Sliding Door not auto shutting :(

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Sliding Door not auto shutting :(

Post by conmai » Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:11 pm

Hi All,

My lovely Bongos sliding door is not auto shutting, contacts look ok, central locking all works fine as does the doors own lock, if I give the door a good push it closes ok but I'm missing that nice auto shut sound!

Any help appreciated.....

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Re: Sliding Door not auto shutting :(

Post by zippy » Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:16 pm

try fully opening and then soft closing again.

Made the mistake the slam mine 1st day i got it, which was friday :D
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Re: Sliding Door not auto shutting :(

Post by conmai » Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:22 pm

Thanks for the tip..... Unfortunately still no nice auto function going on :(
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Re: Sliding Door not auto shutting :(

Post by Northern Bongolow » Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:02 am

a little light sanding with some emery cloth on both the door contacts and the ones on the pillar should sort it.
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Re: Sliding Door not auto shutting :(

Post by conmai » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:11 am

The sanding hasn't fixed it... Could be my attempt at sanding of course! Any other electrical possibilities?

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Re: Sliding Door not auto shutting :(

Post by Simon Jones » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:32 am

Checked the fuse? No. 17 (15A).
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Re: Sliding Door not auto shutting :(

Post by conmai » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:12 am

Well checked the fuse...and it looks fine, also swapped it out with another to check... :(

Could there be any other electrical items or relays that could have failed\shorted out? A mechanical failure seems unlikely, maybe a review of the wiring connectivity wold help to pinpoint potential failure points?

Any further advice appreciated...

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Re: Sliding Door not auto shutting :(

Post by g8dhe » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:45 am

The control module for the sliding door is located in the passenger pillar see this link http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 14#p627714
The unit does have some replaceable items - i'm working on the circuit at present for inclusion in the wiring diagrams - but not many, the heart of it being a small 4-bit computer, however its not a common item to fail I can't recall anyone reporting it in the last 7 years on the forum! But might be worth checking the connectors.
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