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Old 17th November 2019, 06:37 PM
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Sorry Snap, not guilty this time.
My D3 was not keyless.
Sorry, it must be your previous convictions for fixing things that arose my suspicions
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Old 17th November 2019, 11:46 PM
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Sorry, it must be your previous convictions for fixing things that arose my suspicions

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Old 18th November 2019, 12:02 AM
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Delboy is correct, the chance you bought a new faulty one is high, the newest D3s are 10 years old and these handles are not a very reliable at all so on the balance of probability the new ones have one of the several faults they are prone to.
Can you test your old one or did you bin it?
If not you can probably swap with the passenger one permanently or for testing.

How could the replacement have been faulty? It was working perfectly fine after it was installed. The only thing I can say about it is that it wasn't a new part and failed within around 500 miles of fitting. What's the vulnerability in them - is it the fairly extreme-angled routing of the cables?
The other thing is that shouldn't the car unlock without me ever having to touch it, shouldn't it unlock with me just approaching the car?
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Old 18th November 2019, 12:39 PM
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The other thing is that shouldn't the car unlock without me ever having to touch it, shouldn't it unlock with me just approaching the car?
No, it should only unlock when you touch the handle
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Old 18th November 2019, 12:54 PM
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No, it should only unlock when you touch the handle
No, before my driver door handle had it's latest issue, it would unlock as I approached the car. This then reduced to unlocking only when pulling the handle once, and then reduced further its current state of not working at all.

I checked the owner's manual since -

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Old 18th November 2019, 02:31 PM
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Interesting. So prior to the fault, if you walked towards the vehicle (and was close by), did the car unlock and indicators flash without you having to touch the handle?
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Old 18th November 2019, 02:59 PM
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No, before my driver door handle had it's latest issue, it would unlock as I approached the car.
If this is the case, I wonder if there is a setting in the MMI for this. Even though I have keyless entry/start on the S8, I rarely used it, and never gave the car a chance to use it if available, as I would use the remote to unlock the car as I approached it. I think I only ever used the Start button 2 or 3 times to see it in operation, as it doesn't lock the steering column when you press Stop (you have to press and hold it for a few seconds).
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In my experience with fully working door handles the car doesn't unlock when you walk by, it only unlocks when I put my fingers under the door handle.

This is not pulling the handle, it sense proximity.

If you need to pull the handle its not working as intended and if it unlocks as you approach the car i'd say that it thinks your fingers are below the handle, also not good.
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Old 18th November 2019, 09:58 PM
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In my experience with fully working door handles the car doesn't unlock when you walk by, it only unlocks when I put my fingers under the door handle.

This is not pulling the handle, it sense proximity.

If you need to pull the handle its not working as intended and if it unlocks as you approach the car i'd say that it thinks your fingers are below the handle, also not good.
That's how mine works...... When it works.
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Old 19th November 2019, 08:47 AM
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In my experience with fully working door handles the car doesn't unlock when you walk by, it only unlocks when I put my fingers under the door handle.

This is not pulling the handle, it sense proximity.

If you need to pull the handle its not working as intended and if it unlocks as you approach the car i'd say that it thinks your fingers are below the handle, also not good.
Exactly how mine is.

I would agree that the sensor thinks something (the OP) are touching the handle and so unlocks when near by
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