Hopefully somebody can help. My central locking on my car gave up the ghost at X-mas so I checked it into a well known garage to be repaired, they said the earliest date they could look at it was 4 weeks, reluctantly i waited and dropped the car in to be told you can pick it up before 5pm and it will be repaired.I went back at 4.30 to be told, havent looked at it yet,we wont do it today and it wont be repaired either, this is just a diagnostic check to assertain what is wrong, then we will need to order parts etc and you will need to return it to be repaired at a later date, they knew by my face i wasnt please but agreed to leave the car there to be worked on 1st thing in the morning. I returned in the morning being told its a pump for the central locking and a new one is €350 plus labour to fit, but we have saved you a few quid by cleaning your old one out and it will work fine now. so i paid for the labour of the cleaning (which wasnt cheap, at least a third the price of a new pump), and a diagnostic.
Here I am 2 weeks later and its gone again,I called the garage to tell them and they said well we warned you it would go again, to which i replied no you didnt tell me that at all. I would have rathered your expert opinion,which i assumed i paid for, told me it was on its last legs and advise me to replace it as it would break again,now i need a new one, which is fine i accept that, but i had to pay for a crappy & expensive 2 week repair, also i called Audi, and they told me a '99 model diagnostic check would NOT show up something like central locking, its only for engine details in earlier models, ripped off in my opinion.
Anyway after that long rant, i feel better, and apologies for the eassy, what i want to ask is (as i cant call the garage back after some heated words were exchanged) can anybody tell me what the name of the pump is for the central locking, can i buy it over the counter myself, I have done an advanced car maintenance course and am pretty handy with cars and if its not too advanced i would have a crack at doing it myself, but i also need somebody to tell me where the pump is actually located in the car too so i can have a look at it and make a decision on self repair.
Any advise is greatly received and appreciated.
Thanks.
Here I am 2 weeks later and its gone again,I called the garage to tell them and they said well we warned you it would go again, to which i replied no you didnt tell me that at all. I would have rathered your expert opinion,which i assumed i paid for, told me it was on its last legs and advise me to replace it as it would break again,now i need a new one, which is fine i accept that, but i had to pay for a crappy & expensive 2 week repair, also i called Audi, and they told me a '99 model diagnostic check would NOT show up something like central locking, its only for engine details in earlier models, ripped off in my opinion.
Anyway after that long rant, i feel better, and apologies for the eassy, what i want to ask is (as i cant call the garage back after some heated words were exchanged) can anybody tell me what the name of the pump is for the central locking, can i buy it over the counter myself, I have done an advanced car maintenance course and am pretty handy with cars and if its not too advanced i would have a crack at doing it myself, but i also need somebody to tell me where the pump is actually located in the car too so i can have a look at it and make a decision on self repair.
Any advise is greatly received and appreciated.
Thanks.
