Jonah

On 1/17/2017 at 5:49 PM, Jamieking86 said:

Hi guys, I bought my first Audi 4 months ago, it's been perfect, up until last night. At 3am in the morning the Alarm goes off, frightened me to death thinking somebody was trying to get in it, but after looking around everything seemed locked and secure etc, so thought nothing of it. Went back to bed, 5 mins later it goes off again, and then repeatedly for around 3 hours. One time i check the dash and it says the boot is open, but when i checked it was shut properly, but i opened it and shut it again firmyl just to make sure. In the end i had to keep the car unlocked as i had to be up for work and was far too frustrating. Today we go to halfords to check the battery, the battery only had 60 amps, which should be 240 i think? So we bought a new battery, got home, 30 mins later the alarm starts going again for no reason. Extremely peeved off now as i've just spent £85 on a new battery for no reason. I ring my friend who's a mechanic and take it in, told him what as going on and the problem etc, said he'd look at it. He phones me later and says he can't find anything wrong with it. He said if the boot is just on it's latch then that can cause the car to think somebody is trying to get in, but i knew it was shut properly. He said see how it goes, if it persists bring it back. So took it home, literally 10 mins later the alarm sets off again, i unlock the car (to turn off the alarm) then go to lock it, it's locking but the indicators aren't flashing like they should when I usually lock it. I noticed they don't flash unless the boot is open, or on the latch, and now i can fully confirm the boot was 100% fully locked. So i've now taken it back to my mechanic friend who will look at it tomorrow for me but on the way the boot light came on, but the boot was fully secured shut. Question is does anybody know what can be causing this? A possible electrical fault thinking the boot is open when it's not? Also the rear wiper washers don't work, and haven't since i bought the car. I told my mechanic friend, and when we tried them their and then, their was a leak on the arms of the boot? He said that's where all the electrical wires are but are usually fully sealed, but said he will check it out tomorrow when he has time. I've googled this and a few people have said it could be the siren which has leaked acid all over the circuit board or something causing it to alarm? But then what about the boot symbol? Apologies for the essay but i wanted to make everything clear. Thanks

I had the same problem, alarm going off through the night , tailgate open warning, wiper and washer intermitantly working, so went on some foums and they are very helpful, so i feel i should help others with my remedy.

Took the tailgate cover off ( quit easy )  and straight away see the damp and corrosion, water dripping from the motor, the connection had come loose, found the 'o' ring in the hose was dislodged, put the 'o' back in the bottom of the washer connector, the plug on the lock was very corroded as well ( this connects the central locking ) so can understand the alarm going off.

I bit the bullet and got a new motor from Euro carparts £ 90 ish ( part number attached )  and some contact cleaner £95  alll in all, assembly was 45 mins, and fingers crossed all is ok.

Hope this helps others.

Thank you all.

Tailgate shows open when not, and the alarm keeps going off, i think it may be the sensor in the tailgate,

but not sure were to locate it.