@DXX - I am sure that out of the many thousands of vans that Vw produce, only a small minority have trouble with power latching.
But when things do go wrong and a valid claim is made under warranty, then Vw certainly know how to drag it out before it's fixed.
Since I collected Buster, he has behaved perfectly, so I hope all is good now...
If I had the power of foresight, I don't think I would have ticked the "GZ3 Power Latching" box on the options list, not just to save me the not so costly sum of £110.00, but to save me the time & effort of chasing Vw & seemingly getting fobbed off for 8 weeks whilst they decided what was wrong.
Using "your arm instead" is, in my opinion the best decision to make!!
In our case, the retro-fitted power latching was a godsend because the kids only have little arms so the power latching was the difference between them closing the door and yelling for me to do it!
That’s my experience too, I would never have a van without it again !
My wife’s got short arms…..specially when it comes to paying for stuff……I’m a big plus for power closing doors@Pauly - have you got little arms also?
When I saw you @ Brook Meadows last time, your arms looked quite a normal length!!
One benefit of having a pair of Captains seats, but I get your point.Its the frustration of kids not being able to shut the door, you pull over to pick them up, stop/start kicks in and small child gets in back and fails to shut door, child lock stop him from having another go so you have to get out and walk around and do it yourself and now because the drivers door has opened the engine refuses to start again so you have to key off and back on again, onceyou have done thatyour wife has done that a few times and bent your ear about it soft close is a god send
Hi @Pauly7E0959243E for the module
Power latching is the small rectangular box that takes 1 plug with 8 pins
The electric door control module has a very similar part number but is much larger and has four connection plugs
Thanks @PaulyControl modules live in rear quarter panel and it’s one module per door
If door only has power latching it’s a small module approx 3x2 inch if you have full electric sliders then it’s a large module approx 6 or 7 inches square
If they’re only that much I would do it as the rear quarters all lined and tops are fixed in with soffits around my HiLo. I thought they were fairly pricy control modules.I’d be tempted to swap out the module myself to save all the hassle of dealing with VW X 2. It’s a simple job.
I got a 2nd hand module off eBay for £15.
Thanks @Pauly will start disassembling it tomorrow.They are screwed to the rear edge of the wheel arch