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Problem with Lupo Gti


mburton2
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My Girlfriends son has just bought a Lupo Gti (Againt my advise....he paid WAAYYYY too much for it, cant afford it, cant drive etc)....anyhow, he's having trouble with it, its been back to the dealer 3 times in the two months he's had it......

Its the Alarm/rear door thats causing a problem....the car keeps on thinking that the back door is open, and thus when he's driving, he gets a light up on the dash, but even worse, when its parked/alarmed, the alarm keeps going off...

The dealer said it was the rear-wash hose that had split, and putting fluid over the swith, and repalced this twice now (in 2months!), but the problem is still there...

WHERE is the door-ajar switch on a Lupo Gti??...is it hidden in the mechanical Latch?

Is this s common problem with this model?

advise please

mburton2

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Firstly welcome to the forum and congrats on the good car it sounds liek you are inheriting the problems from.

i am not aware of any other suffering this problem - you could ask also on the clublupo.co.uk forum, but I am not aware of having seen this issue - and certianly did not present itself on mine.

Cannot remember position of switch - sorry. I am sure if Twisty or Crusoe read this they may be able to check for you

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It suddenly seems to be a more common problem with a few instances reported on clublupo, I've answered as best I can on there though the bursting of the pipe could be down to not enough anti-freeze compound in the screen wash with the start of the cold weather. A Decent spray and cleaning of the lock and contacts with WD40 or equivalent should solve the problem though a thicker silicon grease on the lock itself is probably recommended.

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