2000 Volkswagen Jetta Help Plllllllllleeeeease

DANIELLE7799

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2000 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

Electrical problem
2000 Volkswagen Jetta 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 88000k miles

Symptoms:
1)Interior lights stay on all the time while driving.
Door ajar chime stays on for about 2 minutes when first starting my car.

2)Lock button on remote key does not lock doors.

3)Automatic Locking doors from passengers door inside will lock all doors, but alarm will not activate.

4)Locking the drivers door manually with key does work, but alarm will not set.

5)Holding the key in the locked position will roll up all windows and close sunroof like it's supposed to.

6)Unlock button works and all locks will unlock when I use it.

From what I can tell it seems like the car isn't recognizing that the drivers door has been closed, or perhaps one of the other doors? This sounds slightly different from everyone's problems, and it's not intermittent. Any advice?

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KARALINER

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[quote="danielle7799"]Electrical problem
2000 Volkswagen Jetta 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 88000k miles

OMG almost the same thing with my car too but somehow manages to lock 90% of the time. I have to unlock all the doors then hit lock and seems to work, it's only the front doors though, I don't have any solid advice but thought you might feel better that your not alone on this one.I did take it to a mechanic and to change the mechanism that operates the lock it's like $200-300 each. Apparently you can't just replace a small part you have to change the whole mechanism, that's as much as I know about it
good luck with you car!