had known how difficult it was. Even just getting the latch in and out was super hard. If it was on a scale, 1 being easy (like replacing your oil) and 10 being a motor swap, this fix was an 8. I know, cause I've done motor swaps before

Attached pics for your pleasure.

slaven

Dude, thank your for this. I've been looking for something like this on the internet for months now. I have the same problem except mine thinks the door is closed all the time.
Would you happen to have any pictures of unbolting it and taking the module out of the door (once door panel and insulation is removed)?

Thanks

asutherland

Hey there, my appologies for not noticing this post until now. I don't have any pics, no. I'm assuming you already took care of it though? Any luck? If not, I could try to walk you through it, PM me with an instant messaging address if you want. I know the frustration... it took us a long time to get this thing fixed.

Andrew